Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles

This large family of slender beetles are characteristic in having short, truncated elytra that leaves several abdominal segments dorsally visible. Most species are terrestrial, but a few are associated with aquatic environments, principally with shore-line environments and the surface of littoral habitats. Psephidonus are common under stones at or near the edge of running water. Carpelimus and Thinobius is generally found along littoral areas of lakes and rivers among leaf litter. Not all species of Bledius and Stenus are semiaquatic, and provisionally terrestrial taxa are included in the list.

The list is provisionally based on citations in Downie and Arnett (1996); museum and other collection specimens have have only begun to be examined.

Bledius Leach, 1819 (Subfamily Osytelinae)

Bledius analis LeConte, 1863 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius annularis LeConte, 1863 - IN (widespread)
Bledius armatus Say - UMMZ Insect Collection (syn. of what name?)
Bledius assimilis Casey, 1889 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius confusus LeConte, 1877 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius emarginatus (Say), 1834 Oxytelus - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius fumatus LeConte, 1863 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius gravidus Casey, 1889 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius ineptus Casey, 1889 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius nitidicollis LeConte, 1863 - IL, OH (and northwest)
Bledius omega Herman, 1983 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius pallipennis (Say), 1823 Oxytelus - IL, OH
Bledius rotundicollis LeConte, 1877 - IL, MN, WI
Bledius ruficornis LeConte, 1863 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius semiferrugineus LeConte, 1863 - UMMZ Insect Collection
Bledius sinuatus LeConte, 1877 - IL, ON
Bledius suturalis LeConte, 1863 - ON (widespread)
Bledius tarandus Herman, 1970 - ON, WI
          . Bledius borealis Blatchley
Bledius tau LeConte, 1877 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius trugidus Casey, 1889 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Bledius viriosus Herman, 1983 - ON, WI

Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Subfamily Osytelinae)

Carpelimus bilineatus (Stephen), 1832 Carpalimnus [sic] - IN
Carpelimus delicatus (Casey), 1889 Trogophloeus - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Carpelimus fallax (Casey), 1889 Trogophloeus - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Carpelimus morio (Erichson), 1840 Trogophloeus - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Carpelimus quadripunctatus (Say), 1834 Stenus - IN, OH

Psephidonus Gistel, 1856 (=Geodromicus Redtenbacher) (Subfamily Omaliinae)

Psephidonus brunneous (Say), 1823 Anthophagus - UMMZ Insect Division
Psephidonus strictus (Fauvel), 1889 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Psephidonus ovipennis (LeConte), 1878 Geodromicus - widespread, disjunct (New York, Utah)

Stenus Latreille, 1796 (Subfamily Steninae)

Stenus advenus (Casey), 1884 Areus - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus alacer Casey, 1884 - IL, IN
Stenus argus Gravenhorst, 1806 - IN
Stenus angustus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus indigens Casey, 1884
          . Stenus pettiti Casey, 1884
          . Stenus placidus Casey, 1884
          . Stenus mendax Casey, 1884
Stenus annularis Erichson, 1840 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus brivioi Puthz, 1972 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus callosus Erichson, 1840 - ? (no locality in Downie and Arnett 1996)
Stenus canaliculatus Gyllenhal, 1827 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus capucinus Boheman, 1858 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus varipes Casey, 1884
Stenus carinicollis Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus caseyi Puthz, 1971 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus colonus Erichson, 1840 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus militaris Casey, 1884
          . Stenus suspectus Blatchley
          . Stenus obstrusus Casey, 1884
          . Stenus integer Casey, 1884
Stenus comma LeConte, 1863 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus colon Say, 1834 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus croceatus (Casey), 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus curtus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus dissentiens (Casey), 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus hubbardi (Casey), 1884
Stenus egenulus Puthz - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus egenus Erichson, 1840 - IN (widespread)
Stenus erythropus Melsheimer, 1844 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus femoratus Say, 1834 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus flavicornis Erichson, 1840 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus fulvoguttatus Notman, 1920 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus gratiosus Casey, 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus hirsutus Casey, 1884
Stenus immarginatus Maklin, 1853 - widespread east
          . Stenus monticola Casey, 1884
Stenus insperatus Puthz, 1972 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus intrusus Casey, 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus juno Fabricius, 1801 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus laccophilus Casey, 1884 - UMMZ insect collection
          . Stenus edax Notman
          . Stenus rugifer Casey, 1884
Stenus mammops Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus morio Gravenhorst, 1806 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus morio Gravenhorst, 1806
Stenus nanus Stephen, 1832 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus neglectus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus parallelopipedus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus animatus Casey, 1884
Stenus pauperculus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus pubescens Stephens, 1832 - Downie and Arnett (1996) (native of Palearctic?)
Stenus pudicus Casey, 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus juvencus Casey, 1884
Stenus pumilio Erichson, 1839 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus punctatus Erichson, 1840 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus pusillimus Puthz, 1971 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus reconditus (Casey), 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus canadensis (Casey), 1884
Stenus rossi Sanderson, 1957 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus scrupens Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus semicolon LeConte, 1863 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus strangulatus Casey, 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus scabiosus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus sibiricus Sahlberg, 1880 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus deductor Casey, 1884
          . Stenus montanus Casey, 1884
Stenus stygicus Say, 1834 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus tenuis Casey, 1884 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
          . Stenus pauper Casey, 1884
          . Stenus subtilis Casey, 1884
          . Stenus ingratus Casey, 1884
Stenus varipes Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus vicinus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)
Stenus vinnulus Casey, 1884- Downie and Arnett (1996)

Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Subfamily Osytelinae)

Thinobius brachypterus LeConte, 1877 - Downie and Arnett (1996)
Thinobius fimbriatus LeConte, 1877 - Downie and Arnett (1996)

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