Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808

Ho, Yu-Hsiang & Ôhara, Masahiro, 2022, Figs. 23 - 34 in The Newly Recorded Fern-spore Feeding Moths in the Genus, Meyrick 1889 (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae) from Taiwan, with Notes on Life History of Three Species., Zoological Studies 61 (31), pp. 1-11 : 2

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https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2022.61-31

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scientific name

Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808
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Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808 View in CoL Subfamily Histerinae Gyllenhal, 1808 Genus Lewisister Bickhardt, 1912

Type species: Lewisister excellens Bickhardt, 1912 .

Diagnosis: Since a new species is added to the genus, it requires a new diagnosis to accommodate the newly described L. masumotoi sp. nov. This genus can be distinguished from other genera related to Omalodini by following characters: 1) body oval-shaped; 2) lateral pronotal stria abbreviated at base; 3) frons and epistoma impressed; 4) the margin of protibiae multispinulose, without any teeth; 5) all of the tibiae with one to two rows of setae on each side; 6) post metacoxal stria on first abdominal sternum present; 7) trochanter of forelegs with setae on anterior margin; 8) carinal striae of prosternum subparallel, converted at apex. 9) anterior margin of mesoventrite broadly and slightly curve outwardly; 10) pygidium longer than propygidium; 11) propygidium and pygidium covered with large and round punctures, separated by one to two times of its diameters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Histeridae

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