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Thinobius
Issue: Vol. 4985 No. 2: 14 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.9
Page range: 261–268
Abstract views: 520
PDF downloaded: 33

Taxonomy of the coastal Thinobius Kiesenwetter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Korea

Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea
Division of Restoration Research, Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology, Yeongyang 36531, South Korea
Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea
East Asia, rove beetle, pebble beach, Thinobius, coastal Coleoptera

Abstract

A taxonomic study of the intertidal Thinobius Kiesenwetter in Korea is presented. Three species are recognized, two of which are identified as new species (Thinobius jejuensis Lee & Ahn, sp. n. and Thinobius koreanus Lee & Yoo, sp. n.) and Thinobius kuroshio (Sawada) is recorded for the first time in Korea. A key, descriptions, habitus photographs, and line drawings of diagnostic characters of these three species are provided to facilitate identification.

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