Species Namssom punctatus Chandler, 2001

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Regional Maps

• Namssom punctatus 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] [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Bellenden Ker Range, Summit TV Station, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.1-1.3 mm. Head and pronotum coarsely punctate, punctures separated by distance almost equal to their diameters. Elytra lacking discal striae. Male eyes formed by about 40 facets; protibiae with small tubercle at middle of anteromedial margins; metatrochanters angulate at mesal margins; visible sternite 3 (V) with patch of dense, longer setae near lateral margins. Females unknown.

 

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] [171]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)