Species Kapalga trapezoidalis Chandler, 2001
- Kapalga trapezoidalis 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] [225].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Kakadu National Park, Kapalga, North Point, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 0.9-1.0 mm. Head and pronotum closely punctulate. Body covered with short, dense, suberect setae. Eyes with about 30 facets; antennomeres IX-X similar in size and form. Males unknown. Holotype female: Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park, Kapalga, North Point, XII-24-1993/I-17-1994, S. and J. Peck, rainforest, FITrap (ANIC). Paratypes: 2 &, eutopotypical (ANIC, DSC).
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] [225]
History of changes
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