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Issue: Vol. 3065 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2011
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2011-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3065.1.7
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Nazeris Fauvel, 1873 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Uttarakhand, Northern India

Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Paederinae

Abstract

Nazeris indicus Cameron, 1943, described from the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region of West Bengal (type locality: “Ghum district: Tiger Hill”) [Cameron, 1943:32], is currently the only species of the paederine genus Nazeris Fauvel, 1873 known from India. During a field trip to India in June 2011, I collected a new species of Nazeris from Uttarakhand province, which is described herein.

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