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Issue: Vol. 4609 No. 2: 23 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.12
Page range: 388–394
Abstract views: 121
PDF downloaded: 8

Prosoglypta, a new remarkable genus from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini)

Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Prosoglypta taxonomy description new genus new species Vietnam Oriental Region

Abstract

A new omaliine genus and species from northern Vietnam, Prosoglypta alesenkae Shavrin & Smetana gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The main morphological features of the new genus and its taxonomic relations with other genera of the tribe Omaliini MacLeay, 1825 are briefly discussed.

 

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