Contributions to Entomology 72(1): 115-121, doi: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87233
The first records of the genus Tychobythinus Ganglbauer, 1896 from Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Volker Brachat‡, Volker Assing§‡ Unaffiliated, Geretsried, Germany§ Unaffiliated, Hannover, Germany
Corresponding author: Volker Assing ( vassing.hann@t-online.de ) Academic editor: Thomas Schmitt © Volker Brachat, Volker Assing. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Brachat V, Assing V (2022) The first records of the genus Tychobythinus Ganglbauer, 1896 from Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Contributions to Entomology 72(1): 115-121. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87233 |  |
Abstract
Three microphthalmous and presumably locally endemic species of Tychobythinus Ganglbauer, 1896, a pselaphine genus previously unknown from Georgia, are described and illustrated: T. meskheticus spec. nov. (Southwest Georgia: Meskheti Range), T. eximius spec. nov. (Northwest Georgia: Egrisi Range), and T. egrisicus spec. nov. (Northwest Georgia: Egrisi Range). Tychobythinus eximius is particularly remarkable in that it is subject to a unique sexual dimorphism of the antennae and the pronotum. Including the new species, Tychobythinus is now represented in the Palaearctic region by 95 named species and two subspecies.
Keywords
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Bythinini, Tychobythinus, Caucasus region, Georgia, taxonomy, review, new species, sexual dimorphism, distribution map