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Issue: Vol. 4603 No. 2: 9 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.8
Page range: 354–364
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 6

Three new species and a new combination in the genus Omaliopsis Jeannel, 1940 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini) of China and Nepal

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Omaliopsis taxonomy new species new combination China Himalayan Region

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Omaliopsis Jeannel, 1940 from East Asia are described: O. amplimaculata sp.n. (China: Sichuan, Emei Shan), O. bimaculata sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Xue Shan and Haba Shan) and O. schmidti sp.n. (central Nepal). A new combination is proposed for Chinese O. musaphila (Rougemont, 2017) comb. n., originally described in the genus Phyllodrepa Thomson, 1859. A key for species of Omaliopsis known from East Asia is proposed. Members of the genus Omaliopsis are recorded for the first time from China and Nepal.

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