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Issue: Vol. 5178 No. 6: 31 Aug. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.5
Page range: 583-588
Abstract views: 345
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A new Ryukyuan species of Edaphus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Euaesthetinae)

1Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland.
Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
Coleoptera Euaesthetinae new species Japan Okinawa

Abstract

Edaphus nagugushikuensis sp. n., a new Japanese rove beetle species of the subfamily Euaesthetinae is described and illustrated based on a male specimen collected in the northern region of Okinawa-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the 56th species of Edaphus Motschulsky known to occur in Japan, and the sixth known to inhabit the largest Ryukyuan island. Puthz’s identification key to Edaphus species of the southwestern Japanese islands from 2010 is modified to include the new species.

 

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