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Issue: Vol. 4648 No. 2: 30 Jul. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-07-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.10
Page range: 371–383
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 5

Peripus, a new genus of Xanthopygina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from South America

Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Ave. Dept 2653, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Ave. Dept 2653, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Coleoptera Staphylininae Staphylinini Zackfalinus Isanopus Neotropical

Abstract

We describe a new genus of Xanthopygina as Peripus gen. n. Chatzimanolis & Hightower and include the following species: P. brunkei sp. n. Chatzimanolis & Hightower, P. didontus sp. n. Chatzimanolis & Hightower, P. madrededios sp. n. Chatzimanolis & Hightower, and P. monodontus sp. n. Chatzimanolis & Hightower. Peripus belongs in the Isanopus group of genera of Xanthopygina. We provide photographs, illustrations and a key for the identification of species.

 

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