A revision of Medon. XII. Two new species and a review of the fauna of Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
With 15 figures and 2 maps
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https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.2.247-254Keywords:
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Medon, Palaearctic region, Georgia, China, taxonomy, new species, new recordsAbstract
Two species of Medon Stephens, 1833 are described and illustrated: M. steggiae spec. nov. (Northwest Georgia: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Abkhazia) of the M. fusculus group and M. bisinuatus spec. nov. (China: Zhejiang) of the M. profundus group. A revision of previously examined and recently collected material from Georgia revealed that the fauna of this country currently includes six species and that some of the previous records were based on misidentification. All the known records of the genus from Georgia are mapped.
Taxonomic acts
Medon steggiae spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0B7CD2C8-3487-4873-B6B0-45533697760F
Medon bisinuatus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8D2E686A-AF4B-45DB-AAEE-103EAB99C309
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