Author(s): Makranczy, Gy.
Title: The genus Thinodromus Kraatz, 1857 in West-Central Africa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
Year: 2009
Volume: 101
Pages: 33-61.
Abstract: The West-Central African (countries mostly former French colonies) Thinodromus fauna is investigated. The region’s fauna is very incompletely known, many taxa still await description. The naming of the structures in the aedeagus is a first step towards establishing homologies. The region’s named species (T. decorsei CAMERON, 1948, T. nigerius GILDENKOV, 2000, T. thoracicus GILDENKOV, 2000) are reviewed, eight distinctive species are hereby described as new: Thinodromus excultus sp. n. (Equatorial Guinea), T. gabonicus sp. n. (Gabon), T. kedougouensis sp. n. (Senegal), T. makokouensis sp. n. (Gabon), T. malkinianus sp. n. (Cameroon), T. mateui sp. n. (Gabon), T. mauritanicus sp. n. (Mauritania), T. odzalensis sp. n. (Congo). With 76 figures.Keywords: new species, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae, aedeagal characters, Thinodromus
Subject: zoology
Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungariciJournal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.ISSN: 0521-4726Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, BudapestEditor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.