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Issue: Vol. 345 No. 1: 3 Nov. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-11-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.345.1.1
Page range: 1–8
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PDF downloaded: 30

Idahotyphlus alleni Gusarov, gen. n., sp. n., a new leptotyphline staphylinid beetle from Idaho (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae)

Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7523, U.S.A. and Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae Neotyphlini Idahotyphlus Nearctic taxonomy new genus new species

Abstract

Idahotyphlus alleni Gusarov, gen. n. & sp. n. (tribe Neotyphlini) is described from Idaho. Diagnostic characters and illustrations are provided to distinguish Idahotyphlus from its most-closely related genera.

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