Species Millaa obesus Chandler, 2001

Millaa obesus Chandler

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Species Millaa obesus Chandler, 2001

Millaa obesus 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] [227].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Millaa Millaa Falls, 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 1.8-2.2 mm. Head and pronotum densely punctulate; body with dense subdecumbent setae, with scattered longer setae. Enlarged antennomeres VIII-X nearly quadrate, slightly transverse, VI slightly narrower and about two-thirds length of VII; gular setae short and simple. Pronotal disc convex; antebasal sulcus distinct for a short distance medial to lateral antebasal foveae, sulcus indistinct in medial third. Elytra each with two small basal foveae; discal stria short. Tibiae of all legs with apicolateral margins slightly flanged. Male eyes with about 75 facets; visible sternite 5 (VII) bearing pair of widely separated thick setae; 3-4 (V-VI) with apices simple, lacking apical angulations. Female eyes with about 70 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] [227]

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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