Psammostiba kamtschatica Brundin 1943, comb. nov.

• Main Author: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Psammostiba; Psammostiba kamtschatica; Kamchatka Peninsula; Serp; Vstrechnyy; Kamchatka; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6276797; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276797

Psammostiba kamtschatica ( Brundin, 1943), comb. nov. (Figs. 20, 26 in Brundin 1943; Fig. 35 in Yosii & Sawada 1976) Atheta (Panalota) kamtschatica Brundin, 1943: 21 Atheta (Psammostiba) kamtschatica: Yosii & Sawada, 1976: 84. Examined material: Russia: Sakhalin Region:, Kuril Islands, Rasshua Island, SW part, W of Serp Mt., seashore, 47 º 43.24 'N 152 º 58.36 'E (Yu.M.Marusik), 12­13.viii. 1992; 3 , Kuril Islands, Urup Island, Negodnaya Bay, Vstrechnyy Ck., seashore, 45 º 57.55 'N 150 º 10.33 'E (Yu.M.Marusik), 29.viii. 1995 (all ­ SPSU). Diagnosis. Psammostiba kamtschatica can be recognized by smooth posterior margin of male tergum 8, and by the distinct shape of the aedeagus (Figs. 35, H­K: Yosii & Sawada 1976) and spermatheca (Fig. 26: Brundin 1943) Psammostiba kamtschatica differs from P. comparabilis and P. k e n a i i by lack of crenulation of the posterior margin of male tergum 8. Distribution. Psammostiba kamtschatica is known from Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuril Islands) and northern Japan (Hokkaido). Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, A revision of Nearctic species of the genera Adota Casey, 1910 and Psammostiba Yosii & Sawada, 1976 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 185 on page 33, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.156388