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Acta Musei Moraviae
Scientiae biologicae
Volume 105, Number 2, 2020
Special issue:
Studies on the Aleocharinae and Paederinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Assing, V.
On the Tetrasticta fauna of Laos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini)
Volker Assing
Three species of Tetrasticta Kraatz, 1857 are described and illustrated, all of them from the same locality in Bokeo province, Northwest Laos: Tetrasticta varia sp. nov.; T. crassa sp. nov.; T. puncticeps sp. nov. The habitus and primary sexual characters of T. brevipennis (Bernhauer, 1903) are figured. Aside from the new...
Three species of Tetrasticta Kraatz, 1857 are described and illustrated, all of them from the same locality in Bokeo province, Northwest Laos: Tetrasticta varia sp. nov.; T. crassa sp. nov.; T. puncticeps sp. nov. The habitus and primary sexual characters of T. brevipennis (Bernhauer, 1903) are figured. Aside from the new species, four species are reported from Laos, three of them for the first time. Thus, the currently known Tetrasticta fauna of Laos is composed of seven species. Tetrasticta brevipennis is reported from Malaysia, the Indian province Uttarakhand, and the Chinese province Guangdong, and T. bobbii Zheng et Zhao, 2014 from Myanmar for the first time. In an addendum, Tetrasticta borneana sp. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah) is described and illustrated. The genus now includes a total of 20 species, except for one Aftrotropical species all of them distributed in the southern East Palaearctic and Oriental regions.
A revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Rugilus VII. Two new species from China and Laos, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Two species of Rugilus Leach, 1819 are described and illustrated: Rugilus (Rugilus) biapicalis sp. nov. (China: Yunnan); Rugilus (Eurystilicus) laoticus sp. nov. (North Laos: Bokeo province). Additional records of five species of the subgenus Eurystilicus Fagel, 1953 are reported, among them two first records from Vietnam. The...
Two species of Rugilus Leach, 1819 are described and illustrated: Rugilus (Rugilus) biapicalis sp. nov. (China: Yunnan); Rugilus (Eurystilicus) laoticus sp. nov. (North Laos: Bokeo province). Additional records of five species of the subgenus Eurystilicus Fagel, 1953 are reported, among them two first records from Vietnam. The genus now includes a total of 255 species worldwide, 104 of which are distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. As many as 36 species, most of them endemic, have been reported from China.
Three new myrmecophiles of the tribes Sahlbergiini and Aenictoteratini from Laos and Malaysia (Borneo) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Malayloeblius laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos) and M. tensus sp. nov. (Borneo: Sabah) of the Sahlbergiini, and Dentaphila iniqua sp. nov. of the Aenictoteratini (Northwest Laos) are described, illustrated, and distinguished from previously described species of the respective genera. Two additional records of Malayloeblius...
Malayloeblius laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos) and M. tensus sp. nov. (Borneo: Sabah) of the Sahlbergiini, and Dentaphila iniqua sp. nov. of the Aenictoteratini (Northwest Laos) are described, illustrated, and distinguished from previously described species of the respective genera. Two additional records of Malayloeblius borneensis PACE, 2014 are reported from Borneo. The host ants of the new species are unknown, but available evidence suggests that these species may be associated with army ants.
On the taxonomy of Anomognathus Solier, 1849: the first records of the genus from Laos and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Anomognathus laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos: Bokeo province) and A. triangularis sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province), the first representatives of the genus to be recorded from Laos, are described and illustrated. A new synonymy is proposed: Placusa nitida Fauvel, 1900 = Anomognathus ispartaensis Örgel, Avci et...
Anomognathus laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos: Bokeo province) and A. triangularis sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province), the first representatives of the genus to be recorded from Laos, are described and illustrated. A new synonymy is proposed: Placusa nitida Fauvel, 1900 = Anomognathus ispartaensis Örgel, Avci et Özek, 2019; Placusa nitida is reported from Spain, Turkey, and Israel for the first time. The genus Anomognathus Solier, 1849 currently includes 27 valid species distributed in all major zoogeographic regions, except for the Afrotropical region.
On the taxonomy and zoogeography of Anaulacaspis Ganglbauer, 1895 and Borboropora Kraatz, 1862: new species, new records, and the first records of both genera from Laos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Falagriini)
Anaulacaspis spinosa sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo province), A. aberrans sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo and Xieng Khouang provinces), and Borboropora laotica sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo province) are described and illustrated. Additional records of nine previously described species of Anaulacaspis Ganglbauer, 1895 and one of Borboropora Kraatz,...
Anaulacaspis spinosa sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo province), A. aberrans sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo and Xieng Khouang provinces), and Borboropora laotica sp. nov. (Laos: Bokeo province) are described and illustrated. Additional records of nine previously described species of Anaulacaspis Ganglbauer, 1895 and one of Borboropora Kraatz, 1862 are reported, among them four new country records from the West Palaearctic region and one first record from Laos and the Oriental region. Anaulacaspis is recorded from Laos, Borboropora from Laos and the Oriental region for the first time.
On the taxonomy and zoogeography of Chinecallicerus VIII. New species and records, with the first record of the genus from Laos and from outside China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Geostibini)
Four species of Chinecallicerus Assing, 2004 are described and illustrated: Chinecallicerus dispersus sp. nov. (China: West Sichuan, West Yunnan); C. unituberculatus sp. nov. (China: Sichuan: Gongga Shan); C. dabaicus sp. nov. (China: Hubei: Daba Shan); C. laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos: Bokeo province). The previously...
Four species of Chinecallicerus Assing, 2004 are described and illustrated: Chinecallicerus dispersus sp. nov. (China: West Sichuan, West Yunnan); C. unituberculatus sp. nov. (China: Sichuan: Gongga Shan); C. dabaicus sp. nov. (China: Hubei: Daba Shan); C. laoticus sp. nov. (Northwest Laos: Bokeo province). The previously unknown male sexual characters of C. formidabilis Assing, 2019 and the spermathecae of C. serratus Assing, 2009, C. pinnatus Assing, 2017, and C. laevigatus Assing, 2006 are illustrated for the first time. These species, all of them previously known only from their respective holotypes, are reported from additional localities in Sichuan and Yunnan. Chinecallicerus laoticus represents the first record of the genus from Laos, from outside China, and from the whole of the Oriental region, C. dabaicus the first record from the Chinese province Hubei and the easternmost record of the genus. Enormous intraspecific variation was observed for C. dispersus. Including the new species, the genus now includes 22 species, ten of which have been recorded from the Chinese province Yunnan, ten from Sichuan, one from Qinghai, one from Hubei, and one from Laos. As many as 17 species are known only from their respective type localities, twelve of them are represented exclusively by their respective holotypes. A checklist and a newly designed key to species are provided. The distributions of the genus as a whole and of seven individual species are mapped.
Revision of Amarochara VI. New species and records from the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini)
Three species of Amarochara Thomson, 1858 are described and illustrated: Amarochara sinuosa sp. nov. (North Laos, North Vietnam); A. bifurcata sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province); A. spinosula sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province). Additional records of five previously described species are reported, among...
Three species of Amarochara Thomson, 1858 are described and illustrated: Amarochara sinuosa sp. nov. (North Laos, North Vietnam); A. bifurcata sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province); A. spinosula sp. nov. (Northeast Laos: Houa Phan province). Additional records of five previously described species are reported, among them new country and new province records. The genus now includes a total of 50 species.
Revision of the Alevonota species of the Palaearctic region IV. Three new species from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Geostibini)
Three species of Alevonota Thomson, 1858, all of them from West Sichuan, China, are described and illustrated: Alevonota pliciventris sp. nov. (Gongga Shan); A. ambulans sp. nov. (Shalui Shan); A. tenuilobata (Erlang Shan). The genus is now represented in the Palaearctic region by 49 species, 28 of them West Palaearctic and 21...
Three species of Alevonota Thomson, 1858, all of them from West Sichuan, China, are described and illustrated: Alevonota pliciventris sp. nov. (Gongga Shan); A. ambulans sp. nov. (Shalui Shan); A. tenuilobata (Erlang Shan). The genus is now represented in the Palaearctic region by 49 species, 28 of them West Palaearctic and 21 East Palaearctic.
On Orsunius IV. Three new species, new records, and the first record of the genus from the Australian region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina)
Three species of the genus Orsunius Assing, 2011 are described and illustrated: Orsunius tortus sp. nov. (Thailand) and O. frischi sp. nov. (Indonesia: Jawa Barat), both of them belonging to the O. wunderlei group, as well as O. maindai sp. nov. (Indonesia: Papua), the first record of the genus from the Australian region....
Three species of the genus Orsunius Assing, 2011 are described and illustrated: Orsunius tortus sp. nov. (Thailand) and O. frischi sp. nov. (Indonesia: Jawa Barat), both of them belonging to the O. wunderlei group, as well as O. maindai sp. nov. (Indonesia: Papua), the first record of the genus from the Australian region. Additional records of nine previously described species are reported, among them five new country records from Thailand (2), China (1), Hong Kong (1), and Cambodia (1). The genus now includes 24 named extant species distributed in the southern East Palaearctic, the Oriental, and the northern Australian regions.
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