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A review of the species of Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of America north of Mexico
By Lobl I., Stephan K.H.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 100: 675–733., 1993
The species of the genus Baeocera of America north of Mexico are reviewed. Diagnostic characters and figures are given for all 38 species recognized. The following new species are described: Baeocera amicula, B. borealis, B. chisosa, B. compacta, B. elongata, B. hamata, B. hesperia, B. impunctata,
B. indistincta, B. lenczyi, B. obesa, B. pecki, B. similaris, B. solida, and B. sticta. Baeocera dybasi (Cornell) is placed in synonymy with B. texana Casey, and B. kingsolveri (Cornell) with B. robustula Casey. Baeocera speculifer Casey and B. youngi (Cornell) are removed from synonymy and treated as valid species.

Phylogeny and classification of Scaphisomatini ... with notes on mycophagy, termitophily, and function morphology
By Richard A. B. Leschen and Ivan Löbl
Coleopterists Society Monographs, Patricia Vaurie Series, No. 3, pp. 1-63, 2005
Richard A. B. Leschen and Ivan Löbl, Phylogeny and classification of Scaphisomatini (Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) with notes on mycophagy, termitophily, and functional morphology, Coleopterists Society Monographs, Patricia Vaurie Series, No. 3, pp. 1-63, 2005.

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Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Caryoscapha Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Scaphidiidae)
By Löbl
The genus Caryoscapha includes until now only two Palaearctic species: C. limbatum (Erichson) and C. seorsum Lobl. Two species are described in the present paper: C. americanum from the United States and C. monticola from the Himalayas (Nepal and India). A key is provided to separate the species of Caryoscapha

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008526

Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae
By Klimaszewski J, Brunke A, Langor DW, Assing V, Newton AF, Davies A, Pelletier G, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Herman L, Perdereau L
Pensoft, 2013

Rove Beetles of Florida, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
By Frank J.H., Thomas M.C.
EENY115. 11 pp., 2018

Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)...
By Żyła D., Solodovnikov A.
Sys. Entomol. 45: 114–127, 2020
Full title: Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle group with high lineage diversity
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Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) : 1758 to the end of the second millennium
By Herman, Lee H.; Smetana, Aleš
American Museum of Natural History Bulletin No. 265, 2001
Vol. 1 (Bull. No. 265): Introduction, History, Biographical sketches, and Omaliinae group;
Vol. 2: Tachyporinae group;
Vol. 3: Oxytelinae group;
Vol. 4: Staphylininae group (part I): Euastethinae - Steninae;
Vol. 5: Staphylininae group (part II): Staphylininae / Diochini - Philonthina;
Vol. 6: Staphylininae group (part III): Staphylininae / Quediina - Xantholinininae
Vol. 7: Bibliography and Index.

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All groups treated in world scale, Aleocharinae (and maybe some smaller groups) not part of this work.

Staphylinidae Adults and Larvae (from "Soil Biology Guide" ed. by D. L. Dindal)
By Newton, Alfred F.
John Wiley & Sons, 1990
This work is available as a scanned PDF here (that link from the A.F. Newman's ResearchGate web page).

It constitutes "Chapter 38" (pp. 1137-1174) from the reference text "Soil Biology Guide(1)" edited by Daniel L. Dindal.

Covers soil-inhabiting taxa of the family Staphylinidae, addressing (for both adults and larvae): morphology, biology & ecology, collection & study techniques, classification, and identification.

The illustrated keys to genera for North American are limited to genera in which al least one species is frequently found in soil or organic litter of forested or unforested area. Genera with species primarily restricted to occurrence on dung, carrion, fruiting bodies of higher fungi, wet habitats such as hogs and edges of streams and lakes, and nests of vertebrates or invertebrates are excluded, although individuals of these species are occasionally found in soil.