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Subfamily Oxytelinae - Spiny-legged Rove Beetles


Phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of the rove-beetle subfamily Oxytelinae of the world (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
By Herman, Lee H.
Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 142, article 5, 1970

Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
By Makranczy G.
Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 98: 29-120, 2006
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oxyteline classification in the Guide follows this source

The First Record of the Palearctic Species Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae) from North America
By J. M. Campbell and A. D. Tomlin
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 309-313, 1983

Revision of the genus Ochthephilus Mulsant & Rey, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae)
By Makranczy Gy.
Revue suisse de Zoologie 121(4): 457–694, 2014

Revision of Bledius: Part 4
By Lee H. Herman Jr.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1986
Citation: Herman, L.H., Revision of Bledius. Part 4, Classification of species groups, phylogeny, natural history, and catalogue (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae)., 1986. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. 184: 1-367.
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Revision of Bledius: Part 3
By Lee H. Herman Jr.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1983
Citation: Herman Jr. L.H., Revision of Bledius. Part 3, The annularis and emarginatus groups (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). 1983, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His., 175: 1-146.
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Revision of Bledius and Related Genera Part 2
By Lee H. Herman Jr.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1976
Citation: Herman,L.H., Revision of Bledius and Related Genera Part 2. The Armatus, Basalis, and Melanocephalus Groups (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae).1976, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. 157:71-172.
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Revision of Bledius and Related Genera: Part 1
By Lee H. Herman Jr.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1972
Citation: Herman,L.H., Revision of Bledius and Related Genera Part 1. The Aequatorialis, Mandibularis, and Semiferrugineus Groups and Two New Genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae).1972, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. 149: 111-254.
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