Materials to the fauna of rove beetles subfamily Oxytelinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Kamchatka

Abstract

Results of the study of the material collected by one of the authors and summary of literature records, all from various regions of Kamchatka, are presented. Additionally, the paper includes material from the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science and from two private collections. Eleven species from six genera of the subfamily Oxytelinae are recorded for the fauna of Kamchatka, from which only the subspecies Carpelimus lindrothi kamtchaticus Gildenkov, 2004 is endemic for the peninsula. Before our study only seven species from five genera of Oxytelinae were known from this region. Syntomium marusiki Ryabukhin, 1992 is found at Kamchatka for the first time, as well as at Sakhalin Island. This is a new genus and species for Kamchatka. Oxytelus assingi Schülke, 2012, a species described from the Caucasus, is recorded for Kamchatka and Murmansk Region for the first time. Two species of Bledius Leach, 1819 from the subgenus Bargus Schiodte, 1866 found in Kamchatka, so far remain unidentified. An annotated list is presented. Collecting localities are illustrated. The most species of Oxytelinae from Kamchatka are widespread in the Northern Palaearctica or wider; the species Syntomium marusiki Ryabukhin, 1992 occurs only in the Russian Far East.

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Staphylinidae
• Oxytelinae
• distribution
• Kamchatka
• fauna