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Issue: Vol. 3168 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3168.1.3
Page range: 39–52
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 4

Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)

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Coleoptera Staphylinini Quediina Afrotropical taxonomy new species

Abstract

Following examination of new material of Acylophorus from sub-Saharan Africa three new species are described: A.janaki sp. n. from South Africa, A. uhligi sp. n. from Zimbabwe, A. acufer sp. n. from Botswana and Namibia. New records are listed for all species examined. Thirty species are now recognised from the region.

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