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Issue: Vol. 3322 No. 1: 23 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3322.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of Veraphis Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from China

Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Scydmaeninae Eutheiini Veraphis new species East Palaearctic China

Abstract

Two new species of the Holoarctic genus Veraphis Casey are described from the sub-Himalayan part of China: V. qinghaiensissp. n. (from Qinghai) and V. calcarifer sp. n. (from Sichuan and Qinghai). Diagnostic characters of the new taxa are illustrated,including the aedeagi and modified fore legs, and possible relationships with previously known Eastern Palaearctic species are discussed.

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