Percussiopalpus gen. n. from Turkey, a free-living relative of cave-dwelling Thaumastocephalus, and revised placement of Thaumastocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) Author Jałoszyński, Paweł 0000-0003-2973-1803 Museum ofNaturalHistory, UniversityofWrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50 - 335 Wrocław, Poland. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2973 - 1803 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, The Czech Republic. peterhlavac @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5060 - 0811 Author Hlaváč, Peter 0000-0001-5060-0811 peterhlavac@gmail.com Author Anlaş, Sinan Manisa Celal Bayar University, Alaşehir Vocational School, TR- 45600, Alaşehir, Manisa, Turkey. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-01 5277 1 71 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.3 1175-5326 2EBD6E19-89E9-4918-8EE3-3324DF3BBA13 Redescription of Thaumastocephalus The type genus of Thaumastocephalini has not been adequately described to allow for a discussion of its placement in a supetribe. In order to fill this gap, we provide an illustrated redescription based primarily on a male of an undescribed species from the Croatian Dinarides, with variation from the other described species incorporated.