Genus Dorrigo Chandler, 2001

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• Dorrigo 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] [60].

  Type species:

   Dorrigo cyclops Chandler, 2001 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Based on a single Australian species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Diagnosis

Head broadly oval; lacking vertexal foveae and antennal tubercles. Pronotum chordate; lacking antebasal sulcus and foveae, disc with poorly defined median longitudinal impression; prosternum broadly convex. Elytra lacking basal foveae and subhumeral fovea; lacking discal stria. Lacking median mesosternal foveae; with simple lateral mesosternal foveae. Visible tergite 4 (VII) longest.

 

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] [60]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)