Genus Mossman Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mossman 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] [277].

  Type species:

   Mossman thompsoni Chandler, 2001 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

One species is known.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Diagnosis

Head rounded-triangular; lacking frontal rostrum, antennal tubercles low, antennomeres elongate. Pronotal disc smooth, small antebasal tubercles present between punctiform lateral antebasal foveae and median depressed area. Elytra lacking foveae and dorsal striae. Abdomen conical, lateral margins of visible tergite 1 (IV) angularly rounded, with only inner marginal carinae present.

 

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] [277]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)