Species Xyts vetustasilvus Chandler, 2001
Xyts vetustasilvus Chandler
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Species Xyts vetustasilvus Chandler, 2001
- Xyts vetustasilvus 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] [206].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Styx River State Forest, Cedar Pit Floral Reserve, 42 km SE Wollomombi, 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 1.9-2.1 mm. Body with short appressed setae and scattered longer setae. Head with vertex slightly roughened, smoother on pronotum and elytra. Male eyes with about 60 facets; antennal clubs formed by apical four antennomeres; protibiae with small median tubercle on mesal margins; metatrochanters with large recurved spines. Female eyes with about 40 facets; ntennomeres VII small, antennal clubs formed by apical three antennomeres.
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] [206]
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) |