Species Whyanbeel sculpturatus Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Whyanbeel sculpturatus 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] [203].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Lewis, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.7-2.0 mm. Head and pronotum coarsely punctate. Head glabrous between antennal ridges; prominent apicolateral genal flanges with two apical teeth. Pronotum with shallow, transverse, vague impression near base divided by short median carina; lateral pronotal margins denticulate, ridged in basal half. Elytra with deep sulci extending to near elytral apex from third foveae. Male eyes with 6-8 facets; faint ventral carinae on mesotrochanters. Female eyes with 5-6 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] [203]

 

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)