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Issue: Vol. 3893 No. 4: 10 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.7
Page range: 579–586
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 3

A review of the Tychobythinus algiricus species group from North Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali – sezione Biologia Animale – Università di Catania, via Androne 81, I – 95124 Catania, Italia.
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali – sezione Biologia Animale – Università di Catania, via Androne 81, I – 95124 Catania, Italia.
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali – sezione Biologia Animale – Università di Catania, via Androne 81, I – 95124 Catania, Italia.
U.R. Biodiversité et Biologie des populations, Faculté des Sciences, Université Tunis el Manar.
Pselaphinae Bythinini Tychobythinus algiricus species group taxonomy new synonymy North Africa

Abstract

The species belonging to the Tychobythinus algiricus group are revised and the group is characterized and defined. Tychobythinus algiricus (Raffray, 1871) is redescribed, illustrated and its distribution and its synonymic framework discussed, establishing that Tychobythinus occidentalis Besuchet, 1962 is a junior synonym of Tychobythinus algiricus (syn. nov.). A key for species identification is provided.