Four new species of the genus Thoracophorus Motschulsky, 1857 for the Neotropical region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)

Ulrich Irmler

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.3

Four new species of the genus Thoracophorus Motschulsky, 1857 for the Neotropical region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Nov 5;4039(3):431-44. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.3.

Author

Ulrich Irmler¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Ecosystem Research, Dept. Applied Ecology, University, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany.; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 26624628
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.3

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Thoracophorus Motschulsky, 1857 of the Neotropical region are described: T. verhaaghi n. sp., T. zicsii n. sp., T. struyvei n. sp., and T. perplexus n. sp. The new species originate from French Guiana, Peru, and Ecuador. Similar species T. filum Sharp, 1887, T. proximus Irmler, 1985, T. exilis (Erichson, 1840) and T. aequalis Sharp, 1887 are compared to discuss differences between them and the newly described species and their known distribution.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Ecosystem
Ecuador
Female
Male
Organ Size
Peru