Parabrachida Cameron, 1939

Hashizume, Takuto, Maruyama, Munetoshi, Kishimoto, Toshio & Klimaszewski, Jan, 2025, Taxonomic review of the tribe Himalusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with new synonymies, Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 54-64 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17324669
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scientific name	Parabrachida Cameron, 1939
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Genus Parabrachida Cameron, 1939 View in CoL

Parabrachida Cameron, 1939: 49 View in CoL (original description; type species: Parabrachida decipiens Cameron, 1939 View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. The genus Parabrachida is distinguished from Protinodes by the anteriorly prominent labrum ( Klimaszewski et al. 2010: fig. 4), the ligula prominent medially ( Klimaszewski et al. 2010: fig. 8), and the asymmetrical median lobe of the aedeagus ( Figs. 2E–F View FIGURE 2 , 3E–F View FIGURE 3 ). This genus differs from Sinanarchusa in the ligula prominent medially, the asymmetrical median lobe of the aedeagus, and the narrow and styliform apical lobe of the paramere of the aedeagus.

Remarks. Parabrachida has traditionally been placed in the tribe Homalotini to date ( Newton 2025). Following the definition of Himalusini by Maruyama et al. (2014), we reassign this genus from Homalotini to Himalusini .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae