Kenotyphlus Coiffait, 1957

Hlaváč, Peter, Janák, Jiří & Baňař, Petr, 2025, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XXVIII. Synopsis of the subfamily Leptotyphlinae Fauvel, 1874 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan Peninsula, with the description of three new species from Serbia and Montenegro, Zootaxa 5594 (1), pp. 61-97 : 72

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14954134
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scientific name	Kenotyphlus Coiffait, 1957
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Kenotyphlus Coiffait, 1957 View in CoL

Kenotyphlus Coiffait, 1957: 80 View in CoL .

Type species: Kenotyphlus turcicus Coiffait, 1957 View in CoL . Original description.

Kenotyphlus Coiffait View in CoL : Coiffait, 1957: 61 (in key), 80 (diagnosis); Coiffait, 1972: 602 (redescription, key to species of Turkey).

Diagnosis. Gular sutures structure unknown; labrum dentate, with two teeth; premolar tooth well-defined; antennae with 11 antennomeres, antennomere 5 much larger than 4 but about as large as 6, antennal club composed from 5 antennomeres; terminal antennomeres lacking sensorial appendages (phaneres); tarsal formula 2-2-2; genital armature of female indistinct.

Remarks. Kenotyphlus has 6 species, three in Greece and three in Turkey.