Species Mundaring clarki Chandler, 2001
- Mundaring clarki 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] [340].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, Mundaring, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: inquiline (host(s): Heteroponera sp. [FORMICIDAE]; Camponotus sp. [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 2.1-2.2 mm. Body with moderately dense, subdecumbent setae; lacking obvious punctation. Head lacking frontal fovea; with antennomeres IX-X elongate, widening apically to form smoothly joined antennal clubs. Male eyes with about 20 facets; mesotrochanters with blunt tubercles on mesal margin near base. Female eyes with about 20 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] [340]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Jun-2022 | STAPHYLINIDAE | 07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 27-May-2022 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
21-Mar-2016 | STAPHYLINIDAE | 07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
21-Mar-2016 | Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802 | 07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
01-Jul-2020 | 07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |