Article, 2024

Review of the rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany.

Zootaxa, ISSN 1175-5326, 1175-5334, Volume 5424, 1, Pages 116-126, 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.6

Contributors

Shaw, Josh Jenkins 0000-0001-8585-2226 [1] Gehler, Alexander [2] Kaulfuss, Uwe 0009-0007-6858-8612 [2]

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  1. [1] University of Copenhagen
    2. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] University of Göttingen
    3. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD]

Abstract

The rove beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) (excluding the subfamily Silphinae) of the PlioceneofWillershausen (Lower Saxony, North Germany) is reviewed based on the type and other material of previously described or reported taxa, as well as two new specimens. Six subfamilies are represented in the deposit, with two subfamilial assignments considered tentative: Aleocharinae?, Micropeplinae, Oxytelinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae? and Tachyporinae. Pliosyntomium Korge, 1967 syn. nov. is placed as a junior synonym of PaederusFabricius, 1775. The following new combination is established: Paederusschmidti (Korge, 1967) comb. nov. All rove beetle fossils from Willershausen housed in theCollections of theGeoscienceMuseum, University of Gottingen.

Keywords

Aleocharinae, Germany, Gottingen, Pliocene, University, University of Gottingen, Willershausen, assignment, beetle fauna, beetle fossils, beetles, comb, combination, deposition, fauna, fossils, junior synonym, materials, review, rove beetle fauna, rove beetles, specimens, subfamily, subfamily assignments, synonyms, taxa, thecollection, type

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