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Issue: Vol. 5686 No. 4: 29 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.9
Page range: 595-600
Abstract views: 168
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A new species of the ant-like stone beetle genus Monstrophennium Jałoszyński, 2012 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Colombia

Laboratorio de Entomología; Grupo de Sistemática Molecular; Departamento de Biología; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; Colombia; Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis; Subdirección Científica; Bogotá; Colombia
Laboratorio de Entomología; Grupo de Sistemática Molecular; Departamento de Biología; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; Colombia
Laboratorio de Entomología; Grupo de Sistemática Molecular; Departamento de Biología; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; Colombia
Coleoptera Andes Mountains Cephenniini Neotropics Rove beetles Soil fauna

Abstract

A new Neotropical species of Monstrophennium Jałoszyński is described: Monstrophennium bachue Tulande-M, Ramírez-Salamanca & Fagua, sp. nov. Until now, the only known species and record of this genus was Monstrophennium spinicolle (Schaufuss, 1866), described 158 years ago. This study provides the first new record of Monstrophennium since its original description, expanding the known diversity of the genus. Diagnostic characters, including the aedeagus, are illustrated and discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Tulande-M, E., Ramírez-Salamanca, J.-M. & Fagua, G. (2025) A new species of the ant-like stone beetle genus Monstrophennium Jałoszyński, 2012 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 5686 (4), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.9