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Issue: Vol. 69 No. 1: 20 Sept. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.69.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 8

A revision of the genus Heinzia Korge, 1971 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Quediina), with description of a new species and its probable larva

Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia and Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, U.S.A.
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Shosse Podbelskogo, 3, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196608, Russia
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Quediina <i>Heinzia</i> taxonomy new species cave fauna identification key larva

Abstract

Palaearctic genus Heinzia Korge, 1971 is revised. Redescription and illustrations are provided for distinguishing the genus Heinzia from other genera of the subtribe Quediina Kraatz, 1857. Heinzia caucasica Gusarov & Koval, sp. nov. from the Caucasus, commonly found in caves, is described. A key to species of Heinzia is provided. Probable larva of H. caucasica is described.

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