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Issue: Vol. 5428 No. 2: 21 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.5
Page range: 253-268
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 6

Four new species and new records of the genus Paulianidia of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

CZ-417 62 Rtyně nad Bílinou; č. 4; Czech Republic
Moravian Museum; Department of Entomology; Hviezdoslavova 29a; Brno; CZ-627 00; Czech Republic
Coleoptera taxonomy new species new records ColeopteraStaphylinidae Paederinae Paulianidia Afrotropical region Madagascar

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Paulianidia Jarrige, 1978, P. densepunctata Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., P. tanala Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., P. valohoaka Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., and P. vohimana Janák & Baňař, sp. nov. of Madagascar are described and illustrated. New records of seven additional species are added. A key to all Paulianidia species with illustration of important characters is presented.

 

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