G. it. Ent., 14 (61): 359-368
March 2016
Specie nuove o poco note di Pselafidi
delle Prealpi Venete e Lombarde
(Coleoptera Staphylinidae Pselaphinae)
di
RICCARDO MONGUZZI
Abstract - New or little known species of Pselaphinae from the Venetian and Lombard Pre-Alps (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) - The Author reports the results of long personal researches on the hypogean fauna of the Venetian and Lombard Pre-Alps, which also led to the identification of two new microphthalmic species of the genus Bryaxis Kugelann, 1794, here described: B. trezzii n. sp. from Grotta [Cave] dell’Arena (Lessini Mountains near Verona) and B. chiarae n. sp. from Mount Torrezzo (Pre-Alps near Bergamo). Besides, a new group of species (named “the emilianus group”), to which also B. chiarae belongs, is here defined. Finally, new data on the geographical distribution of Bryaxis pavani (Tamanini) and Tychobythinus rosai Besuchet are given. A series of drawings of morphological characteristics and distributional maps complete the work.
