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Leptusa Kraatz 1856

Description

Leptusa Kraatz, 1856

Leptusa Kraatz, 1856: 60 (type species: Bolitochara pulchella Mannerheim, 1830; designated by Gusarov and Herman (2003)).

(Other references are omitted)

Diagnosis. See Pace (1989).

Discussion. Pace (1989) redescribed and illustrated most of the Nearctic species of Leptusa described by the previous authors. Unfortunately, he could not obtain the types of some Nearctic species and did not validly designate the lectotypes for some other species. Below I establish some new synonyms and designate the lectotypes for some Nearctic species omitted by Pace.

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Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, pp. 1-134 in Zootaxa 353 (1) on page 113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5019783

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Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Leptusa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kraatz
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leptusa Kraatz, 1856 sec. Gusarov, 2003

References

  • Kraatz, G. (1856) Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abteilung. Coleoptera. Bd. 2. Lief. 1 - 2. Verlag der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, Berlin, pp. 1 - 376.
  • Mannerheim, C. G. (1830) Precis d'un nouvel arrangement de la famille des Brachelytres, de l'ordre des Insectes Coleopteres. St. Petersbourg, 87 pp.
  • Gusarov, V. I. & Herman, L. H. (2003) Leptusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): designation of the type species. Entomologische Blatter fur Biologie und Systematik der Kafer, 98 [2002], 115 - 119.
  • Pace, R. (1989) Monografia del genere Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona (II Serie), Sezione Scienze della Vita (A: Biologica), 8, 1 - 307.