Additions to Neotropical species of the genera Lithocharodes Sharp, 1881 and Somoleptus Sharp, 1881 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

By

Irmler, Ulrich

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-1-31

Original Publication

Beiträge zur Entomologie

Volume

74

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

13--34

Subjects

Lithocharodes , Neotropics , Neotropis , neue Arten , neue Nachweise , new records , new species , Somoleptus , Xantholinini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Akademie-Verlag 1951-1997

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e114543

 

Abstract

Amongst the material of the Kansas Natural History Museum, ten new species of the genus Lithocharodes Sharp, 1876 and eight new species of the genus Somoleptus Sharp, 1885 were found for the Neotropical Region. These are: Lithocharodes andersonisp. nov., L. dubiasp. nov., L. esmeraldaesp. nov., L. falinisp. nov., L. hansonisp. nov., L. hibbsisp. nov., L. lituratussp. nov., L. montanussp. nov., L. parallelussp. nov. and L. zamoraesp. nov. and from the genus Somoleptus, the species S. alajuelaesp. nov., S. curtioculatussp. nov., S. densicepssp. nov., S. guianensissp. nov., S. luteicornissp. nov., S. paramocolasp. nov., S. puntarenaesp. nov. and S. umicolasp. nov. New records were found for Lithocharodes bicolor (Sharp, 1885), L. curtipennis Irmler, 2021, L. puncticeps Sharp, 1885, L. somoleptoides Irmler, 2021, Somoleptus ashei Irmler, 2022, S. humicola Irmler, 2022, S. longicollis (LeConte, 1863), S. obscurus Sharp, 1885 and S. ovatus Irmler, 2022.