Revision of the genus Diochus Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Diochini) from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
The taxonomy of the genus Diochus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Diochini) was studied in this paper. Eight new species are described: Diochus acehensis Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov., D. bogorensis Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov., D. lombokensis Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov., D. paradoxus Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov., D. paraparadoxus Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov., D. sulawesiensis Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov. and D. uvellipticus Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov. from Indonesia; D. parellipticus Huang, Jank & Zhou, sp. nov. from Malaysia. Four previously described species are revised here: D. borneensis Cameron, 1933, D. punctipennis (Motschulsky, 1858), D. antennatus (Motschulsky, 1858) and D. pulchellus Cameron, 1918. A key to all 12 species is provided and all new species are illustrated.
Authors
- Hong‐Zhang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4559-5207)
- Tian Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-7983)
- JIŘÍ JANÁK (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-1278)
Institutions
- Jan Długosz University (PL)
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (CZ)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Zoology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.2
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00