Species Mossman thompsoni Chandler, 2001

Mossman thompsoni Chandler

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Species Mossman thompsoni Chandler, 2001

Mossman thompsoni 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] [279].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Mossman Bluff Trace, 5-10 km W Mossman, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

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 2.0-2.1 mm. Body with long decumbent setae, setae on abdomen as long as tergites. Antennomeres II-VII 3 times as long as wide, antennomeres IX angulate near ventral apices, slightly longer than X. Abdomen with visible tergite 4 (VII) longest.
Male eyes with about 35 facets; antennomeres IX longer than wide, X as long as wide. Mesotrochanters with small, thin ventral spine; metatrochanters bluntly angulate, with setae at apices. Visible sternite 6 (VIII) elongate, broadly convex. Female eyes with about 35 facets; visible tergite 4 (VII) strongly narrowed, nearly as long as wide, visible tergite 5 (VIII) narrow, about as long as wide; visible sternite 6 (VIII) narrow and elongate, longitudinally broadly sulcate.

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] [279]

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)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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