Pselaphus salonitanus ( Karaman, 1940 )

Krivosheyev, R. E., 2023, New records of the short-winged mold beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) of the Dniester valley (Podilski Tovtry and Dniester Canyon National Nature Parks), Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka (Oxford, England) 14 (3), pp. 41-46 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10205814
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17032641
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD558794-FFD1-FFC5-FF7E-FBAF05965025
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pselaphus salonitanus ( Karaman, 1940 )
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Pselaphus salonitanus ( Karaman, 1940) View in CoL * (fig. 6)

Löbl, Besuchet, 2004: 327.

Material examined. Ukraine, Ternopil Region, Dnistrovsky Canyon National Park, vicinity of Nyrkiv, Dzurin river valley, hornbeam forest, in litter, 29– 30.09.2023, 48.805097, 25.585033, 1 ♀ (Krivosheyev) ( SIZK) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Croatia, Italy ( Löbl, 2004); Ukraine ( first record).

Notes. The only female of the species was found in moss near the Dzhurin waterfall on a dry steppe hill. The species differs from P. heisei by smaller size ( 1.6 mm), brighter body colour and shine, narrower and more elongate abdomen, and shorter antennae: in P. heisei antennomeres 3 to 7 are elongate and 8 is square, whereas in P. salonitanus the antennomeres are square. The species was identified using the keys by Reitter (1881) and Karaman (1940).