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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 2: 12 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.7
Page range: 338-352
Abstract views: 93
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The first South African species of Jeanneliusa Bernhauer, with remarks on diagnostic characters of Dorylomimini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Museum of Natural History; University of Wrocław; Sienkiewicza 21; 50-335 Wrocław; Poland
Coleoptera Dorylomimini taxonomy new taxa Afrotropical

Abstract

The first species of the Afrotropical Dorylomimini genus Jeanneliusa Bernhauer known to occur in the Republic of South Africa, J. kwazulua sp. nov. is described. Morphological characters included in diagnoses of Dorylomimini and Jeanneliusa are discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Jałoszyński, P. (2025) The first South African species of Jeanneliusa Bernhauer, with remarks on diagnostic characters of Dorylomimini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa, 5692 (2), 338–352. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.7