Species Amblybatrisus afoveatus Chandler, 2001

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Regional Maps

• Amblybatrisus afoveatus 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] [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Daintree, Donovan Creek, 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.

Extra Ecological Information

Taken in mushroom trap.

 

Diagnosis

Length 2.4 mm. Body with dense, suberect setae; head and pronotum microtuberculate where setae arise. Antennomeres IV-VII moniliform, XI nearly as long as VII-X combined. Pronotum with prominent lateral margins angularly rounded in apical half. Male eyes with about 60 facets; shallow vertexal sulcus gently curved between vertexal foveae, with deep transversely oval fovea at middle in sulcus, anterior margin of sulcus slightly tuberculate; visible sternite 6 (VIII) broadly flattened.Female eyes with about 55 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] [259]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)