New species and new record of Megatyrus Hlaváč & Nomura (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Asia

Zootaxa. 2014 Jun 16:(3815):435-40. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.3.9.

Abstract

A new species, Megatyrus femoralis sp. n., is described from the Koshi Zone, East Nepal, with major diagnostic features illustrated. Megatyrus masumotoi Nomura, Sakchoowong & Chanpaisaeng, originally described from southwestern Thailand, is recorded from the Noring Timur Mountain, West Malaysia. The above data extends the known range of Megatyrus about 1,200 km to the west, and 870 km to the south.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animals
  • Asia
  • Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
  • Coleoptera / classification*
  • Female
  • Male