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Paussinae from India and Southeast Asia

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Tribe Ozaenini

Anentmetus Andrewes 1924

 

 

 

Average size: greater than 10 mm

Distribution: India, Indochina

Dhanya Andrewes 1919

 

 

Average size: 4.0 mm

Distribution: Boreno, Sarawak

Habitat: under bark of fallen trees, in rotting stumps, in leaf litter

Eustra Schmidt-Goebel 1846

 

Average size: 2.5 - 6.0 mm

Distribution: India, Burma, Boreno (W. Sarawak, Mount Matang), Sumbawa, Formosa, Japan, Thailand

Habitat: rotting wood, under stones, under bark of decaying logs

Collecting notes: . Mr. Lewis also notes: "This little beetle hibernates under flattish stones, 17 or 18 inches in diameter, choosing those for its retreat which are partially embedded in the soil, and well hidden away in sandy thickets. It is never found under loose stones nor under those out in the open, exposed to the rays of the sun."

Itamus Schmidt-Goebel 1846

 

 

Average size: 10-13 mm

Distribution: India, Burma, Laos, Tonkin, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago

Habitat: rotting wood

Pseudozaena Laporte de Castelnau 1834

 

 

Average size: 11-15 mm

Distribution: Borneo, Java, Laos, New-Guinea

Collected walking on the ground at night

Tribe Protopaussini

Protopaussus Gestro 1892

 

 

 

Average size: 4-5 mm

Distribution: Indonesia, China, India

Tribe Paussini

 

Other images of paussines on-line:
Linneatopaussus
Anapaussus, Paussus, Platyrhopalopsis
Paussini Plates from Genera Insectorum

All images copyright © 2001 Wendy Moore, except dancing paussines copyright © 2001 Hugo Fierros.