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Issue: Vol. 3609 No. 3: 30 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.7
Page range: 327–334
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 5

On the identity of Pselaphodes walkeri (Sharp, 1892) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new related species

Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae taxonomy Pselaphodes walkeri Damao Island China

Abstract

The identity of Pselaphodes walkeri (Sharp, 1892) is clarified based on examinations of the holotype and recently collect-ed material from the type locality (Damao Island, Zhoushan Archipelago). Previous records of P. walkeri from West Tian-mushan Mountain (Zhejiang), Baishanzu Natural Reserve (Zhejiang) and Wuyishan Mountain (Jiangxi) are proven to be based on misidentifications, populations there represent a new species closely related to P. walkeri. Both P. walkeri and the new species are redescribed/described, illustrated and distinguished from the other members of the genus.

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