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Issue: Vol. 4311 No. 3: 24 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.9
Page range: 435–440
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 5

The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. VII. Description of Madastiger robustus gen. and sp. nov. from Central Madagascar

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management , Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management , Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Clavigeritae Madastiger new genus new species Madagascar

Abstract

Madastiger robustus, gen. and sp. nov., is described based on a single male collected by sifting of leaf-litter in Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Central Madagascar. The aedeagus has apical accessory lobes, a unique feature within the tribe Clavigerini, which are here described and illustrated. The genus is tentatively assigned to the subtribe Mastigerina (Pselaphinae: Clavigeritae: Clavigerini).

 

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