STAPHYLINIDAE, Latreille, 1802

Khilkovich, A. K. & Shabalin, S. A., 2023, REVIEW OF THE GENUS PLATYDRACUS (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE) FROM THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST, Far Eastern Entomologist 489, pp. 8-15 : 8

STAPHYLINIDAE ) FROM THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

A. K. Khilkovich, S. A. Shabalin *

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of

the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia. * Corresponding author, Email: [e-mail]

Summary. A review of eight species of the genus Platydracus Thomson, 1858 inhabiting the Russian Far East is given. Two species are recorded for the fauna of Russia for the first time: P. inornatus ( Sharp, 1874) from Primorskii krai and Khabarovskii krai and P. vicarius ( Sharp, 1889) from Jewish Autonomous oblast and Primorskii krai. P. mortuorum ( Bernhauer, 1912) is new for the fauna of Khabarovskii krai and P. demissus ( Müller, 1925) is new for the fauna of Amurskaya oblast. A key to seven species of the genus Platydracus of the Russian Far East fauna is provided.