OXYTELUS MEINANDERI SCHEERPELTZ, 1974 AND O. TUBERCULIFRONS EICHELBAUM, 1913, TWO AFROTROPICAL SPECIES WITH PROBLEMATIC TYPE MATERIAL (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: OXYTELINAE)

Oxytelus meinanderi Scheerpeltz, 1974 and O. tuberculifrons Eichelbaum, 1913 are identified as not based on proper type material. In the absence of information on the whereabouts of missing specimens and in lack of more material the available specimens are left ‘as is’, but they are fully illustrated to make these taxa recognizable. Habitus is depicted by colour habitus photographs, genitalia and terminalia by SEM images and line drawings

SYNONYMIES IN THE HOLARCTIC THINOBIUS MAJOR AND LINEARIS SPECIES GROUPS (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: OXYTELINAE)

A cleanup effort for taxonomy of the Central European species of the genus Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 resulted in a series of previously unpublished synonymies. The new edition of “Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Band 4” interpreted the names in their correct identities,but the research that lead to these could not be presented there in detail, in part also because of extralimital taxa involved, this is supplied with the present contribution. One species is described as new to science: Thinobius paramicros sp. n. (Algeria: Tamanrasset), for earlier erroneous use of T. algiricus Fauvel. The following new synonymies are proposed: T. angusticeps Fauvel, 1889 = Thinobius (Thinophilus) allocerus Eppelsheim, 1893, syn. n., = Trogophloeus alaskanus Fall, 1926, syn. n., T. major Kraatz, 1857 = Thinobius diversicornis Fauvel, 1889, syn. n., = Thinobius sahlbergi Scheerpeltz, 1959, syn. n., T. micros Fauvel, 1871 = Thinobius algiricus Fauvel, 1898, syn. n., T. petzi Bernhauer, 1908 = Thinobius tingitanus Peyerimhoff, 1925, syn. n., = Thinobius (Thiphonilus) anatolicus Smetana, 1967, syn. n. T. procerus Eppelsheim, 1893 = Trogophloeus teres Fall, 1926, syn. n., and lectotypes are designated for the following ten nominal species: Thinobius micros Fauvel, 1871, Thinobius diversicornis Fauvel, 1889, Thinobius (Thinophilus) allocerus Eppelsheim, 1893, Thinobius (Thinophilus)procerus Eppelsheim, 1893, Thinobius algiricus Fauvel, 1898, Thinobius silvaticus Bernhauer, 1899, Thinobius bicolor Joy, 1911, Thinobius longicornis Joy, 1913, Thinobius franzi Scheerpeltz, 1947 and Thinobius peezi Scheerpeltz, 1957. A neotype for Thinobius angusticeps Fauvel, 1889 is designated from France (Alpes-Maritimes)

Review of the Anotylus cimicoides species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

As a result of the moving of Oxytelopsis Fauvel, 1895 into the mega-diverse Anotylus Thomson, 1859 as a species group (A. cimicoides species group) a number of actions were necessitated (treating homonymies and ending changes inflicted by different gender of genera), forcing the reexamination of the involved taxa. This review is focused on the Oriental region and the transitional Himalayan area (including the southern provinces of China). 15 species are described as new to science: Anotylus coonoor sp. n. (India: Tamil Nadu), A. ganapati sp. n. (Nepal: Eastern Region), A. gunung sp. n. (Thailand: Yala prov.), A. hartmanni sp. n. (Nepal: Western Region), A. ijen sp. n. (Indonesia/Java: Banyuwangi), A. jambi sp. n. (Indonesia/Sumatra: Jambi), A. kabasi sp. n. (Indonesia/Sumatra: N. Sum.), A. linaxi sp. n. (China: Yunnan), A. riedeli sp. n. (Indonesia/Java: Bandung), A. rurukan sp. n. (Indonesia/Sulawesi: Tomohon), A. schawalleri sp. n. (Malaysia/Borneo: Sabah), A. schillhammeri sp. n. (Myanmar: Chin State), A. schuelkei sp. n. (China: Yunnan), A. tanator sp. n. (Indonesia/Sulawesi: Tanah Toraja), A. topali sp. n. (Vietnam: Ninh Binh). The following new synonymies are proposed: A. chinensis (Bernhauer, 1938) = Oxytelopsis shibatai Ito, 1987, syn. n., A. cimicoides (Fauvel, 1895) = Oxytelopsis taiwana Ito, 1987, syn. n., A. malaisei (Scheerpeltz, 1965) = Oxytelopsis gardneri Paulian, 1940 (preoccupied), syn. n., A. pseudopsinus (Fauvel, 1895) = Oxytelopsis rufotestacea Cameron, 1925, syn. n., Oxytelopsis brevipennis Bernhauer, 1926 (preoccupied), syn. n., Oxytelopsis chapmani Cameron, 1934, syn. n., Oxytelopsis nigripennis Cameron, 1934, syn. n., Oxytelopsis cassagnaui Coiffait, 1982, syn. n., and lectotypes are designated for the following nominal species: Oxytelopsis andrewesi Cameron, 1930, Oxytelopsis anguliceps Cameron, 1934, Oxytelopsis apicipennis Fauvel, 1895, Oxytelopsis chinensis Bernhauer, 1938, Oxytelopsis cimicoides Fauvel, 1895, Oxytelopsis lucidula Cameron, 1936, Oxytelopsis nigricans Cameron, 1933 and Oxytelopsis pseudopsina Fauvel, 1895. A neotype for Oxytelopsis franzi Coiffait, 1982 is designated from Nepal (Central, prov. Bagmati), very near its original type locality. All the treated species are illustrated with colour habitus images and line drawings of their male genitalia and terminalia, spermathecae (where available) are illustrated for the new species

