Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneoides Schülke & Hashizume, 2021

Hashizume, Takuto, Schülke, Michael & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2024, Tachinus of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae): new records, a new synonym, and a new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1), pp. 121-139 : 135-136

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.010
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scientific name	Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneoides Schülke & Hashizume, 2021
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Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneoides Schülke & Hashizume, 2021 View in CoL

[Japanese name: Kantô-marukubi-hanekakushi]

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Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneoides Schülke & Hashizume, 2021: 75 View in CoL (original description).

Type material studied. PARATYPE: 1 ♀, Nakatsuta,Sanmu-shi,Chiba-ken, Japan, 25.xi.1990, T. Takeda leg. ( KUM).

Diagnosis. Tachinus (Tachinus) subterraneoides can be distinguished from other members of the subgenus Tachinus from Japan by the combination of the following characters: eyes small, female tergite VIII with four long lobes; female sternite with six slender lobes, each lobe approximately of the same length. This species is similar to T. (Tachinus) subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) , distributed in Europe, Russia, and Canada, but can be distinguished by lighter coloration, almost straight outer lobes of female sterite VIII, and spermatheca with greater number of coils of spermathecal duct. For detailed description, see SCHȖL- KE & HASHIZUME (2021: 75).

Biology. The holotype was collected by sifting deciduous forest leaf litter and soil between and under big stones along a large mountain stream at an altitude of 400 to 500 m ( SCHȖLKE & HASHIZUME 2021).

Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

Remarks. This species in known only from two females collected from Kanagawa Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture.