Species Stipesa australiae Chandler, 2001
Stipesa australiae Chandler
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Species Stipesa australiae Chandler, 2001
- Stipesa australiae 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] [498].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Kakadu National Park, South Alligator River, Gangaree Rainforest, 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 1.4-1.5. Body covered with short thickened, appressed setae, setae no more than twice as long as wide; with 11 antennomeres. Pronotal disc with vague longitudinal impression at middle, base edged with band of thickened setae.
Male eyes with about 35 facets; antennal clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres, antennomeres IX nearly 3 times length of antennomeres VIII, two-thirds length of antennomeres X, antennomeres III-VIII short and transverse. Female eyes with about 35 facets; antennal clubs formed by apical 2 antennomeres.
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] [498]
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) |