Species Scabritia microphthalmus Chandler, 2001

<I>Scabritia microphthalmus </I>Chandler

Scabritia microphthalmus Chandler

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Species Scabritia microphthalmus Chandler, 2001

Scabritia microphthalmus 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] [185].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Styx River State Forest, Cedar Pit Floral Reserve, 40 km SE Wollomombi, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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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 1.4-1.6 mm. Head and pronotum densely punctate. Head lacking vertexal sulcus connecting vertexal foveae, vertex shallowly convex. Pronotum flattened medially, antebasal sulcus slightly deeper in medial portion. Elytra with discal striae originating from second basal foveae. Legs with profemora swollen, with row of pits on angled anteroventral faces; metatibiae gradually widened from base to point at about two-thirds of length. Large-eyed males with eyes formed by about 35 facets, small-eyed males with eyes formed by about 6 facets; protrochanters slightly angulate; protibiae and metatibiae with small preapical spurs; visible sternite 3 (V) with small round, shallow setose impression on each side. Females with eyes formed by about 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] [185]

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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