Monograph of Palaearctic, Oriental and New Guinean Pinophilina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

Description:

The first comprehensive systematic and taxonomic review of the Pinophilina fauna of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, including New Guinea. Prior to this review the subtribe was represented in this region by 78 species and one subspecies (in seven genera, with 68 species (87%) in genus Pinophilus). Following a revision of the type material and of thousands of additional specimens from the major collections, there are now as many as 309 named species in 16 genera, with none of the previously described species remaining in Pinophilus. Eleven genera and 241 species are described for the first time, five names are revalidated, one genus-group and 17 species-group names are synonymised, 104 new combinations are proposed, and numerous species groups are established. One neotype and 38 lectotypes designated. A comprehensive catalogue and keys to the genera and species of the region are provided. All the taxa are described or redescribed, illustrated, and their distributions are mapped. In an appendix, several genera and species from other zoogeographic regions are treated, including one new genus and four newly described species.

This publication is issued as the Supplement of Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae, vol. 107