Species Somatipion punctatus (King, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Faronus punctatus King, R.L. 1865. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 167-175, pl. XIV [168].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM (AM w/5 //Faronus punctatus, Currajong// & w/a Palimbolus on the card), Currajong, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Somatipion punctatus (King, 1865).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

The head base is deeply indented and the antebasal sulcus is distinct in punctatus.

 

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] [411]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)