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Issue: Vol. 5323 No. 2: 1 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.5
Page range: 255-267
Abstract views: 209
PDF downloaded: 28

Pselaphinae of the Cameroon Volcanic Line. Part 3. A new genus of Goniacerini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Goniaceritae) from Mount Cameroon

Department of Entomology; National Museum; Natural History Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9-Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Department of Zoology; Fisheries; Hydrobiology and Apiculture; Faculty of AgriSciences; Mendel University; Zemědělská 1; Brno; CZ-613 00; Czech Republic
Department of Animal Biology and Conservation; University of Buea; PO bOx 63; Buea 00237; Cameroon
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae Goniacerini taxonomy new genus new species Cameroon

Abstract

The new genus and species, Ewoma longiscapa gen. et sp. nov. of the pselaphine tribe Goniacerini based on specimens collected on Mount Cameroon are described and illustrated. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the tribe Goniacerini is discussed. The list of all genera of Goniacerini of sub-Saharan continental Africa with the number of species and the distribution as well as the list of all species known from Western Africa are given. The short overview of our knowledge of studies of the Pselaphinae of the sub-Saharan continental Africa is also provided.

 

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