Amischa Thomson, 1858

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2023, Korean species of the genus Amischa Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae Aleocharinae), with a description of new species, Zootaxa 5230 (4), pp. 478-488 : 479

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5230.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA55F137-EF78-4ADB-B0CF-B9F84FFC86FD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7564105

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C1E011-7C08-FF8B-14E7-FF3A9DA007B9

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scientific name

Amischa Thomson, 1858
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Genus Amischa Thomson, 1858 View in CoL

Amischa Thomson, 1858: 33 View in CoL (type species: Aleochara analis Gravenhorst, 1802 View in CoL ).

Colposura Casey, 1894: 336 View in CoL (type species: Colposura praelonga Casey, 1894 View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Members of the genus Amischa can be distinguished from other athetine genera by combination of the following characters: head subtriangular, dilated basally; eyes small, distinctly shorter than temples; antennomeres 4–10 transverse or subquadrate; ligula short, broad and entire; prementum without lateral pseudopores; pronotal pubescence directed posteriorly in midline; hypomeron partially visible in lateral aspect; mesocoxal cavities unmargined in most species; abdominal tergites II–VI without anterior macrosetae, VI not impressed in basal region; posterior margin of tergite VIII emarginate in most species; and median lobe of aedeagus with distal crest almost perpendicular to apical process and facing upward, proximal crest long ( Benick & Lohse, 1974; Yosii & Sawada, 1976; Ashe, 2001; Assing, 2021).

Distribution. Worldwide (except South Africa and Madagascar).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Loc

Amischa Thomson, 1858

Lee, Seung-Gyu & Ahn, Kee-Jeong 2023
2023
Loc

Colposura

Casey, T. L. 1894: 336
1894
Loc

Amischa

Thomson, C. G. 1858: 33
1858
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