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Revision of the East Asian Plagiophorus amygdalinus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Cyathigerini)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Hiroshi Sugaya*
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan 060-8589

Abstract

The amygdalinus species group is formed for one new East Asian species of the genus Plagiophorus Motschulsky, P. amygdalinussp. nov. from Taiwan. The amygdalinus group is unique in that sternite IX is not externally visible in the male.

Résumé

Le groupe d'espèces d'amygdalinus comprend une espèce nouvelle de l'Asie de l'Est du genre Plagiophorus Motschulsky, P. amygdalinussp. nov. de Taiwan. Le groupe amygdalinus se reconnaît par le fait que le sternite IX ne se voit pas extérieurement chez le mâle.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005

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Footnotes

1

Third part of revision of the East Asian genus Plagiophorus. For the first part, see Sugaya et al. 2004 (Can. Entomol. 136: 143–167). For the second part, see Sugaya 2005 (Can. Entomol. 137: 138–148).

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