On the Scopaeina Mulsant & Rey of Australasia (Staphylinidae, Paederinae): type revisions and new biogeographic data
Keywords:
Australia, Micranops, Scopaeus, taxonomy, distributionAbstract
The Scopaeina of the Australasian Region are revised. Micranops mediicollis (Lea, 1923), Scopaeus apterus Cameron, 1950, S. blackburni Bernhauer & Schubert, 1912, S. ctenocryptus Lea, 1923, S. digitalis Fauvel, 1878, S. dubius Blackburn, 1891, S. flavocastaneus Lea, 1923, S. interocularis Lea, 1912, S. latebricola Blackburn, 1888, S. moerens Lea, 1923, S. myrmecocephalus Lea, 1927, S. obscuripennis Blackburn, 1891, S. ooderes Lea, 1923, S. oviceps Bernhauer, 1920, S. ruficollis Fauvel, 1877, S. tahitiensis Coiffait, 1977 and S. testaceipes Lea, 1923 are redescribed, their male and female primary and secondary sexual characters are illustrated if both sexes are available, and their distribution is given. Lectotypes are designated for S. femoralis Blackburn, 1892 (replacement name: S. blackburni Bernhauer & Schubert, 1912), S. ctenocryptus, S. dubius, S. interocularis, S. moerens, S. obscuripennis, S. oviceps, and S. gracilis Oke, 1933. The following new synonymies are proposed: S. sutteri Scheerpeltz, 1957 = S. filiformis Wollaston, 1867, S. ivani Frisch, 2003 = S. sumbaensis Scheerpeltz, 1957, S. okei Herman, 2003 (replacement name for S. gracilis Oke, 1933) = S. testaceipes Lea, 1923. Scopaeus ruficollis stat. nov. is revalidated from synonymy with S. ovicollis (MacLeay, 1873), which is excluded from Scopaeus, and for which the new combination Rugilus ovicollis (MacLeay 1873), a nomen dubium, is introduced. New distributional data are presented for Scopaeus latebricola, S. moerens, S. obscuripennis, S. ooderes, S. oviceps, S. ruficollis, S. sundaensis Frisch, 2005, and S. tahitiensis.
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