Species Cleland loftyensis Chandler, 2001
- Cleland loftyensis 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] [222] [not indicated as new in text].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, 16 km SE Adelaide, Cleland Conservation Park, Pill Box Track, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 1.4-1.5 mm. Head rugosely punctate. Pronotum rugose in peripheral areas; lateral antebasal foveae setose. Elytra with discal stria thin, distinct to near elytral apices. Males with eyes of about 40 facets; mesotrochanters with ventral margin carinate; sternites II-III with broad longitudinal sulci near lateral margins, mesal margins of sulci densely setose. Females with eyes of about 10 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] [222]
History of changes
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |