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Issue: Vol. 5343 No. 6: 13 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.6.4
Page range: 539-593
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A taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous genus Lomechusoides Tottenham, 1939 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Part II. The revision of the strumosus species group

Museum of Šariš; Natural History Department; Rhodyho 2; SK-085 01 Bardejov; Slovakia
Department of Entomology; National Museum; Natural History Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9-Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Mendel University in Brno; Faculty of AgriSciences; Department of Zoology; Fisheries; Hydrobiology and Apiculture; Zemědělská 1; Brno; CZ-613 00; Czech Republic
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Aleocharinae Lomechusini Lomechusina Lomechusoides revision key of species Palaearctic region

Abstract

The Lomechusoides strumosus species group is revised and fifteen new species are described: Lomechusoides chekanovskiyi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. dlabolai Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. drobovi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. dudkorum Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. fallax Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. folgaricus Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. inflatiformis Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. poppiusi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. primoricus Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. przewalskyi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. reitteri Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. richteri Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. rossii Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. zerchei Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; and L. zeyai Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov. Lomechusoides strumosus caucasicus (Wasmann, 1896) is synonymized with L. teres (Eppelsheim, 1884), new synonymy. The synonymy of L. mariae (Palm, 1949) with L. inflatus (Zetterstedt, 1828) is confirmed.

Lomechusoides siculus (Fiori, 1914) new status, previously L. strumosus siculus, is elevated to species level. All previously known species: L. inflatus (Zetterstedt, 1828), L. mongolicus (Wasmann, 1897), L. penicillatus Assing, 2015, L. sibiricus (Motschulskyi, 1844), L. siculus (Fiori, 1914), L. strumosus (Fabricius, 1792), L. teres (Eppelsheim, 1884) and L. wellenii (Palm, 1949) are redescribed and illustrated, and a key as well as a catalogue for all species are provided.

 

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