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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-09-09
Page range: 443–448
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Scydmoraphes rothangensis Franz, a misplaced Himalayan species of Cyrtoscydmini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland.
Coleoptera Cyrtoscydmini Scydmoraphes Stenichnus Palaearctic Himalayas India taxonomy

Abstract

Based on examination of the type series, Scydmoraphes rothangensis Franz is transferred to Stenichnus Thomson, resulting in Stenichnus (s. str.) rothangensis (Franz) comb. n. Structural details of this intriguing Himalayan species are illustrated in detail and compared with those of allied genera, and a redescription is given.