Species Spurgeon perplexus Chandler, 2001

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Regional Maps

• Spurgeon perplexus 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] [285].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Gadgarra State Forest, 10 km E Lake Eacham, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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 2.4-2.5 mm. Body polished, covered with long sparse setae. Head with short median carina at vertex base; antennomeres II-VII slightly longer than wide, VIII-X transverse, X slightly wider than XI, widened to truncate apex. Visible sternite 6 (VIII) broadly and shallowly impressed at base. Male eyes with about 60 facets; mesotrochanters bearing small ventral spine; metatrochanters with posterior margin acutely angulate. Female eyes similar.

 

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] [285]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)