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Issue: Vol. 5471 No. 4: 20 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.4.4
Page range: 451-464
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Review of the ground beetle subgenus Micronialoe from Korea, with a description of a new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus)

Department of Biomedical Convergence Science and Technology; School of Industrial Technology Advances; Kyungpook National University; Daegu; Republic of Korea
Department of Plant Medicine; Kyungpook National University; Daegu; Republic of Korea; Institute of Plant Medicine; Kyungpook National University; Daegu; Republic of Korea
Coleoptera Pterostichini morphology taxonomy intraspecific variation

Abstract

Micronialoe (Pterostichini: Pterostichus) is a poorly known subgenus of the ground beetle genus Pterostichus, which includes three species from the Korean Peninsula and adjacent islands. Here, a new species, Pterostichus (Micronialoe) spinulosus sp. nov., was identified among the specimens collected from Mt. Biseulsan and Mt. Choejeongsan, Daegu-si, Korea. Along with the description of the new species, all Korean species are redescribed, and the subgenus is re-diagnosed. The new species is morphologically allied to P. (M.) bifoveolatus, thus, the intraspecific variation of the new species is examined and valid characters for distinguishing species are discussed. A key for the identification of the species of the subgenus is also provided.

 

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