A revision of the Nearctic species of Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Author
Chandler, Donald S.
Author
Sabella, Giorgio
Author
Bückle, Christoph
text
Zootaxa
2015
3928
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1
91
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3928.1.1
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1175-5326
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The
texana
species-group
First proposed by
Casey (1887
: 466; 1894: 480); Group II of
Bowman (1934)
. Tergite 1 long in male, only tergite 1 visible in dorsal view for two of the three species, apex deflexed and broadly sinuate at middle, deflexed portion of tergite 1 and adjacent lateral areas of tergite 2 with short thick yellow setae. Includes
B. eldredgei
Chandler
sp. nov.
,
B. foveata
(LeConte)
, and
B. texana
(Casey)
. This group is found from the American Southwest to California.