Species Limoniates carinatus Chandler, 2001

Limoniates carinatus Chandler

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Species Limoniates carinatus Chandler, 2001

Limoniates carinatus 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] [239].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Lamington National Park, 3 km NNW O'Reilly's, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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 0.9-1.0 mm. Body orange-brown. Antennal clubs formed by apical two antennomeres. Pronotum with lateral margins at middle half slightly convexly bowed, nearly parallel; pronotal disc convex. Elytra with discal stria faint in apical half. Abdomen with visible tergite 1 (IV) slightly longer than 2 (V). Male eyes with about 50 facets; thin transverse sulcus connecting vertexal foveae, vertex with elongate triangular impression extending from near vertexal foveae to between antennal insertions, with median longitudinal ridge extending through most of impression; antennomeres IV nearly twice as wide as antennomeres III and broadly expanded laterally. Mesotibiae with large apical spur on mesal margins; metatrochanters angulate at base on ventral margins. Female eyes with about 30 facets; V-shaped vertexal sulcus; fifth visible sternite (VII) with blunt apical tubercle.

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] [239]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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