A new species of Leptotyphlus Fauvel, 1874 from Garfagnana (Tuscany, Italy) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae)

Marco Villani

doi:10.13133/2284-4880/1948

A new species of Leptotyphlus Fauvel, 1874 from Garfagnana (Tuscany, Italy) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae)

Authors

Marco Villani Università degli Studi di Ferrara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1948

Keywords:

taxonomy, rove beetles, endogean fauna, Apennines, Lucca province, Leptotyphlini, Odontotyphlus, endemism

Abstract

The new species Leptotyphlus (Odontotyphlus) carfanius sp. nov. is described from Gallicano (Lucca province), in northern Tuscany. It is the second known species of the subgenus Odontotyphlus Coiffait, 1972 from the Italian peninsula and it is most closely related to some species from Provence (France), from which it differs by the different shape of labrum and male genitalia.

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Published

2026-06-30

How to Cite

Villani, M. (2026) “A new species of Leptotyphlus Fauvel, 1874 from Garfagnana (Tuscany, Italy) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 58(1), pp. 75–78. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/1948.