Species Praeruptifrons arnhemensis Chandler, 2001
Praeruptifrons arnhemensis Chandler
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Species Praeruptifrons arnhemensis Chandler, 2001
- Praeruptifrons arnhemensis 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] [253].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Arnhemland, 33 km E Jabiru, Podocarp Canyon, 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 0.7-0.8 mm. Body with sparse, short setae. Head with frontal rostrum narrowing and depressed to middle, narrowly interrupted at apex, apex angulate and prominent in dorsal view; median longitudinal sulcus on vertex extending from median circular impression to base; apicolateral genal tubercles over twice as long as width at bases. Pronotum with base smooth. Elytra each with discal stria extending to near elytral midpoint. Male eyes with about 30 facets; profemora with venters slightly angulate near apex; pro- and mesotibiae gradually swollen to middles. Females unknown.
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] [253]
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) |