The Systematic Position of Glypholoma Jeannel, With a New Synonymy(Coleoptera: Silphidae, Staphylinidae)
The Systematic Position of Glypholoma Jeannel, With a New Synonymy(Coleoptera: Silphidae, Staphylinidae)
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10.1155/1975/85460
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1975-12
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Newton
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Newton
In 1962 R. Jeannel described Glypholoma pustuliferum, a new genus and species of an interesting small beetle from southern Chile for which he created a new tribe in the family Silphidae. A similar, looking beetle from southern Argentina was more recently described by O. Scheerpeltz. as Lathrimaeodes pustulipenne, a new genus and species of the staphylinid sub-family Omaliinae. The two species have apparently no. t been compared to one another or otherwise men-tioned in the literature. Since neither author gave detailed reasons for the placement of his genus, and neither mentioned several char-acters that are now considered essential to. such placement, the systematic position of these genera may beconsidered unsettled. A small series of specimens which agrees with the descriptions of both of the above speciesis inthe collection of the Museum of Com-parative Zoology. Based on an examination of these specimens and on the information given in the original descriptions, I would here like to present evidence for the synonymy of the two. names, to expand upon the published descriptions, and to reconsider the relationships of the genus. This paper is also intended as an initial contribution to a revision of the classification andphylogeny of Staphylinoidea.