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
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Mulsant & Rey, 1873
Mulsant & Rey
1873
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Insecta
Staphylinidae
Meotica
Animalia
Coleoptera
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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