Two new species of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini) from Sulawesi, and new records from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions

Editorial summary

Two new species from Sulawesi are described together with records from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Seven species named by the accessible abstract are indexed, while the paper's broader nine-species and locality coverage remains partial.

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Year: 2026
Journal: Zootaxa
Volume: 5837
Issue: 3
Pages / article: 581–590
Publication date: 24 June 2026
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5837.3.10
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Omaliinae MacLeay, 1825
Tribe: Omaliini MacLeay, 1825
Genus: Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960
Species: Paraphloeostiba bicolora Shavrin, 2026, Paraphloeostiba carnaria Shavrin, 2026, Paraphloeostiba gayndahensis (MacLeay, 1873), Paraphloeostiba impressa (Cameron, 1928), Paraphloeostiba rhopalocera (Cameron, 1928), Paraphloeostiba latissima Shavrin, 2024, Paraphloeostiba zingiberiphila Shavrin, 2024

Biogeographic regions: Oriental region, Palaearctic region

Countries: Indonesia, Türkiye, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam

Reported localities: Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Work type: taxonomy, two new species, faunistic records

Keywords: Coleoptera, rove beetles, diversity, new taxa, distribution