Brachygluta shawnee

Chandler, Donald S., Sabella, Giorgio & Bückle, Christoph, 2015, A revision of the Nearctic species of Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 3928 (1), pp. 1-91 : 19

The abdominalis species-group

Tergite 1 with apical lobes widely separated by distinct emargination; tergite 2 strongly modified, with deep basal sulcus. Species included are B. abdominalis (Aubé) , B. belfragei (LeConte) , B. floridana (Brendel) , B. intermedia (Brendel) , B. shawnee Chandler sp. n., and B. ulkei (Brendel) . This group is restricted to eastern North America, with four species typical of the Atlantic and eastern Caribbean coastal salt marshes, and two non-coastal species widespread in the eastern United States.