A catalogue of Micranops Cameron, with description of a new species from Tanzania (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
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Micranops bartolozzii sp. n., Geoscopaeus, Tanzania, nomenclature, taxonomyAbstract
A species catalogue of the little-known genus Micranops Cameron, 1913 is presented. Based on the examination of primary types, 21 species are transferred to Micranops as new combinations: Micranops aborensis (Fagel, 1973), M. brachyceroides (Fagel, 1973), M. brachycerus (Fauvel, 1900), M. caelebs (Fagel, 1973), M. chloroticus (Sharp, 1876), M. hoyoensis (Fagel, 1973), M. hustachei (Coiffait, 1987), M. lacustris (Bernhauer, 1937), M. longiceps (Casey, 1886), M. lwiroensis (Fagel, 1973), M. mabalianus (Fagel, 1973), M. mediicollis (Lea, 1923), M. myrmecophilus (Bernhauer, 1921), M. pallidulus (Kraatz, 1859), M. obscurellus (Cameron, 1932), M. planiusculus (Kraatz, 1859), M. pokharensis (Coiffait, 1981), M. ruwenzoricus (Fagel, 1973), M. subapterus (Cameron, 1951), M. upembanus (Fagel, 1973), and M. zambezianus (Fagel, 1973). Micranops bartolozzii sp. n., a microphthalmous, flightless species, is described from the Udzungwa Mountains in southern Tanzania, and both its primary and secondary sexual characters are figured. Consequently, 32 species are currently assigned to Micranops.
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