Species Gadgarra halfpappi Chandler, 2001
- Gadgarra halfpappi 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] [273].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Gadgarra State Forest, 10 km E Lake Eacham, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
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
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 1.9-2.1 mm. Body with setae appressed, 0.04 mm long on elytral disc. Head densely punctate. Anterior portion of pronotum with punctures less distinct, small and indistinct over rest of body. Elytra with thickened setae on posterior portion of flanks, with small tufts of long setae at posteroapical angles. Visible tergite 1 (IV) with line of long thickened setae on anterior and posterior margins of basolateral incision; 2 (V) one-third length of 1 (IV). Male eyes with about 70 facets; with deep transverse excavation on vertex, anterior face of impression with transverse setose fovea at middle, posterior margin incised by blunt median tubercle to give bilobed appearance, faint vertexal foveae at lateral margins. 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] [273]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Mar-2016 | 20-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |