A new genus of Cyrtoscydmini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Japan |
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| Authors: | Pawe? Ja?oszyński |
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| Institution: | Museum of Natural History, University of Wroc?aw, Wroc?aw, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Rutaraphes shikokuensis gen. et sp. nov. is described from Shikoku, Japan. The new taxon belongs to a group of genera characterized by the lateral sutures demarcating the submentum and is most similar to Neuraphes and Scydmoraphes. Morphological structures of Rutaraphes are illustrated and possible affinities with other genera of Cyrtoscydmini are discussed. Keys to identification of Palearctic and Japanese genera of Cyrtoscydmini are given. Including Rutaraphes, 14 genera of Scydmaeninae are currently known to occur in Japan. |
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| Keywords: | Palearctic Rutaraphes gen nov taxonomy |
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