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Species Thoracophorus costalis

 
 
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“Collection Bias” and the Importance of Natural History Collections in Sp. Habitat Modeling: Case Study Using Thoracophorus
By Ferro, M.L. and A.J. Flick.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 415-425., 2015
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Michael L. Ferro and Andrew J. Flick. 2015. “Collection Bias” and the Importance of Natural History Collections in Species Habitat Modeling: A Case Study Using Thoracophorus costalis Erichson [sic] (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae), with a Critique of GBIF.org. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 415-425.

Abstract
When attempting to understand a species' distribution, knowing how many collections should be surveyed to achieve an adequate sample (exhaustiveness) is important. A test for exhaustiveness using species distribution models created with Diva-GIS was performed on county level locality information recorded from more than 4,900 specimens of Thoracophorus costalis Erichson (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) borrowed from 38 collections. Size and location of distribution models based on specimens from single collections varied greatly, indicating “collection bias.” At least 15 collections needed to be combined before the resultant model averaged 90% of the area of a reference model created from all available specimens. By themselves, alternative distribution data from literature, Bugguide.net, and GBIF.org performed poorly, resulting in models with less than 15% the area of the reference model. Comments on the use of online data, the importance of maintaining and growing regional collections, and the future of natural history collections are included. (Emphasis added)

Review of the genus Thoracophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) in North America north of Mexico, with a key to species
By Ferro, M.L.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1): 1–10., 2015
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Ferro, M.L. 2015. Review of the genus Thoracophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) in North America north of Mexico, with a key to species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1): 1–10.

Abstract
Three species of Thoracophorus Motschulsky (Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) are reported from North America north of Mexico: T. brevicristatus (Horn), T. costalis (Erichson), and T. guadalupensis Cameron. A survey of nearly 5,000 specimens from 38 institutions showed that T. costalis was the most common and widespread of the three species, representing 99% of all specimens and ranging throughout eastern North America west to central Texas and north to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Thoracophorus brevicristatus is found across the extreme southern USA from Arizona to Florida. Thoracophorus guadalupensis is found only in Florida. A key to species and range maps are provided.

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.

All volumes available online

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.

A review of nearctic rove beetles (Staphylinidae) specialized on the burrows and nests of vertebrates
By Adam J. Brunke & Joel Buffam
Biology of Rove Beetles (O. Betz et al ed.), Springer. pp.145-159, 2018
The poorly-known fauna of vertebrate nest-associated rove beetles is reviewed. 46 species are listed, with known hosts.

 
 
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