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Superfamily Staphylinoidea


Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) detected in the Pacific Northwest: a Palearctic genus new to the US
By Rood R.J., Brunke A., Solodovnikov A.
Col. Bull. 69: 412-414, 2015

The eyeless Catopocerus beetles (Leiodidae) of eastern North America
By S.B. Peck
Psyche , 1974
This is the only taxonomic treatment of Catopocerus beetles. Three are described as new, and a key to the five species known at the time is provided.
Note that Catopocerus ulkei Brown is now a synonym of Catopocerus politus Motschulksy.

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Revision of the Colenis of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Pseudoliodini)
By Peck, S.B.
The Canadian Entomologist, 130: 55-65, 1998

Taxonomy of the Mexican species of Thyreocephalus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini)
By Juan Márquez and Julieta Asiain
Zootaxa 4169 (2): 251–285 , 2016
The only two species of Thyreocephalus found in the US are T. arizonicus (Smetana 1982) in southern Arizona, and T. nigerrimus (Sharp 1887) in southern Texas(1). Found in Mexico too, they are included in this paper.

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Revision of the Nearctic genus Lophioderus Casey (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
By O’Keefe S.T.
Entomological Society of America (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology); Lanham, MD, ii+97 pp., 1996

Revision of the genus Fenderia Hatch, 1957 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
By V. Puthz
In: Cuccodoro G, Leschen RAB (eds) Systematics of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the retirement of Ivan Lobl, Memoirs on Entomology, International, vol 17, pp 637-648

Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae)...
By Peck S.B., Cook J.
Zootaxa 2102: 1–74, 2009
Full title: Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera
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A revision of the species of Anogdus LeConte of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini)
By Peck S.B., Cook J.
Insecta Mundi 0290: 1-27, 2013