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Issue: Vol. 3990 No. 4: 28 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.4
Page range: 551–566
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 4

Brounea, a new genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from New Zealand, with descriptions of nine new species

Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.
taxonomy biogeography Faronitae Faronini

Abstract

A new genus and nine new species of New Zealand endemic pselaphine staphylinid beetles belonging to the supertribe Faronitae are described: Brounea Park & Carlton, gen. nov. (type species: Sagola setiventris Broun, 1915); B. yoonhoi Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. chorui Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. sungryongi Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. mijeongae Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. seongmoi Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. daehyuni Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. mangamukaensis Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. sunjaei Park & Carlton sp. nov., and B. seungili Park & Carlton sp. nov. Two species, S. setiventris and S. tenuis Broun, 1886, are transferred to the genus Brounea. A key to species, habitus photographs, and line drawings of diagnostic characters are provided.