Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru

Abstract. Ashea megacephala, a new Peruvian genus and species is described. The specimens were collected on mushrooms and mushroom-associated trees. This genus can be readily distinguished from the other genera of the subtribe Gyrophaenina by the large head and the three indistinctly articulated lab...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yoon-Ho, Ahn, Kee-Jeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.530.6110
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description Abstract. Ashea megacephala, a new Peruvian genus and species is described. The specimens were collected on mushrooms and mushroom-associated trees. This genus can be readily distinguished from the other genera of the subtribe Gyrophaenina by the large head and the three indistinctly articulated labial palpomeres. A key to the known genera of Gyrophaenina is provided. A habitus photograph and illustrations of diagnostic characters are also presented.
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spelling pubmed-46689072015-12-11 Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru Kim, Yoon-Ho Ahn, Kee-Jeong Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Ashea megacephala, a new Peruvian genus and species is described. The specimens were collected on mushrooms and mushroom-associated trees. This genus can be readily distinguished from the other genera of the subtribe Gyrophaenina by the large head and the three indistinctly articulated labial palpomeres. A key to the known genera of Gyrophaenina is provided. A habitus photograph and illustrations of diagnostic characters are also presented. Pensoft Publishers 2015-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4668907/ /pubmed/26692800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.530.6110 Text en Yoon-Ho Kim, Kee-Jeong Ahn http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title_full Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title_fullStr Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title_full_unstemmed Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title_short Ashea megacephala Kim & Ahn (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from Peru
title_sort ashea megacephala kim & ahn (coleoptera, staphylinidae, aleocharinae), a new gyrophaenine genus and species from peru
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692800
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.530.6110
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