Zoologischer Anzeiger
2020
288
151-167
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2020.07.001
ISSN impreso: 0044-5231 ISSN en línea: 1873-2674
Staphylininae; Philonthina; Tropical Andes; cladistic analysis; Inesius; Rhaegalius
Two new genera of Staphylinidae, Inesius gen. nov. (type species Inesius callosipennis (Scheerpeltz)) and the monotypic Rhaegalius gen. nov. (type species Rhaegalius sophia sp. nov.) from the Tropical Andes are described and illustrated using characters of external morphology and male and female genitalia. Philonthus callosipennis Scheerpeltz is transferred to Inesius. Inesius comprises 12 species, of which 11 are new: Inesius asenjoi (Perú), Inesius brunkei (Colombia), Inesius faguensis (Colombia), Inesius forero (Ecuador), Inesius laurae (Colombia), Inesius lopezi (Colombia, Ecuador and Perú), Inesius lynn (Ecuador), Inesius maryzenderus (Perú), Inesius matyi (Ecuador), Inesius schillhammeri (Bolivia) and Inesius zeae (Colombia). Lectotype is designated for P. callosipennis Scheerpeltz. Both genera are revised herein, with keys for identification, diagnoses, a cladogram and a distribution map. The phylogenetic analysis shows Inesius as a monophyletic genus sister to Rhaegalius in a well-supported clade that belongs to a natural group of Neotropical genera of Philonthina (Staphylinini).
© 2020 José M. Ramírez-Salamanca, Daniel F. Silva-Tavera, Mariana R. Chani-Posse
Ramírez-Salamanca José M., Silva-Tavera Daniel F., Chani-Posse Mariana R.
Elsevier GmbH
Múnich, Alemania
Inglés
Articulo de revista academica