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Issue: Vol. 2764 No. 1: 14 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2764.1.2
Page range: 22–34
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 4

New species of Tychini from Turkey and Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale dell’Università, via Androne 81, I - 95124 Catania, Italy
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Case postale 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
Davydkovskaya 4-2-104, Moscow 121352 Russia
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Tychini Tychus Tainochus new species

Abstract

Seven new species of Tychini are described: Tychus viti Besuchet sp. n. (dalmatinus group), T. sodalicius Kurbatov sp. n. (cilicicus group), T. latebrosus Besuchet sp. n. (judaeus group), T. spurius Sabella sp. n. (mutabilis group), T. grassator Sabella sp. n. (florentinus group), and T. altivagus Besuchet sp. n. (incertae sedis), all from Turkey, and Tainochus bastardus Kurbatov sp. n. from Japan, Yamanashi Pref. Tychus anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002 is assigned to Tychus mutabilis species group while Tychus coiffaiti Besuchet, 1958 is included in Tychus florentinus species group. New localities for Tychus meleagris Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, T. anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, Tainochus minutus Nomura, 1996, T. iwaoi Nomura, 1996, and T. insulicola Nomura & Lee, 1992 are reported.

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