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Issue: Vol. 5277 No. 1: 1 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.3
Page range: 71-90
Abstract views: 216
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Percussiopalpus gen. n. from Turkey, a free-living relative of cave-dwelling Thaumastocephalus, and revised placement of Thaumastocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Museum of Natural History; University of Wrocław; Sienkiewicza 21; 50-335 Wrocław; Poland.
Department of Entomology; National Museum; Natural History Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9—Horní Počernice; The Czech Republic.
Manisa Celal Bayar University; Alaşehir Vocational School; TR-45600; Alaşehir; Manisa; Turkey.
Coleoptera taxonomy Euplectitae Thaumastocephalini new genus new species

Abstract

A new genus and species, Percussiopalpus inusitatus Hlaváč & Jałoszyński gen. n. et sp. n. of the tribe Thaumastocephalini is described and illustrated, based on specimens collected in the Asian part of Turkey (Balıkesir Province). The discovery of a free-living pselaphine species morphologically closely resembling the obligate cavernicolous Thaumastocephalus Poggi et al. prompted a detailed morphological study of both genera, which results in transferring Thaumastocephalini from Batrisitae to Euplectitae.

 

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