Forest leaf litter beetles of Taiwan: first DNA barcodes and first insight into the fauna

We report the publication of 953 DNA barcodes of forest leaf litter beetles from central Taiwan, in total representing 334 spe- cies of 36 beetle families. This is the first bulk of data from the Taiwanese Leaf Litter beetles project focused on uncovering the under-explored diversity of leaf litter beetles across Taiwan. Based on these data, we provide the first records of the following taxa for Taiwan: family Sphindidae (genus Aspidiphorus Ziegler, 1821); tribes Trichonychini, Ctenistini, and Bythinoplectini (all Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae); genera Gyrelon Hinton, 1942, Thyroderus Sharp, 1885, Cautomus Sharp, 1885 (all Cerylonidae), Dermatohomoeus Hlisnikovský, 1963 (Leiodidae), Paraploderus Herman, 1970 (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae), Thinocharis Kraatz, 1859 (Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Cephennodes Reitter, 1884, Napoconnus Franz, 1957 (both Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Bicava Belon, 1884 (Latridiidae), Otibazo Morimoto, 1961, Seleuca Pascoe, 1871 and Acallinus Morimoto, 1962 (all Curculioni- dae); species Oodes (Lachnocrepis) japonicus (Bates, 1873) (Carabidae: Licininae), Drusilla obliqua (Bernhauer, 1916) (Staphylin- idae: Aleocharinae) and Coccotrypes advena Blandford, 1894 (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The records of Anapleus Horn, 1873 (Histeridae) and Batraxis Reitter, 1882 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) have been confirmed. The male of Sivacrypticus taiwanicus Kaszab, 1964 (Archeocrypticidae) is described for the first time. Gyrelon jenpani Hu, Fikáček & Matsumoto, sp. nov. (Cerylon- idae) is described, illustrated, and compared with related species. DNA barcodes associated larvae of 42 species with adults, we are concisely illustrating some of these: Oodes japonicus, Perigona cf. nigriceps Dejean, 1831 (both Carabidae), Ptilodactyla sp. (Ptilodactylidae), Maltypus ryukyuanus Wittmer, 1970 (Cantharidae), Drusilla obliqua, Myrmecocephalus brevisulcus (Pace, 2008), Diochus sp., Mimopinophilus sp. (all Staphylinidae), Stelidota multiguttata Reitter, 1877, Lasiodites inaequalis (Grouvelle, 1914) (both Nitidulidae), Lagria scutellaris Pic, 1910, and Anaedus spinicornis Kaszab, 1973 (both Tenebrionidae). We also report the first cases of Rickettsia infections in Scydmaeninae and Pselaphinae. All data (sequences, metadata, and voucher photos) are made public in BOLD database and in a Zenodo Archive

The Far Eastern species of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) lacking female modified genital appendage

Makranczy, György (2014): The Far Eastern species of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) lacking female modified genital appendage. Revue suisse de Zoologie 121 (3): 319-347, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.612008

Trogophloeus tripunctulatus Coiffait, 1981, a new synonym of Carpelimus insularis (Kraatz, 1858) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

Makranczy, György (2013): Trogophloeus tripunctulatus Coiffait, 1981, a new synonym of Carpelimus insularis (Kraatz, 1858) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Zootaxa 3652 (2): 297-298, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.

Description of the male of Leptotyphlus kovaci Šustek, 2000, the only Central European species of the Mediterranean genus Leptotyphlus Fauvel, 1874 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae)

The previously unknown male of Leptotyphlus kovaci Šustek, 2000 is described and illustrated. The relationship of the species is discussed. The species is also reported from Gemerskoteplická jaskyňa near Jelšavská Teplica (Slovakia)

Nomenclatural changes removing secondary homonymy in the genus Oxytelus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

Makranczy, György (2012): Nomenclatural changes removing secondary homonymy in the genus Oxytelus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1): 193-205, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.533003