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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga
Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae, with other studies
By T. L. Casey
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol 8, No. 2, 51-172, 1900
Cite: 602453 with citation markup [cite:602453]
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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 19 December, 2011 - 5:34pm
Last updated 13 June, 2023 - 11:00am

do you plan to cite this paper?
anyway, Casey's papers should be used with utmost caution: some 80% [90?] of spp. he's described as new had been synonymized...
… v belov, 19 December, 2011 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I will cite
I'm preparing a post for Casey's Eutrilia brunnea, now classified as Orthoperus brunneus. I could not find a more current species key for Orthoperus.
… Edward L. Ruden, 19 December, 2011 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
i don't think his keys meet today's standards
i wouldn't recommend using them at all. a brilliant beetle scholar, he was notorious in his cherry-picking distinctive specimens from among available material and describing taxa based on such selected specimens
… v belov, 19 December, 2011 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Not just the key
It's a very close fit to both Casey's key and detailed description. I'll post to genus and let's take it from there.
… Edward L. Ruden, 19 December, 2011 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
It's posted
I placed it in Orthoperus for now. If you concur with its species ID, please add a species page for O. brunneus. Regardless, I'm interested to know what others think it is, and what other references are available to ID it.
… Edward L. Ruden, 20 December, 2011 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

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