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29 September 2023 New Genus and Species of High-Altitude Flightless Diestotini from the West Indies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Jordan J. Rainey, Michael A. Ivie
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Abstract

Aleomallus yaque Rainey and Ivie, new genus and species is described from high-elevation areas in the Dominican Republic and placed in the Aleocharinae tribe Diestotini. This placement is discussed with a review of the history of the tribe and related groups. A description with figures of diagnostic characters is provided. This discovery highlights the extent of undescribed Aleocharinae biodiversity in the mountains of the West Indies.

Jordan J. Rainey and Michael A. Ivie "New Genus and Species of High-Altitude Flightless Diestotini from the West Indies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 77(3), 365-374, (29 September 2023). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.365
Received: 11 April 2023; Accepted: 29 July 2023; Published: 29 September 2023
KEYWORDS
Greater Antilles
morphology
rove beetle
Staphylinoidea
taxonomy
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