Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Staohvlinidae
be identified using the keys by Kasule (1966), based
on the rove beetle larvae of Britain.
Taxonomically, the North American fauna of
many tribes and subfamilies is now well known:
Quediini and Xantholininae (Smetana Lg7l, 1982);
most Tachyporinae (various generic revisions by
Campbell between 1973 and 1988); Oxyporinae
(Campbell f969); and Pseudopsinae (Herman 1975,
Newton 1982). The large subfamilies Steninae and
Staphylininae are becoming well known among the
Canadian fauna, although comprehensive revisions
of most genera are not yet available. However,
except for a few genera, Aleocharinae, the largest
subfamily of Canadian rove beetles, still remains
almost totally unknown. Although Seevers (1978)
provides a key and a redescription ofthe genera and
tribes of the subfamily, identification even to genus
remains difficult or impossible without access to
type specimens. In recent years a few genera of
North American Aleocharinae have been revised,
and their species can now be identified. These
include the genera Aleochara, Myllaena, Gymnusa,
and Deinopsls by Klimaszewski (1979, 1982, 1984)
and the genus Falagriini by Hoebeke (1985). Ashe
(1984,1986) revised adults and larvae ofthe genera
of the aleocharine subtribe Gyrophaenina. Other
subfamilies with most species poorly known in
Canada include Paederinae and Oxytelinae, except
for the genus Bledius, which was revised by
Herman (7972a-f986).
Moore and Legner (1975a) published a catalog
of the North American Staphylinidae.
AK (308);YK(r72); NT (155);BC (581);AB (265); SK
(126); MB (278); ON (aa1); PQ (a60); NB (167); NS
(195);PE (19); LB (63);NF (171) ' H (88);I (99)
Genus EMPELUS LeConte
E. brunnipennis (Mannerheim)
Subfamily EMPELINAE
BC
Genus MEGARTHRUS Curtis
M. americanus Sachse
M. arcuatus Hatch
M. atratus Maklin
M. excisus LeConte
M. pictus Motschulsky
M. sinuaticollis Boisduval &
Lacordaire*
angulicollis Maklin
AI{
AK
Subfamily PROTEININAE
Tribe Proteinini
BC
BC AB
AK
BC
AK YK NT BC AB
MB ON
-oN
PQ IU
NS PE
Genus PROTEINUS Latreille
P. atomarius Erichsonf
paruulus LeConte
P. basalis Makiin
P. brachypterus (Fabricius)*
P. limbatus Maklin*
maekliniFavel
AK
AK
AK
BC
BC
BC
BC
AB
-oN
ON
Subfamily OMALIINAE
Tribe Eusphalerini
Genus EUSPHALERUM Kraatz
Anthobium auct.
(Subgenus EUSPHALERUM s. str.)
E. convexum (Fauvel)
E. fenyesi (Bernhauer)
E. pothos (Mannerheim)
dirn idiat um (Melsheimer)
E. rugulosum (Meklin)
E. segmentarium (Meklin)
E. torquatum ( Marsham)t
AI{
AK
AK
SC AB
BC AB
ON PQ
_MBONPQ
ON PQ
NB NS
NB NS
NB NS
NF
NF
NF
NF
(Subgenus ONIBATHUM Tottenham)
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