Oxytelus (Tanycraerus) altaicus Kastcheev, 1999 – a little known rove beetle species from Kazakhstan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
Journal: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
Year: 2023

Diagnostic characters for the little known species Oxytelus (Tanycraerus) altaicus Kastcheev, 1999 are presented and illustrated. Oxytelus (T.) altaicus differs from the closely related O. (T.) laqueatus (Marsham, 1802) in the structure of the parameres and abdominal sternite VII. The main character in the structure of the aedeagus of O. altaicus, which differ this species from O. laqueatus, is the form of the parameres, which is especially obvious seen in the lateral view. In O. laqueatus, depr