Species Austrorhexius orientalis Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrorhexius orientalis 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] [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Bellenden Ker Range, Cable Tower 3, QLD.

  Type host:

   Papyrius nitidus (Mayr, 1862) [FORMICIDAE]

 

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 1.5 mm. Head with vertex flat, densely and coarsely punctate; in lateral view eyes slightly shorter than occipital margins. Pronotum smoothly granulate, with short lateral longitudinal carinae crossing antebasal sulcus; procoxae elongate, length exceeding pronotal depth at base. Elytra and abdomen smooth. Male eyes with about 45 facets; mesotrochanters broadly angulate.

 

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] [97]

 

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)