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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 4: 14 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.7
Page range: 579-584
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The first species of Eutheia Stephens from sub-Himalayan India (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Museum of Natural History; University of Wrocław; Sienkiewicza 21; 50-335 Wrocław; Poland
Coleoptera Cephenniitae Eutheiini new taxa Palaearctic

Abstract

Eutheia boreoindica sp. nov. is described based on a male collected in Uttarakhand, northern India. This is the third sub-Himalayan species, the two previously known ones are distributed in Pakistan and Nepal. Distribution of eastern Palaearctic species of Eutheia is summarized.

 

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How to Cite

Jałoszyński, P. (2025) The first species of Eutheia Stephens from sub-Himalayan India (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 5706 (4), 579–584. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.7