Orphnebius, Assing, 2017

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Lomechusini fauna of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the genera Orphnebius and Amaurodera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 63-106 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.1.063-106

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5742129

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/08707B47-FFE0-3957-FCFF-EF6AFB67DABB

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scientific name

Orphnebius
status

sp. nov.

Orphnebius View in CoL spec. nov.

Material examined: Nepal: 1 ♀, Rolwaling Himal , Simigaon, 2700–2800 m, 1.VI.2000, leg. Schmidt (cKle); 1 ♀, Annapurna, Lamjung Himal, W Taunja Dada, 5 km NE Sikles, 2200–3000 m, 19.V.1993, leg. Schmidt (cAss) .

Comment: This most likely undescribed species of the O. hauseri group is distinguished from other congeners recorded from the Himalaya by larger size alone. It remains unnamed for want of males.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Aleocharinae

Tribe

Lomechusini

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