Two new rove beetle genera in Staphylininae that reduce "Heterothops" and "Quedius" taxonomic wastebaskets (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).

ABSTRACT: The here-provided description of the new genera Chiquiticus gen. nov. and Nitidocolpus gen. nov. was necessitated by a phylogenetic study of Staphylininae (to be published separately), which will be used for the proper characterization of their respective new suprageneric lineages in an upcoming update of the higher classification of this subfamily. Both new genera are erected for species that had been previously described but misplaced in the highly polyphyletic "taxonomic wastebasket" genera Heterothops (Amblyopinina) and Quedius (Quediina), resulting in the following new combinations: Chiquiticusarizonicus (Smetana, 1971), comb. nov. ex. Heterothops; Chiquiticuscampbelli (Smetana, 1971), comb. nov. ex. Heter

SUBMITTER: Reyes-Hernandez JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584668 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature