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Issue: Vol. 2764 No. 1: 14 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2764.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 4

Redescription of the genus Formicocephalus Heller, and description of two new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

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Coleoptera Formicocephalus Staphylinidae Paederinae New Caledonia taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Formicocephalus Heller, 1916 is redescribed. Two new species: Formicocephalus hermani n. sp. and Formicocephalus raptor n. sp. are described from New Caledonia and illustrated. The lectotype of Formicocephalus uranoscopus Heller is designated.

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    Heller, K.M. (1916) Die Käfer von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. In Sarasin, F. & Roux, Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie. 2 (3), 229–365.

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