On the Himalayan Pselaphini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) Author Löbl, Ivan Muséum d’histoire naturelle Case postale 6 CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland ivan.lobl@bluewin.ch Author Kodada, Ján Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University Ilkovičova 6, MlynskÁ dolina B- 1 SK- 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia jan.kodada@uniba.sk text 2021 Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya VII 349 368 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5793818 24faf05b-0b84-4a67-ae0c-5b5b0cb9aa81 5793818 Key to Pselaphini genera known from the Indian subcontinent 1 Maxillary palpomeres with lateral spines......................... ................................................. Mentraphus Sharp, 1883 - Maxillary palpomeres lacking spines............................. 2 2 Maxillary palpomere IV short, robust, lacking peduncle. ..................................................... Tyraphus Sharp, 1883 - Maxillary palpomere IV long, with peduncle ................ 3 3 Pronotum lacking antebasal sulcus ................................ 4 - Pronotum with antebasal sulcus ..................................... 6 4 Maxillary palpomere IV with apical notch bearing sensory area ................................... Pselaphogenius Reitter, 1910 - Maxillary palpi lacking obvious apical notch and sensory area ................................................................................. 5 5 Pronotum with antebasal foveae, elytra with basal foveae. Maxillary palpomere IV not or indistinctly tuberculate... ......................................................... Nepallaphus n. gen. - Pronotum and elytra lacking foveae. Maxillary palpomere IV distinctly tuberculate ............ Pselaphus Herbst, 1791 6 Pronotum with mesal impression ..................................... ........................................ Nabepselaphus Nomura, 2002 - Pronotum not impressed mesally ................................... 7 7 Pronotum with dense, longitudinal striae or sulci covering lateral and dorsal surface of disc anterior antebasal sulcus. ......................................................... Himallaphus n. gen. - Pronotum without longitudinal striae or sulci ................ 8 8 Sensory area of maxillary palpomere IV sharply defined ............................................. Pselaphaulax Reitter, 1909 - Sensory area of maxillary palpomere IV in shallow, not clearly defined impression................................................ ..................................... Pselaphotrichus Besuchet, 1986