The Neotropical species of the genus Eleusis Laporte, 1835 with description of the new genus Eleusima (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)
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https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.2.275-318Abstract
According to Herman (2001) 24 species of the genus Eleusis were known from the Neotropical region before this study. Among these, the following 11 species are newly synonymised: E. cephalotes Bernhauer, 1904, and E. puncticeps Bernhauer, 1921 are synonyms to E. bicolor (Erichson, 1840); E. dubius (Sharp, 1876), Eleusis infima Sharp, 1887, E. marginicollis Bernhauer, 1921, E. armuellensis Bierig, 1931 are synonyms to E. nigerrima Fauvel, 1864; E. pallidipennis (Fauvel, 1864), E. corvina Sharp, 1887, E. flavipennis Sharp, 1887, and E. darlingtoni Blackwelder, 1943 are synonyms to E. interrupta (Erichson, 1840); E. mixta Sharp, 1887 is synonym to E. sctia Sharp, 1887. The new genus Eleusima is described with the new species E. platysoma spec. nov. The following new species of the genus Eleusis are described: E. genieri spec. nov., E. castanea spec. nov., E. rufipennis spec. nov., E. ecuadoriensis spec. nov., E. andina spec. nov., E. boliviana spec. nov., E. hondurana spec. nov., E. nigrita spec. nov., E. elongate spec. nov., E. panamaensis spec. nov., E. peruviana spec. nov., E. struyvei spec. nov., and E. tenuis (Fauvel, 1864), formerly synonymised with E. humilis, was found to be a distinct species and named here E. fauveli spec. nov., E. indica Kraatz, 1859, also synonymised with E. humilis (Erichson, 1840) is a distinct species as well, but not part of the Neotropical fauna. Overall, 24 Eleusis species are now known from the Neotropical region which can be separated into 3 species groups.
Nomenclatural Acts
- Eleusima – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8E861E42-9378-477C-BD35-1B6D0697B867
- Eleusima platysoma spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CCD6DF2B-5665-41ED-A2BA-55ED02C72A23
- Eleusis andina spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:23436043-BE8A-46AE-97E5-15BDAEECF02A
- Eleusis boliviana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:63DF628A-E08F-4D9E-9518-B5C00599B8D8
- Eleusis castanea spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3121AA37-99A7-4839-9172-A2A98F9E5372
- Eleusis ecuadoriensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:774F9A2D-25FE-426C-8A32-C52AB801876B
- Eleusis elongate spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD5048E3-6760-43B9-BB13-D5FC480530A1
- Eleusis fauveli spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2C9C2952-39B3-4ECE-B7A9-CDE2E37B1E3E
- Eleusis genieri spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BAA0CF84-6884-461A-877A-44CA8B6B544A
- Eleusis hondurana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BB492AC3-EF93-4F93-90E5-FD266A957102
- Eleusis nigrita spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7786C482-50D4-419D-85FB-FB349801FD11
- Eleusis panamaensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7078364E-083E-4BC7-ADE2-045789D19FFA
- Eleusis peruviana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:819FB601-081E-4EEF-BAD3-2363C6D299CF
- Eleusis rufipennis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B6989833-5DD4-492E-969F-DD1F4E6E97E9
- Eleusis struyvei spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0BB5EBEE-6C8F-49D9-9D90-7178E660227F
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<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Erichson, W. F.</SPAN> 1840: Genera et species staphylinorum insectorum Coleopterorum familiae. - F. H. Morin, Berolini: 954 pp. - DOI: <A HREF="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59644" TARGET="_blank">10.5962/bhl.title.59644</A>.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Fauvel, A.</SPAN> 1864: Études sur les staphylinides de l'Amerique centrale, principalement du Mexique. – Notices Entomologique <B>2</B>: 3-62.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Gravenhorst, I. L. C.</SPAN> 1806: Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum. - H. Dietrich, Göttingen: I-XVI + 236 pp. - <A HREF="http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=4882" TARGET="_blank">http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=4882</A> [accessed 2017/09/25].</DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Herman, L. H.</SPAN> 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the millenium. III. Oxytelinae group. – Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History <B>265</B>: 1067-1806.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Laporte, F. L.</SPAN> 1835: Étude entomologique, ou description d’insects nouveaux, et observation sur leur synonymie. - Méquignon-Marvis, Paris: 159 pp.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Motschulsky, V.</SPAN> 1865: Un genre nouveaux de staphylinites de l’Amerique septentrional. – Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou <B>38</B>: 583-584.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Scheerpeltz, O.</SPAN> 1933: Coleopterorum Catalogus auspicis et auxilio. - Junk, Berlin: 994 pp.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Scheerpeltz, O.</SPAN> 1952: Revision der Gattung <EM>Piestus</EM> <SPAN CLASS="autor">Gravh.</SPAN> (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). – Revista Chilena de Entomologia <B>2</B>: 281-305.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Sharp, D.</SPAN> 1876: Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley : Coleoptera-Staphylinidae. – Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. <B>24</B>: 27-424 - DOI: <A HREF="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5536" TARGET="_blank">10.5962/bhl.title.5536</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Steel, W. O.</SPAN> 1950: Notes on Staphylinidae, chiefly from New Zealand. – Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand <B>78</B>: 203-235.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Walker, F.</SPAN> 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Cylon insects. – The Annals and Magazine of Natural History <B>3</B>: 50-56.</DIV>
<DIV CLASS="zitation"><SPAN CLASS="autor">Wendeler, F.</SPAN> 1955: Neue Staphyliniden aus Brasilien (1. Teil). – Dusenia <B>6</B>: 187-198.</DIV>
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Irmler, U. 2017: The Neotropical species of the genus Eleusis Laporte, 1835 with description of the new genus Eleusima (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) - Contributions to Entomology = Beiträge Zur Entomologie 67(2): 275–318 - doi: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.2.275-318
