Species Raphitreus australis Chandler, 2001
Raphitreus australis Chandler
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Species Raphitreus australis Chandler, 2001
- Raphitreus australis 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] [473].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Darwin, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis
Length 2.5 mm. Head and pronotum brown, with setae short and appressed; elytra orange, abdomen orange-brown. Head and pronotum coarsely punctate, punctures faint on elytra and abdomen; antennomeres X only slightly larger than antennomeres IX. Abdomen with discal carinae on visible tergite 1 (IV) extending through length, 2 (V) with discal carinae present only in basal half. Legs with protibiae swollen at middle, constricted at apical fifth. Male eyes with about 70 facets; with antennal clubs stout; visible sternite 3 (V) flattened at middle fourth. Female eyes with about 70 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] [473]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |