The Scopaeus kokodanus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with description of three new species

Authors

  • Johannes Frisch Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
  • Tobias Mainda Universität Greifswald

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss3id303

Keywords:

Taxonomy, morphology, exoskelettal characters, genital characters, distribution

Abstract

The informal Scopaeus kokodanus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Scopaeina) is defined using diagnostic primary and secondary sexual characters. It comprises S. kokodanus Cameron, 1938 (Papua New Guinea), S. arfakmontium spec. nov. (Indonesia: West Papua), S. balkei spec. nov. (Indonesia: Papua) and S. potamides spec. nov. (Solomon Islands). The species are diagnosed including distributional information and comparative notes.

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Front cover: Plasmoidal slime mould (Lycogala epidendrum) and Collembolla (Dicyrtomina saundersi) (Photo: Lothar Lenz)

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2022-12-01

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Vol. 94 No. 3 (2022)

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The Scopaeus kokodanus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with description of three new species. (2022). Soil Organisms, 94(3), 139–147. https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss3id303