Revision of the genus Delenda Croissandeau, 1891 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

ROSTISLAV BEKCHIEV; VOLKER BRACHAT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.6

Issue: Vol. 3765 No. 6: 21 Feb. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-02-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.6

Page range: 583–592

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**Revision of the genus Delenda Croissandeau, 1891 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)**

ROSTISLAV BEKCHIEV⁺⁻
VOLKER BRACHAT⁺⁻

National Museum of Natural History, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Beethovenweg 19a, 82538 Geretsried, Deutschland.

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Abstract

The genus Delenda Croissandeau, 1891 is revised and redescribed. The taxonomic position of the Delenda frivaldszkyi Reitter, 1893 is discussed, and its species status is resurrected. Delenda carthago Croissandeau, 1891, and D. frivaldszkyi Reitter, 1893 are redescribed. One new species D. rhodopensis sp. n. is described.