title: Brounea, a new genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from New Zealand, with descriptions of nine new species.
abstract: A new genus and nine new species of New Zealand endemic pselaphine staphylinid beetles belonging to the supertribe Faronitae are described: Brounea Park & Carlton, gen. nov. (type species: Sagola setiventris Broun, 1915); B. yoonhoi Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. chorui Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. sungryongi Park & Carlton, sp. nov., B. mijeongae Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. seongmoi Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. daehyuni Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. mangamukaensis Park & Carlton sp. nov., B. sunjaei Park & Carlton sp. nov., and B. seungili Park & Carlton sp. nov. Two species, S. setiventris and S. tenuis Broun, 1886, are transferred to the genus Brounea. A key to species, habitus photographs, and line drawings of diagnostic characters are provided.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.; Email: jpark16@tigers.lsu.edu.
authors.forename: Jong-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, U.S.A.; Email: ccarlt@lsu.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Carlton
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand