Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 44(3) 2001

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VOL 44(3) 2001

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Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, North Korea, systematics, biogeography

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The North Korean Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): diversity and biogeography

• Grzegorz PAŚNIK

Abstract:

The present paper deals with a collection of Aleocharinae from North Korea. The 125 species are treated concerning synonymy, distribution, comments and illustrations of morphological details. The 43 genera and 102 species are recorded from North Korea for the first time, and 22 species are described as new for science: Brachida koreana sp. n., Gyrophaena koreana sp. n., G. sunanica sp. n., Hydrosmecta sogamensis sp. n., Aloconota koreana sp. n., Dinaraea koreana sp. n., Liogluta pyonganica sp. n., Acrotona suyangsani sp. n., A. paeksongricus sp. n., Atheta (Microdota) kangsonica sp. n., A. (Microdota) sogamensis sp. n., A. (Microdota) hamgyongsani sp. n., A. (Oreostiba) jangangsani sp. n., A. (Datomicra) pyongangsani sp. n., A. (Dimetrota) myohyangsani sp. n., A. (Dimetrota) namphoensis sp. n., A. (Dimetrota) photaechonica sp. n., A. (Dimetrota) chagangensis sp. n., A. (Dimetrota) machonryongica sp. n., A. (s.str.) taesongsanensis sp. n., Blepharrhymenus koreanus sp. n., Ocalea koreana sp. n. Biogeographical distribution of the North Korean Aleocharinae is briefly discussed. New combination is proposed for Drusilla sibirica (SCHEERPELTZ, 1956).