Species Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912)

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Species Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912)

Cyathiger simulator Lea, A.M. 1912. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Supplement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 25(1): 31-78 pl. II [Date published Aug. 1912] [49].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (//simulator Lea, Type, Otford//), Otford, NSW.

Generic Combinations

Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912).

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: inquiline (host(s): Aphaenogaster longiceps (Smith, 1858) [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial.

Diagnosis

Length 1.80 mm. Male antennal club with setae of outer surface as long as those on body, club oval, lacking any angulation of outer margins, inner surface minutely punctulate in impression, appearing glabrous. Teeth on lateral carinae of first sternite short, barely separated, sharply incised at an oblique angle anteriorly, smoothly confluent and receding in height posteriorly. Right mesofemur with two teeth on posterior margin of tibial groove, left mesofemur with one tooth, anterior margin of groove with five separate smaller teeth in basal half. Male genitalia strongly asymmetrical, penis offset toward small thin right paramere, left paramere apically branched, phallobase short. Female unknown.

Diagnosis References

Chandler, D.S. 1986. A revision of the genus Cyathiger (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(6): 119-124 [123] (redescription)

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)
07-Jun-2022	STAPHYLINIDAE	07-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	27-May-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
21-Mar-2016	STAPHYLINIDAE	07-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
21-Mar-2016	Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802	07-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
21-Mar-2016		18-May-2011	MOVED
01-Jul-2020		07-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
		07-Jun-2022	MODIFIED

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