Species Physoplectus irritans Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Physoplectus irritans 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] [349].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Rennel Island, Torres Straits, QLD.

  Type host:

   Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858) [FORMICIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea.

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Torres Strait Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.8 mm. Head with ocular canthi acutely angulate and prominent ventrally. Pronotum broadly trapezoidal, lateral margins straight. Male eyes with about 25 facets; mesotibial spurs similar to those of P. gourvesi (Besuchet) (Besuchet, 1975:139, Fig. 1) and P. miyakei (Sawada) (Sawada, 1992:59, Fig. 2E). Aedeagus with median spine smoothly curved to acute point; lateral lobes broadly and smoothly angulate on lateral margins near apex; parameres with single lateral seta. Females unknown.

 

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] [349]

 

History of changes

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