Species Paluma transversilineatus Chandler, 2001

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• Paluma transversilineatus 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] [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, 19.5 km ESE Mareeba, 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 1.8-2.1 mm. Head with antennomeres elongate, VIII shortest, III-VIII same width, IX slightly wider than VIII, X twice as wide as VIII, X as long as VIII-IX combined, clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres. Male eyes with about 25 facets; mesotrochanters with ventral spine, mesotibiae angularly projecting at mesal apices. Metasternum with small tubercles just posterior to mesocoxae. Visible sternite 2 (IV) with 2 small medial swellings at apex. 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] [343]

 

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)