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Australian Faunal Directory

Species Somatipion globulifer Schaufuss, 1877

<I>Somatipion globulifer </I>Schaufuss

Somatipion globulifer Schaufuss

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Species Somatipion globulifer Schaufuss, 1877

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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

SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia
    • Victoria
    • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: inquiline (host(s): Papyrius nitidus (Mayr, 1862) [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

The head base is pointed and the antebasal sulcus of the pronotum is indistinct in globulifer.

 

General 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] [411] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement returned to species status)

Lea, A.M. 1912. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 426-478, pl. XVII [Date published 8 Feb. 1912] [430] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement globulifer as junior synonym of punctatus)

 

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
01-Jul-2020 07-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
07-Jun-2022 MODIFIED