Contributions to Entomology 72(1): 75-79, doi: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87241
On the taxonomy and zoogeography of Paederus. VI. Two new species from Nepal and new records from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Volker Assing‡‡ Unaffiliated, Hannover, Germany
Corresponding author: Volker Assing ( vassing.hann@t-online.de ) Academic editor: Thomas Schmitt © 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:
Assing V (2022) On the taxonomy and zoogeography of Paederus. VI. Two new species from Nepal and new records from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Contributions to Entomology 72(1): 75-79. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87241 |  |
Abstract
Two micropterous species of Paederus Fabricius, 1775 from East Nepal are described and illustrated: Paederus (incertae sedis) digitalis spec. nov. and P. (incertae sedis) acifer spec. nov. They are distinguished from other micropterous and geographically close congeners. Including the new species, the Paederus fauna of Nepal currently includes 37 species, 24 of them exclusive. Additional records of two widespread species are reported from the Chinese province Yunnan and from Vietnam.
Keywords
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Paederus, Palaearctic region, Oriental region, Nepal, taxonomy, new species, new records