Species Wollomombi ligniphilus Chandler, 2001

Wollomombi ligniphilus Chandler

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Species Wollomombi ligniphilus Chandler, 2001

Wollomombi ligniphilus 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] [371].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Styx River State Forest, Cedar Pit Floral Reserve, 40 km SE Wollomombi, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

Diagnosis

Length 1.4-1.5 mm. Body with setae appressed. Head smooth, with only a few punctures visible at occiput; subocular angulations prominent in lateral view, with setose openings to internal cavity on both anterior and posterior faces of angulation. Pronotum coarsely punctate. Elytra with punctures sparser and shallower. Male eyes with about 20 facets; with head semicircularly and broadly impressed over most of vertex to near antennal bases, with carinate ridge at anterior margin of vertex between antennal bases. Mesotrochanters with small ventral spine near bases. Metasternum with broad, oval, shallow impression in apical half; apex extending between metacoxae as thin shelf, with small median longitudinal carina near anterior margin of impression. Female eyes with about 15 facets.

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] [371]

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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