Species Bruxner ligneus Chandler, 2001
- Bruxner ligneus 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] [152].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Dorrigo National Park, 12 km E Dorrigo, Never Never Picnic Area, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IBRA
NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 1.8-1.9 mm. Pronotum with lateral margins at middle prominent and narrowly rounded. Elytra with additional thin discal stria extending from second basal foveae to elytral apices. Male eyes with about 45 facets; with tibiae flattened, slightly flared laterally near apices; pro- and mesotibiae slightly sinuate in anterior view; protrochanters angularly carinate on ventral margins; visible sternite 3 (V) with circular setose impressions near anterolateral margins. Female eyes with about 45 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] [152]
History of changes
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |