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Paraphloeostiba formosana Shavrin & Smetana 2016

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Paraphloeostiba formosana Shavrin & Smetana, 2016

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Paraphloeostiba formosana Shavrin & Smetana, 2016: 70; Shavrin 2022: 464.

Material. TAIWAN: 1 ♂: Lanyu Island, Taitung County, Yung Hain Farm, 22°01.703'N 121°34.642'E. At light. 29- 30.07.2008. H. Mendel & M.V.L. Barclay leg. (BMNH); 1 ♀: Taichung, Ku Kwang. 17.09.1992. C.L. Li leg. (NMW); VIETNAM: 1 ♂: Sapa (Lao Cai), 22°20'N 103°50'E. 25.05- 10.06.1991. E. Jendek leg. (NMW); INDIA: KERALA: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: Cardamom Hills, 10 km SW Kumily, Vallakadavu, 77°07'E 9°31'N. 24.12.1993. M. Boukal & Z. Kejval leg. (cSh, NMW).

Remarks. Paraphloeostiba formosana was originally described from central Taiwan. Shavrin (2022) recorded it from Uttarakhand, Assam and Tamil Nadu (India). The habitus as in Fig. 1. It is here recorded from Kerala (India) and Vietnam for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2025, A new species and records of Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1860 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), pp. 571-578 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/17895021

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , NMW
Event date
1991-10-06 , 1992-09-17 , 1993-12-24 , 2008-07-30
Verbatim event date
1991-10-06 , 1992-09-17 , 1993-12-24 , 2008-07-30
Scientific name authorship
Shavrin & Smetana
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Paraphloeostiba
Species
formosana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paraphloeostiba formosana Shavrin, 2016 sec. Shavrin, 2025

References

  • Shavrin, A. V. & Smetana, A. (2016) The Taiwanese species of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini). Zootaxa, 4111 (1), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4111.1.6
  • Shavrin, A. V. (2022) New species and records of Omaliini McLeay, 1825 from Eastern and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Zootaxa, 5169 (5), 457-471. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.5.4