Species Perditadens acheron Chandler, 2001

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Regional Maps

• Perditadens acheron 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] [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Acheron Gap, near Warburton, VIC.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.8-2.0 mm. Body smooth; covered with dense, short, appressed or decumbent setae. Male eyes with about 40 facets; visible sternite 5 (VII) broadly flattened through most of width, with sparse fringe of erect setae at apical margin in middle half, setae slightly curved anteriorly. Female eyes with about 35 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] [179]

 

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)