Species Kerplectus glabratus Chandler, 2001
- Kerplectus glabratus 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] [121].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Bellenden Ker Range, Summit TV Station, QLD [17°16'S 145°52'E].
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 1.7 mm. Body shining, with short appressed setae, with sparse longer setae. The paratype lacks lateral procoxal foveae, these foveae are small on the holotype. Male eyes with about 30 facets; protrochanters acutely angulate; visible sternite 6 (VIII) with small circular impression near apex. Females unknown.
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] [121]
History of changes
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