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Issue: Vol. 4269 No. 1: 19 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.5
Page range: 115–123
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of Metopiellus painensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), first troglobitic Pselaphinae from Brazil

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Cuiabá, MT. Brazil.
Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
VALE. Avenida de Ligação 3580, CEP: 34000-000, Mina de Águas Claras-Mac.
Staphylinidae Pselaphinae taxonomy Metopiellus new species Brazil Coleoptera

Abstract

Metopiellus painensis new species, of the Neotropical pselaphine tribe Metopiasini, is described from Pains region, Brasil (Minas Gerais). Major diagnostic features are illustrated and a key to the known species is given.

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