Species Platomesus dorrigo Chandler, 2001
Platomesus dorrigo Chandler
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Species Platomesus dorrigo Chandler, 2001
- Platomesus dorrigo 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] [91].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Dorrigo National Park, 12 km E Dorrigo, Never Never Picnic Area, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
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 1.3-1.4 mm. Head and pronotum densely punctulate. Head with anterior portion of vertex slightly depressed. Pronotum with median longitudinal sulcus and transverse antebasal sulcus faint; posterior and anterior marginal tubercles subequal in size, posterior tubercles more acute, margin gently arcuate between tubercles, pronotum of equal width across disc for both pairs of tubercles. Elytra and abdomen lightly and sparsely punctulate. Male eyes with about 60 facets, antennae simple. Female eyes with about 14 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] [91]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |