Mulsant & Rey, 1873 : 174 Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey, 1873 Casey, 1911 : 159 Sipalia filaria Casey, 1911 Sipalia Mulsant & Rey, 1853 Fenyes, 1920 : 252 Sipalia Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926 : 603 Sipalia Sipaliella : Blackwelder, 1952 Evanystes Gistel, 1856 Seevers, 1978 : 129 Sipaliella : Ashe Newton, Thayer, Ashe & Chandler, 2000 : 371 Sipalia filaria Casey, 1911 Sipaliella Meotica pallens (Redtenbacher) Sipaliella Meotica Meotica pallens Geostiba Oxypodini Thomson, 1859 Meotica M. exilis M. apicalis G.Benick, 1953 ( Muona 1984 ) M. exilis Meotica A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Gusarov, Vladimir I. Zootaxa 2002 81 1 88 8VRTR Mulsant & Rey, 1873 Mulsant & Rey 1873 [264,633,1774,1800] Insecta Staphylinidae Meotica Animalia Coleoptera 83 84 Arthropoda genus     Meotica  Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 174( Typespecies:  Meotica parasita Mulsant & Rey, 1873, by subsequent designation (Blackwelder 1952)).    Sipaliella  Casey, 1911: 159( Typespecies:  Sipalia filaria Casey, 1911, by monotypy) (as subgenus of  Sipalia Mulsant & Rey, 1853), syn. nov.    Sipaliella:  Fenyes, 1920: 252(as subgenus of  Sipalia).    Sipaliella:  Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 603(as subgenus of  Sipalia).   Sipaliella: Blackwelder, 1952: (as subgenus of  Evanystes Gistel, 1856).    Sipaliella:  Seevers, 1978: 129(as valid genus in subtribe Geostibina Seevers, 1978).    Sipaliella: Ashe in  Newton, Thayer, Ashe & Chandler, 2000: 371(as valid genus in subtribe Geostibina Seevers, 1978). Because  Sipalia filaria Casey, 1911, the typespecies of  Sipaliella, is conspecific with  Meotica pallens(Redtenbacher)(see below), a species known from Europe, the name  Sipaliellais here placed in synonymy with  Meotica.  Meotica pallensis only superficially similar to  Geostibain having small eyes and short elytra and belongs to a different tribe ( Oxypodini Thomson, 1859). Two other European species of  Meoticarecorded in North Americaare  M. exilis(Knoch in Gravenhorst, 1806) ( Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926; Seevers 1978) and  M. apicalisG.Benick, 1953 ( Muona 1984). The latter record is not reflected in the recently published guide to North American staphylinids ( Newton et al.2000). Because  M. exilishad been recorded in North Americabefore the revision of  Meoticawas published ( Muona 1991), the record requires reconfirmation.  The species of  Meoticahave the tarsal formula 5­5­5 and the genus appears in Key B for the aleocharine genera by Ashe (Newton et al. 2000). The entry for  Sipaliellashould be deleted from Key J, and the couplets 26 and 27 can be replaced by the following single couplet: 26(21) Elytra distinctly longer than pronotum ................................................................. 28 – Elytra subequal to, or shorter than pronotum ....................................................... 29