Review of the carrion beetles of Australia and New Guinea (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

• Published in: Australian Journal of Entomology
• Main Author: Peck, S. (Stewart)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Biogeography; Bionomics; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Antarctic; Spence; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19258; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-6055.2001.00216.x

Keys, distribution maps and bionomic summaries are given for the five described species of large carrion beetles (Silphidae) known from Australia and the island of New Guinea. The genera Nicrophorus Fabricius and Diamesus Hope entered Australasia from the north. The Australasian genus Ptomaphila Kir...