A new species of Acrolocha from North Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae)

By

Assing, Volker

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-7-31

Original Publication

Beiträge zur Entomologie

Volume

72

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

101--104

Subjects

Acrolocha , Coleoptera , Iran , new species , Omaliinae , Staphylinidae , taxonomy , West Palaearctic region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Akademie-Verlag 1951-1997

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87237

 

Abstract

A new species of the Holarctic omaliine genus Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 from Gilan province, Northwest Iran, is described, illustrated, and distinguished from other West Palaearctic congeners. The genus now includes a total of 16 species, seven of which are distributed in the West Palaearctic region.