Species Dungog atlas Chandler, 2001
- Dungog atlas 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] [161].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Styx River State Forest, Cedar Pit Floral Reserve, 42 km SE Wollomombi, 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: terrestrial.
Audlt: predator.
Diagnosis
Length 2.4-2.6 mm. Body with decumbent setae. Head with interantennal bridge deeply depressed at middle between prominent antennal tubercles. Pronotum with lateral margins deeply incised adjacent to lateral antebasal foveae; prosternum with median carina. Abdomen with discal carinae of visible tergites 1-2 (IV-V) extending at least half tergal lengths, deeply depressed and setose between carinae, distance between carinae slightly more than one-third width of tergite discs. Male eyes with about 40 facets; antennomeres VIII slightly enlarged to suggest a weakly formed club of 4 antennomeres; antennomeres IX-X dorsally excavate near apices; antennomeres XI flattened on venter near bases. Female eyes with about 40 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] [161]
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |