Species Sunorfa (Sunorfa) nigripes Chandler, 1987

Sunorfa nigripes Chandler

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Species Sunorfa (Sunorfa) nigripes Chandler, 1987

Sunorfa nigripes Chandler, D.S. 1987. The Sunorfa of Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14: 67–70 [Nov. 1987] [70].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (//Queensland, 16.06S 145.28E, near Cape Tribulation, 50m, 20.VI.1971, Taylor and Feehan, rainforest, Berleseate ANIC 326/ HOLOTYPE Sunorfa nigripes Chandler//), near Cape Tribulation, QLD.
Type host:
Iridomyrmex sp. [FORMICIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

Diagnosis

Length 1.02-1.08 mm. Body red-brown to brown; head and elytra with sparse coarse punctures, elytra with 6 punctures in line perpendicular to elytral suture from humeri; pronotum with moderate sparse punctation; elytra with 3 basal foveae same size as elytral punctures. Males with vertex slightly raised at middle, projecting anteriorly as narrow shelf, area antero-medial to vertexal foveae flattened; mesotrochanters with broad ventral tubercle, mesotibiae with broad apical spur; sternite VI with apex broadly rounded, disc lightly convex, evenly setate. Females with vertex lightly impressed antero-medially from vertexal foveae, impression interrupted at middle; legs lacking modifications, sternite VI similar in form to that of males, not as densely setate.

Diagnosis References

Chandler, D.S. 1987. The Sunorfa of Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14: 67–70 [Nov. 1987] [70]

History of changes

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

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