Notes on the Nearctic Epuraeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
A.G. Kirejtshuk & J. Pakaluk
Abstract. The paper includes new records, new synonymy for some names proposed in the genus Epuraea Erichson, 1843 and descriptions of E. (E.) cetera sp. n., E. (E.) gulstafsoni sp. n., E. (E.) interposita sp. n., E. (Amedanyraea) latebrosa subgen. et sp. n. and also substantiation of change in taxonomical interpretation of some nearctic species, in particular members of the subgenus Epuraeanella Crotch, 1874. Lectotypes are designated for Epuraea (Epuraea) pallescens labilis Erichson, 1843, stat. n. and Epuraea scutellaris (Brown, 1880), comb. n. (transferred from Omosita); Epuraea (Marinexa) scaura nom. n. is given to Epuraea scutellaris Kraatz, 1895. The subgenus Horniraea subgen. n. is proposed for Epuraea scaphoides Horn, 1879.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1995, 4(1): 139–152 ▪ Published in print 29 March 1996
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