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Canadian species of the Zyras group of genera and review of the types from America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae...
By Klimaszewski J., Pelletier G., Maruyama M., Hlaváč P.
Rev. Suisse Zool. 112: 703-733, 2005
Full title: Canadian species of the Zyras group of genera and review of the types from America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

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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.

Aleocharine Rove Beetles of British Columbia : A Hotspot of Canadian Biodiversity (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
By Jan Klimaszewski, E. Richard Hoebeke, Benoit Godin, Anthony Davies, Kayla I. Perry, Caroline Bourdon & Neville Winchester
Pensoft, 2020

Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
By Adam Brunke, Mikko Pentinsaari & Jan Klimaszewski
Zookeys, 2021
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Several synonymies, new species, and introductions.

New species:
Isoglossa triangularis
Gnypeta impressicollis
Aloconota pseudogregaria
Philhygra pseudolaevicollis

New synonymies:
Dasygnypeta velata = Gnypeta minuta syn. nov.
Philhygra angusticauda = Atheta (Philhygra) pinegensis syn. nov.
Hylota ochracea = Schistoglossa (Dexogia) forticornis syn. nov.
Thecturota tenuissima = Atheta marchii syn. nov.
Trichiusa robustula - Trichiusa immigrata syn. nov.

Parocyusa rubicunda = Chilopora americana syn. nov.

Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions o
By R. Webster, J. Klimaszewski, C. Bourdon, J. Sweeney, C. Hughes, M. Labrecque
Zookeys 573: 85-216, 2016
Full title: Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species

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