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Issue: Vol. 4877 No. 3: 11 Nov. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.3.10
Page range: 587–597
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New species of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Malawi and South Africa

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9-Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.
Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University, Zemědělská 1, Brno, CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Clavigeritae Zuluclavodes Articerodes taxonomy new species South Africa Malawi Coleoptera

Abstract

Three new species of Clavigeritae from subsaharan Africa, Zuluclavodes mulanjensis sp. nov., Zuluclavodes minor sp. nov. from southern Malawi and Articerodes jaloszynskii sp. nov. from South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal are described. Diagnosis is provided for both genera, and a key to species is given for the genus Zuluclavodes Hlaváč, 2007. Ischyroceros mirus Reichensperger, 1915 is firstly recorded from Malawi, the illustration of its aedeagus is given. All described species are illustrated and their photos are presented.

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