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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-loving Beetles (Pselaphinae) » Batrisitae » Arianops

Eight new species of Arianops Brendel from the Southeastern United States with an updated key and notes on additional species

By Christopher E. Carlton
The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(2):297-323, 2008

Eight new species are described, distribution and collection notes provided for some previously described species. The potential diversity of the genus is discussed.

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 22 February, 2020 - 12:07pm

The eyeless beetles of the genus Arianops Brendel (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae)

By Thomas C. Barr, Jr
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154:1, pp. 1-52, 1974

25 new species are described, redescriptions are provided for the six previously described species. The 31 species are placed into seven informal species groups. Notes on natural history and collecting techniques are provided, along with a key to species and genitalia illustrations.

Currently (22-Feb-2020) a PDF copy of this paper can easily be found just by entering the title into an internet search engine.

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 22 February, 2020 - 12:03pm

Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of Alabama and Tennessee, with observations on the taxonomy of the family

By Orlando Park
Geological Survey of Alabama, Museum Paper 31, 1951

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Contributed by Curt Harden on 10 June, 2023 - 1:54pm

Further notes on the New World Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) described by Victor Motschulsky.

By Chandler, D.S.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 67(3): 321-327., 2013

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Chandler, D.S. 2013. Further notes on the New World Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) described by Victor Motschulsky. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 67(3): 321-327.

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Syntypes are documented for some species of Pselaphinae found in the Zoological Institute of St. Petersburg and described by V. I. Motschulsky from Panama and the United States: Trichonyx aequinoctialis Motschulsky (now in Anarmodius Raffray), Eupsenius dilatatus Motschulsky, Bryaxis consanguinea Motschulsky (now in Decarthron Brendel), Goniacerus gibbus Motschulsky, Euplectus tropicalis Motschulsky (now in Panaramecia Park), and Bryaxis pruinosa Motschulsky (now in Reichenhachia Leach).

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 November, 2022 - 12:28pm

The Pselaphidae of North America. A Monograph.

By Brendel, E. C.
Bulletin Lab. Nat. Hist. State University of Iowa 1: 216 - 304; appendix 1 - 113, 1890

Useful, if taken into account that male genitalia were not used in those days, and many species described afterwards.

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Contributed by Boris Büche on 9 July, 2021 - 5:51am

Six new Pselaphidæ

By C. Schaeffer
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 32, No. 3/4, pp. 261-266, 1906

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 4 February, 2019 - 10:12pm

New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick, Canada: Pselaphinae

By Webster R.P., Chandler DS, Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 186: 31-53, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 2 May, 2013 - 3:37pm

A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae

By Chandler D.S.
USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-31. x + 118 pp., 1997

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Contributed by v belov on 27 January, 2013 - 12:24pm

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