Published March 12, 2024 | Version v1
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Oxytelini Thomson 1858

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
  • 2. Geoscience Museum, Georg August University, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
  • 3. Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Georg August University, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany

Description

Tribe Oxytelini Thomson, 1858

Material. GZG.W.30764 (Fig. 3).

Remarks. GZG.W.30764 is a newly reported specimen. This specimen is assigned to the subfamily Oxytelinae based on the visible sternite II. The slightly swollen, round temples (behind eyes), pronotum widest in anterior half with sinuate margins and confluent or very close mesocoxal cavities are reminiscent of several genera in the tribe Oxytelini e.g. Aploderus Stephens, 1833, Carpelimus Leach, 1819, Ochthephilus Mulsant & Rey, 1856, Thinodromus Kraatz, 1857. Gildenkov (2003) divided Oxytelini from Thinobiini by the separation of mesocoxae (synapomorphy) however Makranczy (2006) expanded Oxytelini to include former tribe Thinobiini. Based on habitus similarity and the confluent or almost confluent mesocoxal cavities, GZG.W.30764 belongs to Oxytelini sensu Makranczy (2006).

Notes

Published as part of Shaw, Josh Jenkins, Gehler, Alexander & Kaulfuss, Uwe, 2024, Review of the rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany, pp. 116-126 in Zootaxa 5424 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10808103

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Oxytelini Thomson, 1858 sec. Shaw, Gehler & Kaulfuss, 2024

References

  • Gildenkov, M. Y. (2003) A new system of subfamily Oxytelinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette, 10, 32 - 38.
  • Makranczy, G. (2006) Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 98, 29 - 119.