Three modern records of the Palaearctic species Ontholestes murinus (Linné 1758) from Newfoundland are discussed. The species is considered a recent introduction to North America. A key to the two ...species of Ontholestes Ganglbauer 1895 known to occur in North America is given. The previous transfer of Staphylinus capitatus Bland 1864 from the genus Ontholestes to the subgenus Dinothenarus C. G. Thomson 1858 of the genus Staphylinus Linné 1758, proposed by Smetana (1959), is confirmed.
The type material of Xantholinus vilis Sharp 1885 was studied. The species is removed from synonymy and reassigned, together with Xantholinus pusillus Sachse 1852, to the genus Neohypnus Coiffait and ...Saiz 1964. A lectotype is designated and the diagnostic characters are described and illustrated.
The two species of the genus Nudobius C. G. Thomson (Staphylinidae) known to occur at present in Mexico are treated, and a key is given. N. circularis new species is described from the state of ...Durango. Lectotype is designated for N. celatus Sharp.
The genus Prosopaspis gen. nov. is erected for two new species from the Nepal Himalayas. The genus is formally described, assigned to the tribe Omaliini of the subfamily Omaliinae, and placed near ...the Holarctic genus Pycnoglypta Thomson. The reasons for this are given and the distinguishing characters of the two genera are discussed. The two species, Prosopaspis gibbicollis and P. puncticeps, are described and illustrated, all available bionomic and distributional data are presented and a key is given to aid in their identification.
Abstract
All species of the subgenus
Microsaurus
Steph. of the genus
Quedius
Steph. (Staphylinidae), known to occur at present in Mexico, are treated. A key is given. Three species are described as ...new.
Abstract
Eight new high altitude species of the subgenera
Microsaurus
(Steph.) Smet.,
Quedionuchus
Shp., and
Raphirus
(Steph.) Smet. of the genus
Quedius
Steph. (Staphylinidae) from Mexico are ...described as new.
Quedius
(
Raphirus
)
advena
Shp. is redescribed, and a lectotype is designated.Each species is described and illustrated. A key to all nearctic species of the
caseyi
-group of the subgenus
Microsaurus
, and of the
aenescens
-group of the subgenus
Raphirus
is given.
