Species Plagiophorus leai (Chandler, 1986)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyathiger leai Chandler, D.S. 1986. A revision of the genus Cyathiger (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(6): 119-124 [121].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ANIC w/M holotype), nr Cape Tribulation, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Plagiophorus leai (Chandler, 1986).

 

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 1.15-1.23 mm. Male antennal club with outer surface densely clothed with hairs, inner surface deeply concave, minutely roughened, setae as dense as on outer surface but shorter, readily seen at 60X, dorsal angulation of club weakly defined, ventral angulation as distinct as that of dorsal. Teeth on lateral carinae of first abdominal sternum short, elongate, with short posterior prolongation at apices. Mesofemora with single ventral tooth. Male genitalia with phallobase moderately large, slightly longer than parameres or penis, which are of equal lengths. Female similar to male, with antennal club ellipsoidal, smoothly prolonged on dorsal margin.

 

Diagnosis References

Burckhardt, D. 1988. On some Australian species of Cyathiger King (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 95(2): 385-390 [Date published June 1988] [388] (redescription)

Chandler, D.S. 1986. A revision of the genus Cyathiger (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(6): 119-124 [121]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		18-May-2011	MOVED
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