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Issue: Vol. 5244 No. 2: 17 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.2.5
Page range: 173-181
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Three new species of Omaliopsis Jeannel, 1940 and Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae, Omaliini)

Daugavpils University, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Coleopterological Research Centre, Vienibas 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Omaliopsis Omalium taxonomy new species Taiwan Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Three new species of Omaliini McLeay, 1825 from Taiwan are described and illustrated: Omaliopsis propinqua sp.n. (Nantou Hsien, Ilan Hsien), Omalium alienum sp.n. (Hualien Hsien, Nantou Hsien and Taichung Hsien) and O. latissimum sp.n. (Chiayi Hsien). Both genera are recorded from Taiwan for the first time.

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