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Family Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles


A revision of the genus Microlia Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Hoplandriini)
By Gusarov V.I.
Zootaxa 34: 1-24, 2002

Review of Oxypoda species in Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics, and distributi
By J. Klimaszewski, G. Pelletler, C. Germaln
The Canadian Entomologist, 138: 737-852, 2006
Full title: Review of Oxypoda species in Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics, and distribution.

37 species of Oxypoda occurring in Canada and Alaska are reviewed, including six new species descriptions.
The genus Hylota is formally removed from synonymy with Oxypoda.

Phylogeny and revision of genera of the subtribe Bolitocharina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
By James S. Ashe
University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54:335-406 (1992), 1992

Phylogeny and revision of genera of the subtribe Bolitocharina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
By James S. Ashe
University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54:335-406 (1992), 1992

A revision of the North American and European staphylinid beetles of the subtribe Gyrophaenae (Aleocharinae, Bolitocharini)
By Seevers, C. H.
Fieldiana Zoology 32(10): 659 – 762, 1951
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First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new...
By M. Maruyama, L. B. Patrick , & J. Klimaszewski
Zootaxa 1716: 35-43, 2008
Full title: "First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species"

Abstract: "The lomechusine genus Myrmedonota Cameron is recorded from North America for the first time. Myrmedonota is diagnosed, and two new species, M. aidani Maruyama & Klimaszewski, sp. nov., and M. lewisi Maruyama & Klimaszewski, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. Bionomical information is provided for both new species."


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A new species of Myrmedonota Cameron from eastern Kansas (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
By K. Taro Eldridge
Zookeys (53): 17–24. , 2010
Abstract:
"Myrmedonota heliantha sp. n. is described from eastern Kansas (USA). All specimens were collected from dung. A modified new key to the species of Myrmedonota of America north of Mexico is provided."

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A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
By V.I. Gusarov
Zootaxa 81: 1-88, 2002