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Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-21
Page range: 295–300
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Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Olophrum taxonomy new species new records China Nepal Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Olophrum Erichson, 1839 of the laxum group are described and illustrated: O. lama Shavrin, sp.n. (Nepal: Rolwaling Himal) and O. schuelkei Shavrin, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi). Olophrum laxum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Yunnan and O. pacei Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Shaanxi and Hubei provinces of China are recorded for the first time. A modified key of the laxum group is provided.

 

References

  1. Shavrin, A.V. & Smetana, A. (2017) A new species of the genus Olophrum ERICHSON, 1839 from China, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 87, 229–238.