Taxonomy of Homoeusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the East Palearctic: I. Homoeusa rufescens (Sharp, 1874) and a new allied species

By

Nozaki, Tsubasa
Maruyama, Munetoshi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1121

Pages

39--58

Subjects

Aleocharinae , Description , Dinardina , Homoeusa ovata sp. nov , Lasius , myrmecophily , new species , rove beetle

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1121.85489

 

Abstract

There is insufficient information to identify most species of the myrmecophilous rove beetle genus Homoeusa. In this paper, after examining the type material, Homoeusa rufescens (Sharp, 1874) is redescribed in detail and its new allied species Homoeusa ovatasp. nov. is described. We also observed the behavior of these two species in the field; the behavior was similar to that reported for H. acuminata (Märkel, 1842). A checklist of Homoeusa from the Palearctic and Nearctic is also provided.