Antimerus are relatively large for rove beetles, with adults reaching 13-20 mm in length. They are robust and more or less parallel-sided, with the head approximately the same width as the rest of the body. The mandibles are relatively long, falcate and usually lack distinct internal teeth. The deflexed hypomera of the pronotum are usually visible in lateral view (concealed in A. monteithi). The first four tarsomeres on all legs are broad and bear tenent setae ventrally, and all tarsi bear one pair of empodial setae. Some species have a metallic appearance.[2]
Putative larvae of three species (A. metallicus, A. punctipennis and A. smaragdinus) are known. They are 8-16 mm long with head widths of 1.5-3.0 mm. The head is large, subquadrate and well-sclerotised. The thorax is much narrower than the head. The abdomen is fusiform and, in well-fed larvae, may be wider in the middle than the head is. The surfaces of the body are generally microspinose or microtuberculate, and covered in fine simple setae. Most macrosetae and many medium-sized setae are club-shaped and have multispinose tips.[2]
Ecologyedit
Antimerus occur in moist forests in the coastal hills and mountain ranges of eastern Australia. At least some species in this genus have diurnal and arboreal adults. They have been collected from trees such as Argyrodendron actinophyllum and Eucalyptus spp. Larvae have been collected from forest litter.[2]
Speciesedit
Below are the species groups and species of Antimerus. Members of the same species groups are similar morphologically and do not overlap in distribution (allopatric).[2]
Antimerus auricomus Lea, 1925 - southern Queensland, New South Wales
Antimerus bellus Solodovnikov & Newton, 2010 - New South Wales
^ abcdeSolodovnikov, Alexey; Newton, Alfred (2010-10-11). "Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini". ZooKeys (67): 21–63. Bibcode:2010ZooK...67...21S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.67.704. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC3088419. PMID 21594033.
January 01, 1970
antimerus, genus, rove, beetles, found, eastern, australia, some, species, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, coleoptera, family, staphylinidae, tribe, staphylinini, genus, fauvel, 1878,. Antimerus is a genus of rove beetles found in eastern Australia 1 2 Antimerus Some of the species of Antimerus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Family Staphylinidae Tribe Staphylinini Genus AntimerusFauvel 1878 Species See text Contents 1 Description 2 Ecology 3 Species 4 ReferencesDescription editAntimerus are relatively large for rove beetles with adults reaching 13 20 mm in length They are robust and more or less parallel sided with the head approximately the same width as the rest of the body The mandibles are relatively long falcate and usually lack distinct internal teeth The deflexed hypomera of the pronotum are usually visible in lateral view concealed in A monteithi The first four tarsomeres on all legs are broad and bear tenent setae ventrally and all tarsi bear one pair of empodial setae Some species have a metallic appearance 2 Putative larvae of three species A metallicus A punctipennis and A smaragdinus are known They are 8 16 mm long with head widths of 1 5 3 0 mm The head is large subquadrate and well sclerotised The thorax is much narrower than the head The abdomen is fusiform and in well fed larvae may be wider in the middle than the head is The surfaces of the body are generally microspinose or microtuberculate and covered in fine simple setae Most macrosetae and many medium sized setae are club shaped and have multispinose tips 2 Ecology editAntimerus occur in moist forests in the coastal hills and mountain ranges of eastern Australia At least some species in this genus have diurnal and arboreal adults They have been collected from trees such as Argyrodendron actinophyllum and Eucalyptus spp Larvae have been collected from forest litter 2 Species editBelow are the species groups and species of Antimerus Members of the same species groups are similar morphologically and do not overlap in distribution allopatric 2 Antimerus auricomus Lea 1925 southern Queensland New South Wales Antimerus bellus Solodovnikov amp Newton 2010 New South Wales Antimerus gracilis Solodovnikov amp Newton 2010 northern Queensland Antimerus jamesrodmani Solodovnikov amp Newton 2010 southern Queensland Antimerus metallicus Solodovnikov amp Newton 2010 northern Queensland Antimerus monteithi Solodovnikov amp Newton 2010 southern Queensland northern New South Wales Antimerus posttibialis Lea 1925 northern Queensland Antimerus punctipennis Lea 1906 southern Queensland New South Wales Antimerus smaragdinus Fauvel 1878 southern New South Wales Victoria South Australia TasmaniaReferences edit Antimerus Fauvel 1878 www gbif org Retrieved 2023 02 07 a b c d e Solodovnikov Alexey Newton Alfred 2010 10 11 Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus Coleoptera Staphylinidae Staphylininae a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini ZooKeys 67 21 63 Bibcode 2010ZooK 67 21S doi 10 3897 zookeys 67 704 ISSN 1313 2970 PMC 3088419 PMID 21594033 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antimerus amp oldid 1194004127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
