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Species Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912)

 

Generic Combinations

  • Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: inquiline (host(s): Aphaenogaster longiceps (Smith, 1858) [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.80 mm. Male antennal club with setae of outer surface as long as those on body, club oval, lacking any angulation of outer margins, inner surface minutely punctulate in impression, appearing glabrous. Teeth on lateral carinae of first sternite short, barely separated, sharply incised at an oblique angle anteriorly, smoothly confluent and receding in height posteriorly. Right mesofemur with two teeth on posterior margin of tibial groove, left mesofemur with one tooth, anterior margin of groove with five separate smaller teeth in basal half. Male genitalia strongly asymmetrical, penis offset toward small thin right paramere, left paramere apically branched, phallobase short. Female unknown.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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
21-Mar-2016 18-May-2011 MOVED
01-Jul-2020 07-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
07-Jun-2022 MODIFIED