Two rove beetle subfamilies Phloeocharinae and Trichophyinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) new to Korea

Abstract

Charhyphus paradoxus Bernhauer and Trichophya japonica Watanabe and Shibata are identified for the first time in the Korean peninsula. The genera Charhyphus Sharp and Trichophya Mannerheim are also new records to the Korean fauna. Diagnoses and illustrations of the habitus and diagnostic characters of these two species are provided to confirm identification.

Keywords

• Charhyphus
• Staphylinoidea
• taxonomy
• Trichophya