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Issue: Vol. 5693 No. 2: 17 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.3
Page range: 179-200
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The Scopaeus decipiens species group from the East Palaearctic and the Oriental Regions, with redescription of S. velutinus Motschulsky, 1858

Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Leibniz-Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science; Invalidenstraße 43; 10115 Berlin; Germany
Coleoptera Taxonomy new species lectotype designations Sri Lanka Southeast asia

Abstract

The Scopaeus decipiens species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Lathrobiini) is established as a monophyletic group in the Oriental Zoogeographical Region. It includes the four species S. complex Sharp, 1874 (China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam), S. decipiens Kraatz, 1859 (Sri Lanka), S. kritschi spec. nov. (Cambodia, Laos), and S. saaberae spec. nov. (Indonesia, Malaysia). Scopaeus decipiens is revalidated from synonymy with S. velutinus Motschulsky, 1848, which does not belong to the S. decipiens species group. Scopaeus complex, S. decipiens, and S. velutinus are redescribed, and lectotypes designated for them.

 

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How to Cite

Frisch, J. (2025) The Scopaeus decipiens species group from the East Palaearctic and the Oriental Regions, with redescription of S. velutinus Motschulsky, 1858 . Zootaxa, 5693 (2), 179–200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.3