Species Bundjulung mercurius Chandler, 2001

Bundjulung mercurius Chandler

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Species Bundjulung mercurius Chandler, 2001

Bundjulung mercurius Chandler, D.S. 2001. Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Gainesville, FL : Memoirs on Entomology, International Vol. 15 viii + 560 pp. [Date published 30 April 2001] [317].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Dorrigo National Park, 12 km E Dorrigo, Never Never Picnic Area, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

Diagnosis

Length 1.9-2.1 mm. Body smooth, with scattered long setae. Male eyes with about 25 facets; vertex extensively modified, with paired wing-like tufts of setae directed posterolaterally from center of modified area, deeply sulcate from base of setal tufts to eyes, anterior margin of sulcus carinate, with arms of V-shaped sulcus extending anteriorly from center of modified area; eyes with smooth, circular impression at posterodorsal margins. Protrochanters and mesotrochanters with ventral spines. Female eyes with about 15 facets; indistinguishable from females of other species, except one undescribed species is smaller in size.

Diagnosis References

Chandler, D.S. 2001. Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Gainesville, FL : Memoirs on Entomology, International Vol. 15 viii + 560 pp. [Date published 30 April 2001] [317]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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