Atheta (Badura) ehnstroemi n.sp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with short review of other known species of Badura

• Published in: Insect Systematics & Evolution
• Main Author: Baranowski, Rickard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 1982
• Subjects: Insect Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187631282x00516; https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/13/1/article-p33_4.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ise/13/1/article-p33_4.xml

Abstract Atheta (Badura) ehnstroemi n.sp. is described from material collected in central and northern Sweden. The lectotype of A. macrocera (Thomson) is designated. A key to the known species of Badura is given. Their diagnostic characters and taxonomic relationship to each other is discussed. Species of Badura can easily be distinguished by the shape of median lobe and copulatory piece of aedeagus but a number of other important characters are also mentioned. Ecological and distributional information is given for each species.