Species Bundjulung mercurius Chandler, 2001
- Bundjulung mercurius 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] [317].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Dorrigo National Park, 12 km E Dorrigo, Never Never Picnic Area, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 1.9-2.1 mm. Body smooth, with scattered long setae. Male eyes with about 25 facets; vertex extensively modified, with paired wing-like tufts of setae directed posterolaterally from center of modified area, deeply sulcate from base of setal tufts to eyes, anterior margin of sulcus carinate, with arms of V-shaped sulcus extending anteriorly from center of modified area; eyes with smooth, circular impression at posterodorsal margins. Protrochanters and mesotrochanters with ventral spines. Female eyes with about 15 facets; indistinguishable from females of other species, except one undescribed species is smaller in size.
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] [317]
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |