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Tribe Scotocryptini


Distribution and Biology of Aglyptinus laevis (LeConte) in the United States and Canada (Leiodidae; Leiodinae; Scotocryptini)
By S.B. Peck
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 58 (3): 373-377 , 2004

An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (Continental North America North of Mexico)
By S.B. Peck & A.F. Newton
The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(2): 211-258, 2017
The 38 genera and 382 species of Leiodidae known to occur in the region are covered. Synonyms and type information, geographic distribution, and biological notes of interest are provided for each species.

The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography
By C.G. Majka, D. Langor
ZooKeys 2: 357-402, 2008

Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)
By A.F. Newton
Insecta Mundi 0595:1-52, 2017
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Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification...
By Hilsenhoff W.L.
Great Lakes Entomol. 28: 97‒126, 1995
Full title: Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification of species of Hydrobiini and Hydrophilini.
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New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes
By Stephenson S.L., Wheeler Q.D., McHugh J.V., Fraissinet P.R.
J. Nat. Hist. 28: 921–936, 1994

New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes.
By Knull, J.N.
Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309., 1937
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Knull, J.N. 1937. New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes. Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309.

First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes.
By Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C.
Entomological News 107(1): 49-60., 1996
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Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C. (1996) First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes. Entomological News 107(1): 49-60.

Abstract: Five genera of aquatic beetles are reported from Texas, USA, for the first time. Species recorded include

Suphis inflatus (Noteridae),
Hoperius planatus (Dytiscidae),
Dibolocelus ovatus,
Hydrobiomorpha casta and
Sperchopsis tessellata (Hydrophilidae).

Habitat notes are reported for 4 of these.