Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal

ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.13

Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 2: 21 Mar. 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-03-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.13

Page range: 295–300

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**Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal**

ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN⁺⁻

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.

Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Olophrum taxonomy new species new records China Nepal Palaearctic Region

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Olophrum Erichson, 1839 of the laxum group are described and illustrated: O. lama Shavrin, sp.n. (Nepal: Rolwaling Himal) and O. schuelkei Shavrin, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi). Olophrum laxum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Yunnan and O. pacei Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Shaanxi and Hubei provinces of China are recorded for the first time. A modified key of the laxum group is provided.

References

Shavrin, A.V. & Smetana, A. (2017) A new species of the genus Olophrum ERICHSON, 1839 from China, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 87, 229–238.