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Issue: Vol. 3974 No. 3: 23 Jun. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.7
Page range: 401–412
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Domene Fauvel, 1873 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from a granitic cavity in Serra da Estrela (Portugal)

cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / PEERS, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, R. Ernesto de Vasconcelos, Ed. C2, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
CISE - Centro de Interpretação da Serra da Estrela, Município de Seia, R. Visconde de Molelos, 6270-423 Seia, Portugal
TAGIS - Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal, 7480-152 Avis, Portugal
cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / PEERS, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, R. Ernesto de Vasconcelos, Ed. C2, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and University of Azores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A) and Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, University of Azores, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
rove beetle endemic subterranean Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

A new species of the genus Domene Fauvel, 1873—D. viriatoi n. sp.—is described from a granitic natural cavity in Serra da Estrela, Portugal. This subterranean species is diagnosed and compared with closely related species from the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene Koch, 1938. The external morphology and male genitalia are illustrated and information on the species` ecology is presented. A dichotomic key to the Lathromene species based on the male genitalia is provided. The need to protect the habitat of this species from human disturbance is commented on.