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Subtribe Dadobiina - "Sea shore genera"


Review of the North American Tarphiota Casey...
By Klimaszewski J., Majka C.J., Langor D.
Entomological Science 9: 67–78, 2006
Full title: Review of the North American Tarphiota Casey, with a description of a new seashore-inhabiting Atheta species exhibiting convergent characteristics (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

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Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): ...
By Jan Klimaszewski, Derek S. Sikes, Adam Brunke, Caroline Bourdon
ZooKeys 848:57-102, 2019
Full title: Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution
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Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data
By Elven H., Bachmann L., Gusarov V.I.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 84–100, 2010

Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data
By Elven H., Bachmann L., Gusarov V.I.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 84–100, 2010

Aleocharine rove beetles of New Hampshire, USA: new taxa and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
By J. Klimaszewski , D. S. Chandler, A. Davies & C. Bourdon
Magnolia Press, 2023

A Faunal Review of Aleocharine Beetles in the Rapidly Changing Arctic and Subarctic Regions of North America (Staphylinidae)
By J. Klimaszewski , A. Brunke , D. S. Sikes , M. Pentinsaari , B. Godin , R. P. Webster , A. Davies , C. Bourdon, A. F. Newton
Springer, 2021
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-68191-3

New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of rec
By Adam J. Brunke , Jan Klimaszewski, Julie-Anne Dorval, Caroline Bourdon , Steven M. Paiero & Stephen A. Marshall
The Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Ontario were reviewed in the context of recently studied material, primarily from insect surveys conducted by the University of Guelph Insect Collection (Ontario, Canada). Aleochara daviesi Klimaszewski & Brunke sp. n., Agaricomorpha websteri Klimaszewski & Brunke sp. n., Atheta (Microdota) alesi Klimaszewski & Brunke sp. n., Dinaraea backusensis Klimaszewski & Brunke sp. n., and Strigota obscurata Klimaszewski & Brunke sp. n. are described as new to science. We also report 47 new Ontario records and 24 new Canadian records. Callicerus rigidicornis (Erichson) and Alevonota gracilenta (Erichson) are newly reported from North America as adventive species.

Review of Canadian species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the description of
By Jan Klimaszewski, Reginald P. Webster, Caroline Bourdon, Georges Pelletier, Benoit Godin, David W. Langor
Six species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey are reported from Canada: Mocyta amblystegii (Brundin), M. breviuscula (Mäklin), M. discreta (Casey), M. fungi (Gravenhorst), M. luteola (Erichson), and M. sphagnorum Klimaszewski & Webster, sp. n. New provincial and state records include: M. breviuscula – Saskatchewan and Oregon; M. discreta – Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan; M. luteola – New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Massachusetts and Minnesota; and M. fungi – Saskatchewan. Mocyta sphagnorum is described from eastern Canada from specimens captured in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.