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Liogluta Thomson 1858

Description

Genus Liogluta Thomson, 1858

Liogluta Thomson, 1858: 35 (Type species: Homalota umbonata Erichson, 1839 = Aleochara longiuscula Gravenhorst, 1802). Hypnota Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 591 (Type species: Homalota pagana Erichson, 1839).

Pseudomegista Bernhauer, 1907: 390 (Type species: Atheta nigropolita Bernhauer, 1907).

Diagnosis. Adults of the genus Liogluta can be distinguished from other athetine genera by combination of the following characters: body length usually more than 3.5 mm; antennomeres not distinctly transverse; α-sensillum of epipharynx long and setaceous; mandible convergent apically; prementum without lateral pseudopores; twin pores of labial palpomere 1 not small; pronotum less than 1.3 times as wide as long, pubescence directed posteriorly in midline; metatarsomeres 1–4 subequal in length; abdominal tergite VI not impressed in basal region (Benick & Lohse, 1974; Yosii & Sawada, 1976; Sawada, 1984).

Distribution. Worldwide.

Notes

Published as part of Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2016, A taxonomic review of Korean Liogluta Thomson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) with descriptions of three new species, pp. 285-303 in Zootaxa 4193 (2) on page 286, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/166918

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Liogluta
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Liogluta Thomson, 1858 sec. Lee & Ahn, 2016

References

  • Thomson, C. G. (1858) Forsok till uppstallning af Sveriges Staphyliner. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 15, 27 - 40.
  • Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1873 b) Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres de France. Brevipennes. Aleochariens. Suite. Deyrolle, Paris, 695 pp. [5 plates.]
  • Bernhauer, M. (1907) Zur Staphylinidenfauna von Japan. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 57, 371 - 414.
  • Benick, G. & Lohse, G. A. (1974) Tribus 14 (Callicerini). In: Freude, H., Harde, K. W. & Lohse, G. A. (Eds.), Die Kafer Mitteleuropas. Band 5. Staphylinidae II (Hypocyptinae und Aleocharinae), Pselaphidae. Goecke and Evers Verlag, Krefeld, pp. 72 - 220.
  • Yosii, R. & Sawada, K. (1976) Studies on the genus Atheta Thomson and its allies (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). II: Diagnostic characters of genera and subgenera with description of representative species. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, 25 (1), 11 - 140.