Geostiba

Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 81, pp. 1-88 : 84

Geostiba ( Typhlusida Casey, 1906 )

Typhlusida Casey, 1906: 263 (Type species: Sipalia flava Kraatz, 1856 , by original designation) (as genus in subtribe Bolitocharina Thomson, 1859 ).

Typhlusida: Fenyes, 1920: 249 (as synonym of Sipalia Mulsant & Rey, 1853 ).

Typhlusida: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 599 (as synonym of Sipalia ).

Tylosipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951: 174 (Type species: Sipalia flava Kraatz, 1856 , by original designation) (as subgenus of Sipalia ).

Typhlusida: Blackwelder, 1952: 163 (as synonym of Evanystes Gistel, 1856 ).

Typhlusida: Seevers, 1978: 126 (as synonym of Geostiba ).

Typhlusida: Lohse, 1989: 209 (as subgenus of Geostiba ).

Tylosipalia: Lohse, 1989: 209 (as synonym of Typhlusida ).

Typhlusida: Ashe in Newton, Thayer, Ashe & Chandler, 2000: 371 (as synonym of Geostiba ).

By original designation Sipalia flava ( Kraatz, 1856) is the type species of both Typhlusida and Tylosipalia . Consequently, Tylosipalia is a junior objective synonym of Typhlusida . This synonymy was established by Lohse (1989) but overlooked by Ashe (Newton et al., 2000). Typhlusida is a valid subgenus of Geostiba and includes 13 west Palaearctic species.