Revision of the genus Plesiochara Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Shgo Inoue; Munetoshi Maruyama

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.3

Revision of the genus Plesiochara Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Shgo Inoue, Munetoshi Maruyama

The Kyushu University Museum

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The Japanese species of the genus Plesiochara Sawada, 1989 (tribe Aleocharini) are revised. Four species are recognized from Japan: Plesiochara japonica (Sharp, 1874) comb. nov. (removed from Ocalea Erichson), P. nitida Sawada, 1990, P. inflexa sp. nov. and P. rufula sp. nov. Plesiochara fusca Sawada, 1989 is synonymized with P. japonica, syn. nov. All species are described or redescribed, and a key is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	501-519
Number of pages	19
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5165
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.3
Publication status	Published - Jul 18 2022

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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Revision of the genus Plesiochara Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

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