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Issue: Vol. 1427 No. 1: 19 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1427.1.2
Page range: 37–47
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species and additional records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from the mountains of South Siberia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)

Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Lermontova str., 132, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Irkutsk State University, Suche-Batora str. 5, 664003 Irkutsk, Russia.
The State Nature Reserve "Baikalo-Lenskiy", Baikalskaya str. 291-B, 664050 Irkutsk, Russia. E-mail: beetl2000@mail.ru
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Omaliinae Palaearctic South Siberia taxonomy distribution Lesteva new species new records identification key

Abstract

Two new species of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 are described from South Siberia: L. dabanensis Shavrin, Shilenkov & Anistschenko, sp. n. from the Khamar-Daban and L. barguzinica Shavrin, Shilenkov & Anistschenko, sp. n. from the Barguzin mountain ranges. Habitus, mouthparts and genitalia are illustrated. New collecting records are provided for L. brathinoides Zerche, 2000 and L. sajanensis Zerche, 2000. A key to Lesteva species known from South Siberia is provided.

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