Gildenkov M.Yu. 2025. A new species of the genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 from the “silvestris” species group from Laos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.2: 242–245 [in English].
Smolensk State University, Przhevalsky str. 4, Smolensk 214000 Russia.
Mikhail Gildenkov: mgildenkov@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5752-1411
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.2.06
ABSTRACT: Carpelimus (Bucephalinus) volkeri, sp.n., a new species from Laos is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the taxonomically complex “sylvestris” species group, which we previously included 8 species from the Oriental Biogeographic Region. Species of the “sylvestris” species group are often reliably differs only by the structure of the aedeagus or, sometimes, in the structure of the spermathecae. The new species is most closely related and most similar to Carpelimus (Bucephalinus) snookus Gildenkov, 2014, but differs in the details of the aedeagus structure and the shape of the spermatheca. The discovery of a previously unknown Carpelimus species from the “sylvestris” group in Laos is of particular interest.
KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae, Carpelimus, new species, Oriental Biogeographic Region, Laos.