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Issue: Vol. 5325 No. 3: 9 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.4
Page range: 393-408
Abstract views: 309
PDF downloaded: 26

A new species of Arthromelodes Jeannel from Okinawa-jima, Japan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Museum of Natural History; University of Wrocław; Sienkiewicza 21; 50-335 Wrocław; Poland
Coleoptera Batrisitae Batrisini Palaearctic Ryukyus

Abstract

To date, twenty species and subspecies of Arthromelodes Jeannel were known to occur in Japan, distributed in Honshȗ, Kyȗshȗ, Shikoku, Yakushima, and Amami Islands. No species have been recorded from central or southwestern Ryȗkyȗ. Arthromelodes tokushigei sp. n., the first species known to inhabit Okinawa Island of the central Ryȗkyȗ is described. This wingless species seems to be restricted to the northern Yambaru forest of Okinawa. In order to facilitate future studies on Arthromelodes and related, poorly-defined genera of Batrisini, detailed morphological documentation of the new species is provided.

 

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