New records of Histeridae (Coleoptera) from the Caucasus
D.S. Lundyshev
Abstract. The following four representatives of Histeridae are recorded for the first time from the territory of Abkhazia: Plegaderus sanatus gobanzi J. Müller, 1903, Platysoma (Cylister) cornix Marseul, 1861, Margarinotus (Ptomister) terricola (Germar, 1824), and Gnathoncus communis (Marseul, 1862). The first two species were found for the first time throughout the Caucasus.
Key words: new faunistic records, Abkhazia, Caucasus, clown beetles, Coleoptera, Histeridae
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2019, 28(2): 249–250 ▪ Published online 9 October 2019
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2019.28.2.249 ▪ Open full article 
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