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Issue: Vol. 748 No. 1: 1 Dec. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.748.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 35
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Yosiityphlus Sawada, 1971, a new synonym of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, Section of Zoology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway
Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1460 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae Oxytelinae Yosiityphlus Thinobius taxonomy synonymy

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the original description, Yosiityphlus kuroshio Sawada, 1971, initially described as a member of Leptotyphlinae, is transferred to the genus Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844, subfamily Oxytelinae. The generic name Yosiityphlus Sawada, 1971 is placed in synonymy with the name Thinobius.

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