Species Antipodebaxis inflatus Chandler, 2001
- Antipodebaxis inflatus 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] [303].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Levers Plateau, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 1.4 mm. Body with scattered long setae. Head and pronotum with distinct, sparse punctures. Male eyes with about 25 facets; vertex swollen, anterior face of vertex roughened. Second tarsomeres of first and second legs swollen. Metasternum slightly ridged adjacent to metacoxae and prolonged posteriorly for a short distance. Visible sternite 2 (IV) with deep medial longitudinal groove in apical half, extending anteriorly to transverse deep impression at sternite base, dense golden setae diverging laterally in impression to form rounded tufts in lateral portions of impression. Females unknown.
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] [303]
History of changes
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |