Genus Daintree Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Daintree 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] [268].

  Type species:

   Daintree nitidus Chandler, 2001 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Based on a single Australian species.

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

Diagnosis

Head rounded-triangular; with slight frontal rostrum. Pronotum with antebasal tubercles low and blunt, lateral longitudinal sulci faint; outer pair of basolateral foveae present, lateral antebasal foveae distinct. Elytra with 2 small basal foveae, discal stria short. Visible tergites 2-3 (V-VI) angularly rounded at lateral margins, 1 (IV) with both marginal carinae present in basal half.

 

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] [268]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)