Les Eutheiini de la faune de France. II. Le genre Eutheia Stephens, 1830 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Abstract

Eutheiini of the French fauna. II. The genus Eutheia Stephens, 1830 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). A synthesis of the data about morphology, taxonomy, ecology, biology and chorology of the French species belonging to the genus Eutheia Stephens, 1830 (Eutheiini) is presented. Lectotypes are designated for E. clavata Reitter, 1882 and E. minutissima Sainte-Claire Deville, 1901. Two new synonymies are proposed: E. scydmaenoides orientalis Franz, 1971, n. syn. for E. scydmaenoides Stephens, 1830, and E. scydmaenoides tyrolensis Franz, 1971, n. syn. for E. scydmaenoides Stephens, 1830. Eutheia formicetorum Reitter, 1882, is new for Algeria, Bulgaria, Morocco and Tunisia; E. plicata (Gyllenhal, 1813) is new for Slovenia; E. parallela Fairmaire, 1879, is new for Greece (Rhodes).