A revision of the Palaearctic species of Myrmecopora Saulcy, 1864. V. New taxa and new records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Falagriini).

Abstract

A subgenus and two species are described and illustrated: Anatolagria subgen. n., Myrmecopora (s. str.) virilis sp. n. (central southern Turkey), and Myrmecopora (Anatolagria) effeminata sp. n. (central southern Turkey), the type species of Anatolagria. The distributions of M. virilis and M. effeminata are mapped. Various additional records of Myrmecopora are reported.

Keywords

Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Falagriini, Myrmecopora, Palaearctic region, Turkey, taxonomy, new subgenus, new species, new records, myrmecophily.

Nomenclatural Acts

Anatolagria Assing, 2004 (Myrmecopora), sgen. n.
effeminata Assing, 2004 (Myrmecopora (Anatolagria)), spec. n.
virilis Assing, 2004 (Myrmecopora (Myrmecopora)), spec. n.