Species Tuberoplectus tozerensis Chandler, 2001

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• Tuberoplectus tozerensis 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] [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Cooper Creek, Daintree, 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 1.2-1.3 mm. Head and pronotum lightly punctulate; head with frontal rostrum one-third head width; antennomeres II as large as I, antennomeres III-VIII similar in width and length, strongly transverse, antennomeres IX wider and appressed to X, antennomeres X half as long as XI, clubs formed by apical two antennomeres. Pronotum with width of median foveal impression one-third pronotal width. Each elytron with two basal foveae. Male eyes with about 35 facets; with tenth antennomeres enlarged, trapezoidal in dorsal view, longest on anterior margin. Female eyes with about 35 facets; with tenth antennomeres transverse, symmetric.

 

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] [74]

 

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)