A peculiar new species of the genus Tetrasticta Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia

By

Yamamoto, Shuhei
Maruyama, Munetoshi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

336

Pages

39-46

Subjects

Aleocharini , Description , Oriental region , taxonomy , under bark

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5382

 

Abstract

Tetrasticta gnatha sp. n., collected under the bark of a rotten fallen tree in Peninsular Malaysia, is described. A habitus photograph, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and a diagnosis are provided. The new species is readily distinguished from all known congeners bylong mandibles, and long, curved maxillary palpi.