NEW SPECIES, RECORDS AND SYNONYM OF THE GENUS BLEDIUS LEACH, 1819 (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: OXYTELINI) FROM INDIA

Current issue: Volume 24, No. 2 (2024)

NEW SPECIES, RECORDS AND SYNONYM OF THE GENUS BLEDIUS LEACH, 1819 (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: OXYTELINI) FROM INDIA

Semen Blinstein*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.24(2).003

Blinstein S. 2024. New species, records and synonym of the genus Bledius Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: -Staphylinidae: Oxytelini) from India. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 2024(2): 177-182.

Abstract

Bledius telnovi sp. nov. from Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India) is described. Bledius niloticus Erichson is removed from the list of Indian species. Bledius soesilae Makhan is synonymized with Bl. palliatus Fauvel. The discussed Bledius species are illustrated. New locality is provided for Bl. beesoni Cameron. First faunistic records of Bledius provided for the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

Keywords: Bledius, taxonomy, morphology, faunistic, Arunachal Pradesh.

*Corresponding author: Semen Blinstein. Zoological Museum, Odessa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine. E-mail: sblinstein@alice.de

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