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Subfamily Omaliinae - Ocellate Rove Beetles


A Revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
By J.M. Campbell
The Entomological Society of Canada, 1978
Covers the following omaliine groups:
1) Genera Haida Keen, Pseudohaida Hatch, & Eudectoides Campbell
2) Tribe Coryphiini

A review of the genus Pycnoglypta Thomson, 1858 (Staphylinidae, Omaliinae, Omaliini) with notes on related taxa
By Shavrin AV
Zootaxa 4077 (1): 001–094, 2016

Acruliopsis gen. n. aus der Ostpaläarktis (Coleóptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliitnae, Omaliini)
By Zerche L
Beiträge zur Entomologie 153: 297-316, 2003

Taxonomic revision of the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1953 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
By Logan J. Mullen, J.M. Campbell, and Derek S. Sikes
Coleopterists Society, Patricia Vaurie Series Monograph 16, 2018
Phlaeopterus is revised, with eight new species described.

"Distribution data for each species are provided. Given these beetles' association with shrinking alpine snowfields, conservation concern is warranted, and some highly endemic species described herein have not been collected in over 35 years."

A new species of Microedus from the Sierra Nevada mountains (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
By Ian Moore and E.F. Legner
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 1972
Citation:
Moore I. and E.F. Legner. (1972) A new species of Microedus from the Sierra Nevada mountains (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopt. Bull. 26: 75-77.

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Taxonomic revision of North American Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae)
By Zanetti A.
Insecta Mundi 0379: 1-80, 2014

A Revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) The Genus Olophrum Erichson
By J.M. Campbell
The Canadian Entomologist, 1983
Citation:
Campbell J.M. 1983. A Revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) The Genus Olophrum Erichson. The Canadian Entomologist, 1983, 115:(6) 577-622.

The distribution of Brathinus nitidus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and a new key to the North American species
By Frank J.H., Habeck D.H., Peck S.B.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 41: 137-140, 1987