Species Logasa novaeanglia Chandler, 2001

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• Logasa novaeanglia 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] [49].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/CC8FB01A-83D3-4674-8D98-BF2E4441FAE7

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, New England National Park, Wrights Lookout Trail, NSW.

  Type host:

   Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Lowne, 1865) [FORMICIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 2.1-2.5 mm. Body with setae dense and short, lacking distinctly long setae; setae subdecumbent to suberect on head and pronotum, decumbent on elytra and abdomen. Head bluntly triangular; with broad indentation at base, vertexal foveae near anterior margin of indentation; elongate frontal sulcus deep, frontal bridge broad; antennomeres VI-X strongly transverse; gula gently and transversely rounded. Pronotum with triangular median antebasal impression shallow, as long as wide; antebasal sulcus angularly bisinuate, distinct between lateral antebasal foveae; basolateral foveae in sulcus; lateral longitudinal sulci distinct; lateral pronotal margins broadly rounded. Each elytron with three basal foveae; discal foveae weak, usually with one each posterior to first and third basal foveae; discal stria extending past elytral midpoint; with faint subhumeral fovea, broad longitudinal sulcus extending posteriorly from subhumeral fovea distinct. Abdomen with visible tergite 1 (IV) variably exposed, nearly as long as 2 (V), when elytra covering posteriorly to transverse line of dense short setae then appearing about half length of 2 (V); 2 (V) slightly shorter than 3 (VI); 4 (VII) longest, slightly longer than 3 (VI). Male eyes with about 60 facets; penial plate (sternite IX) large and oval; lacking other male modifications. Female eyes with about 50 facets; visible sternite 6 (VIII) deflexed in apical half.

 

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] [49]

Kang, J.-Y., Chandler, D.S. & Park, J.-S. 2019. Revision of the Australian genus Logasa Chandler (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae) with description of three new species. ZooKeys 886: 145-154 [Date published 5 Nov 2019] [149-150] (redescription and location records)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	09-Apr-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
21-Mar-2016		21-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)