Unveiling hidden diversity: Six new species of Stenus Latreille, 1797 from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae)
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Insect taxonomy, Rove beetles, entomology, biodiversity, endemism, Philippine ArchipelagoAbstract
Six new species of the genus Stenus Latreille, 1797 are described from the Philippines: Stenus martinae spec. nov. (Mindanao, Samar), Stenus bivestis spec. nov. (Mindanao), Stenus pseudofractophallus spec. nov. (Mindanao), Stenus uwei spec. nov. (Mindanao: Mt. Hamiguitan), Stenus torrenticola spec. nov. (Mindanao: Mt. Hamiguitan) and Stenus pumicatus spec. nov. (Mindanao: Mt. Candalaga). New distribution data and a new island record are published for the Philippine species Stenus nobilis Bernhauer, 1926.
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