Pinachenium pseudabessinum ( Gridelli, 1928 ) -, 2024

Struyve, Tim, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical Pinophilina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Part 1: genera, Pinachenium, Pinoplanus, Pinobelus and Pinocolis, Belgian Journal of Entomology 152, pp. 1-75 : 13

Pinachenium pseudabessinum ( Gridelli, 1928) - comb. nov.

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Pinophilus pseudabessinus GRIDELLI, 1928: 123

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Somalia: Bidi-Scionde, Basso Giuba, Patrizi , 1923: 1 ♀ holotype ( MSNG) .

COMMENTS. Species described from Somalia, still only known from the ♀ holotype. The species represents typical Pinachenium thus the new combination is proposed with adjustment of the gender according to the gender of the genus .

Figures

Fig. 2. A-F, Head, dorsal view. A, Pinachenium abessinum (Bernhauer, 1915). B, P. insolitum (Fagel, 1963). C-D, P. longicorne (Baudi di Selve, 1848). E, P. nitidum sp. nov. F, P. pseudabessinum (Gridelli, 1928). Scale bar: 1 mm.