Species Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912)
- Cyathiger simulator Lea, A.M. 1912. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Supplement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 25(1): 31-78 pl. II [Date published Aug. 1912] [49].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (//simulator Lea, Type, Otford//), Otford, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Plagiophorus simulator (Lea, 1912).
Distribution
States
New South Wales
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.
Diagnosis References
Chandler, D.S. 1986. A revision of the genus Cyathiger (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(6): 119-124 [123] (redescription)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |