Curculionellus riparius (lat.) Is a species of myrmecophilous predatory short-winged beetles of the genus Curculionellus from the subfamily moths ( Pselaphinae ) [1] .
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Distribution
Australia ( New South Wales ) [1] .
Description
Small short-winged beetles - palps ( Pselaphinae ). Myrmecophiles , found as an incquiline of ants of the species Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858) (from the ponerina subfamily) and Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Lowne, 1865) ( dolichoderins ). The head and pronotum are covered with micro mesh sculpture. The frontal rostrum of the head is long and protruding. 4th segment of mandibular palps wide throughout its entire length; 3rd segment small and triangular; 2nd segment stalked at the base. The species was first described in 1900 by the French diplomat and zoologist Achille Raffray ( Achille Raffray , 1844-1923). The valid status was confirmed in 2001 during a birth audit by the American entomologist Professor Donald S. Chandler ( Chandler Donald S .; University of New Hampshire , Durham , New Hampshire , USA ) [2] . The taxon Curculionellus riparius is included in a separate genus Curculionellus together with the species Curculionellus punctatus (King, 1865) and Curculionellus semipolitus Schaufuss, 1886 and assigned to the tribe Pselaphini from the subfamily Pselaphinae [3] [4] .
See also
- Curculionellus punctatus
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Curculionellus riparius (English) . Australian Faunal Directory . environment.gov.au. - Taxonomy. Date of appeal June 26, 2014. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Donald S. Chandler Professor of Zoology. Archived July 14, 2014.
- ↑ Chandler, DS Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). - Memoirs on Entomology, International Vol. 15. - Gainesville, FL, 2001. - viii + 560 p.
- ↑ Raffray, A. Australian Pselaphidae (English) // Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales: Journal. - 1900. - Vol. 25. - P. 131-249.
Literature
- Kistner, DH The social insects' bestiary. // In: HR Hermann (ed.), Social Insects, Vol. 3 .. - New York: Academic Press, 1982. - 244 p.
- Raffray, A. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. - Rome: Wytsman, 1908. - 487 p. - (in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule).
Links
- Curculionellus riparius (English) . Australian Faunal Directory . environment.gov.au. - Taxonomy. Date of appeal June 26, 2014. (unavailable link)
- Curculionellus riparius (English) . eol.org. - Taxonomy. Date of treatment June 26, 2014.
- Curculionellus riparius (English) . biolib.cz. - Taxonomy. Date of treatment June 6, 2014.