On the Nanophthalmus fauna of Georgia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)
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https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.2.273-282Keywords:
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae, Nanophthalmus, taxonomy, new species, West Palaearctic, Georgia, endemism, distribution mapAbstract
Only two named species of Nanophthalmus Motschulsky, 1851 were previously known from Georgia. A study of mostly recently collected material from Georgia yielded nine additional species, one of them previously described and reported from Georgian territory for the first time, two unnamed (male unknown), and six newly described and illustrated: Nanophtalmus egrisicus spec. nov. (Zemo Svaneti); N. svaneticus spec. nov. (Zemo Svaneti); N. truncatus spec. nov. (Racha); N. brachati spec. nov. (Kvemo Svaneti); N. convexus spec. nov. (Adjara); N. simplex spec. nov. (Adjara). The identity and taxonomic status of N. armeniacus (Reitter, 1884), a previously probably misinterpreted species, are discussed. The Georgian Nanophthalmus species are anophthalmous and locally endemic, three in the Lesser Caucasus and five in the Greater Caucasus west of South Ossetia. Their distributions are mapped. The genus now includes a total of 19 described species.
Taxonomic acts
Nanophthalmus brachati spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:839F9CB9-48AD-4468-8C2E-2B938E215426
Nanophthalmus convexus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8ADC681F-B423-4D3D-AAEE-7FE22C0024E9
Nanophthalmus egrisicus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:65510254-39B3-4515-A167-3EE5AA314978
Nanophthalmus simplex spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A80BEF2E-A12F-45FD-95EA-0A49BA3FB407
Nanophthalmus svaneticus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2D324FFE-B0B5-47B6-86F3-181A88B591D7
Nanophthalmus truncatus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:92C16788-BA1A-4A0F-8871-83658AA468D0
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