Species Batrisocenus cardalei Chandler, 2001
- Batrisocenus cardalei 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] [265].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, 9 km ENE Mt Tozer, QLD [12°43'S 143°17'E].
Distribution
States
Queensland
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 1.8-1.9 mm. Head with antennal tubercles and area anterior to vertexal sulcus roughened, basal portion of vertex smooth. Pronotum with disc smooth, roughened between base and antebasal transverse ridge, ridge minutely denticulate. Elytra with slight denticle on humeral angles. Male eyes with about 25 facets; visible tergite 2 (V) protruding posteriorly as broad, flat rounded tab at middle; 3 (VI) prolonged laterally as bluntly truncate flanges, deeply excavate medially, apex of flat projection from 2 (V) extending to excavation; 4 (VII) deeply excavate and setose beneath flanges of 3 (VI), forming reversed V-shaped deep excavation, with median ridge bearing strip of setae along crest; mesotrochanters with small ventral tubercles. Female eyes with about 20 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] [265]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Mar-2016 | 20-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |