The genus Megalopinus Eichelbaum, 1915 in Arunachal Pradesh, India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Megalopsidiinae)

Tobias Mainda, Hiren Gogoi, Tagam Dobiam, Sonu Singh, Oliver Betz

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A treatment of the genus in Arunachal Pradesh combining new species with faunistic records. Five species named by the source are represented; no unsupported tribal placement is supplied.

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Year: 2026
Journal: Soil Organisms
Volume: 98
Issue: 1
Pages / article: 87–96
Publication date: 1 April 2026
DOI: 10.25674/501
Publisher: Official publisher page
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Library copy: Open PDF on Google Drive Tobias Mainda; Hiren Gogoi; Tagam Dobiam; Sonu Singh; Oliver Betz (2026). The genus Megalopinus Eichelbaum, 1915 in Arunachal Pradesh, India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Megalopsidiinae). Soil Organisms 98(1): 87–96. DOI: 10.25674/501. Source: https://soil-organisms.org/SO/article/view/501. The PDF is provided unchanged. CC BY 4.0
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Megalopsidiinae Leng, 1920
Genus: Megalopinus Eichelbaum, 1915
Species: Megalopinus arunachalensis Mainda, 2026, Megalopinus mithun Mainda, 2026, Megalopinus micros Mainda, 2026, Megalopinus helferi (Dormitzer, 1851), Megalopinus nepalensis Puthz, 2012

Country: India

Reported locality: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Work type: taxonomic article, new species, faunistic records

Keywords: Coleoptera, rove beetle, Megalopinus, new species, faunistics, Oriental region, Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests