A New Species, New Synonymy, and Additional Records of Gyrophaena (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from the Palaearctic Region

Abstract

Gyrophaena anastasiarum Glotov, sp. n. is described from Primorskiy Kray (Russian Far East). New synonymy is proposed: Gyrophaena triquetra Weise, 1877 = Gyrophaena fl ammula Pace, 2007 syn. n. Lectotypes are designated for Gyrophaena hanseni A. Strand, 1946, G. korbi A. Strand, 1939, G. munsteri A. Strand, 1935, G. pseudonana A. Strand, 1939, G. semipunctata Bernhauer, 1926, and G. transversalis A. Strand, 1939. Gyrophaena kaunshanchiensis Pace, 2007 is recorded from Russia (Primorskiy Kray) for the first time.

Keywords

• coleoptera
• staphylinidae
• aleocharinae
• gyrophaena
• taxonomy
• russia
• taiwan