Six new species are described that are members of the New Zealand endemic genus Adalmus Reitter (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Euplectitae: Trichonychini: Panaphantina): A. bullerensis sp. nov., A. kanierensis sp. nov., A. karekarensis sp. nov., A. mangamukaensis sp. nov., A. puberilumbus sp. nov., and A. serrilumbus sp. nov. In addition, Dalmisus Sharp is placed as a junior synonym of Adalmus (gen. syn.) and the species Dalmisus batrisodes Sharp, 1886, Plectomorphus longiceps Broun, 1913 and P. longipes Broun, 1912 are placed as junior synonyms of A. velutinus Reitter, 1885 spp. syn. Also, P. rugiceps Broun, 1921 is transferred to the genus Adalmus, comb. nov. Adalmus now holds eight species.

• Ui-Joung Byeon(Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University, South Korea)
• Donald S. Chandler(Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, USA)
• Richard A. B. Leschen(New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, New Zealand)
• Jong-Seok Park(Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University, South Korea)