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Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium IV. Staphylinine Group (Part 1) Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Pseudopsinae, Solieriinae, Steninae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2440 (265), pp. 1807-2440 : 1807-2440

pyrenaeus L. Benick, 1925 , see: carpathicus Ganglbauer, 1896 . quadratipennis Bernhauer, 1915 , see: nitidiusculus Stephens, 1833 . quadriguttatus Puthz, 1971 , see: vermicularis L. Benick, 1917 .

quadripunctatus Say, 1831 , see: Carpelimus .

quadrispinus Bernhauer, 1915 , see: prospector Fauvel, 1907 .

quebecensis Puthz, 1971 i: 1749 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Canada: Boucherville).

— Puthz, 1975g: 125 ( Stenus ; Quebec).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 110 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 495 ( Stenus ; characters; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

quedenfeldti Harold, 1881a: 155 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sansibar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1965: 509 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1971: 248 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania; Kenya).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania.

quinquecarinatus Cameron, 1952 , see: obconicus Fauvel, 1904 .

quirsfeldi Puthz, 1988b: 162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tennessee,

Sevier Co., Mt. Leconte).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

quisquilius Puthz, 1991d: 9 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Indien: Meghalaya: Khasi Hills: entre Mawsynram et Balat, à 16 km de Mawsynram, 1000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

raddei Ryvkin, 1987c: 156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Far East, Island in Sungari River).

— Naomi and Puthz, 1994: 219 ( Stenus ; notes; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Japan.

rafflesi Rougemont, 1984: 233 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: C. Java:

Mt. Merapi, S. slope, ca. 1500 m).

— Puthz, 1998: 388 ( Stenus ; coniform paraglossae).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

raja Puthz, 1984e: 583 ( Stenus ; [Note: This name was cited as “in press” but it was published with characters and a locality before the intended original description]; Type locality: Indien: Nilgiri Hills, O. Valley, 4500 feet [Note: Type locality taken from Puthz, 1985; the name was validated previously]).

— Puthz, 1985: 92 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: Cited as a new species but validated by Puthz, 1984e]; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

rajpurianus Cameron, 1930, see: bivulneratus Motschulsky, 1857 .

rambarani Makhan, 1995 , see: genalis Sharp, 1876 .

raniermontis Puthz, 1973 , see: koebelei Puthz, 1973 .

ranops Casey, 1884: 29 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Southern States ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

rattanae Makhan, 1995 , see: parviceps Sharp, 1876 .

ravus Puthz, 1969d: 303 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ghana: Tafo. Also cited from Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast).

— Puthz, 1968a: 36 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: Cited without characters and so unavailable]; Congo).

— Puthz, 1968d: 87 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: Cited without characters and so unavailable]; Sudan).

— Puthz, 1968f: 180 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited without characters and so unavailable]; Gabon).

— Puthz, 1971: 292 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ghana; Sierra Leone; Mali;

Ivory Coast; Guinea; Nigeria; Cameroon; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1971s: 387 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

— Puthz, 1972a: 5 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire).

— Hammond, 1975a: 13 ( Stenus ; notes; Angola).

— Puthz, 1976c: 91 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola.

rayanus Rougemont, 1981: 98 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ethiopia: Wollo Prov. : Borkena river, near Rike, ca. 1900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

receptus L. Benick, 1934 , see: proditor Erichson, 1839 .

reconditus Casey, 1884: 173 ( Areus ; Type locality: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Lake Superior ; Iowa).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 584 ( Stenus ; synonym of tarsalis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 178 ( Stenus ; synonym of tarsalis ).

— L. Benick, 1925: 80 ( Stenus ; valid species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 252 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Puthz, 1972o: 317 ( Stenus ; notes; Maine; New York; New Hampshire; Vermont; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Michigan; Wisconsin; Iowa; North Dakota; Virginia; South Carolina; Colorado; New Brunwick; Quebec; Ontario).

— Puthz, 1974d: 165 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 110 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 494 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

propinquus Casey, 1884: 174 ( Areus ; Type locality: New Hampshire).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 178 ( Stenus ; synonym of tarsalis ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 165 ( Stenus ; synonym of reconditus ).

canadensis Casey, 1884: 175 ( Areus ; Type locality: Grimsby , Ontario; northern Illinois).

— Blatchley, 1910: 413 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920a: 180 ( Stenus ; New York).

— Puthz, 1974d: 165 ( Stenus ; synonym of reconditus ).

breviusculus Puthz, 1988b: 156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of reconditus ; Type locality: Alaska: Metlakatla. Also cited from British Columbia and Washington).

rectifrons L. Benick, 1917b: 294 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Peru: Pozuzu).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Peru.

regalis Bernhauer, 1915d: 108 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: Kondoa-Irangi, Kaguru).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1965: 491 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1971: 294 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

regressus Last, 1970: 353 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Okapa).

— Puthz, 1972r: 476 ( Stenus ; characters; New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1972r: 489 ( Stenus ; characters; New Guinea).

reitteri Weise, 1875: 356 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Marmarosch).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 64 [= 1876: 249] ( Stenus ; synonym of scaber ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 600 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; Hungary).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 184 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 74 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Szujecki, 1961: 58 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Poland).

— Lohse, 1964: 128 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1966c: 296 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Hungary).

— Bordoni, 1975c: 181 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Italy).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Czechoslovakia).

— Hromádka, 1993: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Slovakia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Poland, Hungary, Italy.

reitterianus Bernhauer, 1928e: 76 ( Stenus ; replacement name for syriacus Bernhauer ).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 65 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Syria.

syriacus Bernhauer, 1928a: 1 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Syrien: Aleppo). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; synonym of reitterianus ).

relucens Rey, 1884 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

remotus Sharp, 1886: 659 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Coatepeque , San Geronimo, Panima in Vera Paz).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 273 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

renifer LeConte, 1863a: 50 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Fort Yuma , California).

— Casey, 1884: 16 ( Stenus ; characters; Texas; Arizona).

— Sharp, 1886: 641 ( Stenus ; Mexico).

— Fall, 1901: 71 ( Stenus ; California).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 167 ( Stenus ; New Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 262 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Mexico.

sallaei Sharp, 1886: 641 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico, Guanajuato).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 262 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1939: 17 ( Stenus ; characters; Mexico).

— Puthz, 1967d: 140 ( Stenus ; subspecies of renifer ; characters).

renkoneni Puthz, 1964, see: ignotus Eppelsheim, 1890 .

renominatus Cameron, 1931 , see: plumbeus Cameron, 1930 .

repandus Poppius, 1909 , see: plicipennis Casey, 1884 .

repletus Sharp, 1886: 646 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, El Tumbador, San Joaquin, Cerro Zunil, Tamahu, San Geronimo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 261 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

ressli Puthz, 1979f: 54 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Iran: 2 km südlich Chalus).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 203 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iran.

reticulatus L. Benick, 1920a: 180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Joko).

— Puthz, 1968a: 34 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1968d: 83 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes; Sudan).

— Puthz, 1971: 214 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Cameroon; Guinea; Zaire; Rwanda; Uganda; Sudan).

— Levasseur, 1971: 291 ( Stenus ; Sierra Leone).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Congo, South Africa, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Madagascar.

gracilis Erichson, 1840: 739 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Madagascar; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1172 ( Stenus ; synonym of adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1965: 502 ( Stenus ; synonym of adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 302 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; synonym of adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 218 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1972: 14 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus adulterinus ).

adulterinus L. Benick, 1920a: 181 ( Stenus ; replacement name for gracilis Erichson ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1965: 502 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Madagascar; Tanzania; Somalia).

— Puthz, 1971: 218 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; characters; Madagascar; Somalia; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1972: 14 ( Stenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 13 ( Stenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; Madagascar).

silvicola Bernhauer, 1922b: 169 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mahe; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz , 1971]. Originally cited from Seychelles: Silhouette , near Pot-à-eau, about 1500 ft.; Mahé: country above Port Glaud , 500–1000 ft.; forests of Morne Blanc , Trois Frères , Mare aux Cochons, Cascade, 1000–2000 ft.).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971: 219 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; lectotype designation: Mahe; characters; Seychelles).

— Puthz, 1972: 15 ( Stenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 13 ( Stenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; Seychelles).

parcipennis Bernhauer, 1934 h: 498 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Pondoland: Port St. Johns).

— Puthz, 1971: 218 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of reticulatus ; characters;

South Africa).

burgeoni Bernhauer, 1934 g: 230 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kivu: Tshibinda).

— Bernhauer, 1942c: 351 ( Stenus ; Cameroon).

— Puthz, 1965: 499 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1971: 214 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus ).

ghesquierei Cameron, 1938a: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Sake).

— Puthz, 1971: 214 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus ).

congoensis Bernhauer, 1939 g: 227 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Belgisches Kongo: N. Kivu, Loashi).

— Puthz, 1971: 214 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus ).

cyanicolor L. Benick, 1951: 207 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Usambara: Kwai Mombo).

— Puthz, 1965: 502 ( Stenus ; synonym of adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 218 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus adulterinus ).

— Puthz, 1972: 14 ( Stenus ; synonym of reticulatus adulterinus ).

retitogatus Puthz, 1970e: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Australia: N.W. Qld., Charters Towers, W. of Hughenden).

— Reid, 1997: 125 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

retrusus Casey, 1884: 154 ( Areus ; Type locality: Vancouver Island , British Columbia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 171 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1946: 428 ( Stenus ; characters; Oregon; Washington).

— Sanderson, 1957: 249 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Washington; Oregon).

— Puthz, 1972d: 87 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters; British Columbia; Wisconsin; Oregon; Washington; Newfoundland?).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 109 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

rhizus Puthz, 1981, see: stigmula Erichson, 1840 .

rhodesianus Cameron, 1950a: 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tanganyika Territory: Mwamgongo).

— Puthz, 1967i: 194 ( Stenus ; characters; Tanzania) .

— Puthz, 1971: 208 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Tanzania).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

ridiculus Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; replacement name for simulans Cameron ).

— Puthz, 1981b: 154 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

simulans Cameron, 1930d: 327 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Gunung Singgalang).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; synonym of ridiculus ).

riedeli Puthz, 1994 h: 415 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Indien: Tamil Nadu: Ootocamund, 11 km hinter Pykara in Richtung Mysore).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

rigidus Casey, 1884 , see: ageus Casey, 1884 .

riguus L. Benick, 1938a: 156 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: São Paulo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

ripaecola J. Sahlberg, 1871 , see: proditor Erichson, 1839 .

riparius Runde, 1835 , see: tarsalis Ljungh, 1810 .

ripicursor Puthz, 2000: 202 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien:

Mato Grosso, Barra do Tapirape. Also cited from Surinam).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Surinam.

ritamontium Puthz, 1972 o: 314 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Arizona: Santa Rita Mountains).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

riukiuensis Puthz, 1973: 6 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Riukiu-Inseln, Loochoo Islands: Amami-Oshima).

— Puthz, 1980a: 30 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Naomi, 1988g: 59, 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

rivularis Puthz, 1974c: 164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen: Mindanao: Mt. Apo, Galog River, 6000 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

robustus L. Benick, 1914: 151 ( Stenus ; subspecies of circularis ; Type locality: Syrien: Kaifa und Beirut).

— Puthz, 1965c: 79 ( Stenus ; subspecies of misael ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967d: 141 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1973b: 29 ( Stenus ; subspecies of planifrons ).

— Puthz, 1975b: 229 ( Stenus ; subspecies of planifrons ; Israel).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 162 ( Stenus ; valid species; notes; Iran).

- DISTRIBUTION: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Azerbaijan.

macros Puthz, 1965c: 79 ( Stenus ; subspecies of misael ; Type locality: Caucasus: Araxesthal).

— Puthz, 1967d: 141 ( Stenus ; synonym of misael robustus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of robustus ).

rogeri Kraatz, 1857 , see: providus Erichson, 1839 .

rorellus Fauvel, 1907: 17 ( Stenus ; [Note: This is name is older than cursorius ]; Type locality: Kenya: Kijabe; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1971]. Also cited from Rift Valley; Kibwesi; Kisoumou; Escarpment; Abyssinie; Mashonaland; Transvaal; Natal).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1931d: 572 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Abyssinia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1933: 312 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; characters; Mashunaland; Natal; Transvaal).

— Gridelli, 1939: 314 ( Stenus ; Abyssinia).

— Jeannel and Paulian, 1945: 72 ( Stenus ; Kenya).

— Puthz, 1968a: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1969: 27 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971: 318 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; lectotype designation: Kijabé, Kenya; characters; Kenya; Ethiopia; Guinea; Nigeria; Chad; Sudan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 89 ( Stenus ; South Africa; South West Africa).

— Rougemont, 1981: 122 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; notes; Ethiopia).

— Janák, 1998: 93 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Uganda).

— Herman, 2001: 33 ( Stenus ; valid name for species).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Angola, Namibia,

South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, New Caledonia.

planifrons Fauvel, 1889b: 253 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Nouméa; [Note:

See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]. Also cited from Yahoué; Célèbes).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 262 ( Stenus ; New Caledonia; Australia; Celebes).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1916a: 2 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Bernhauer, 1920: 7 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Cameron, 1930: 382 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1176 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— L. Benick, 1942: 24 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 305 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Nouméa; synonym of cursorius ).

— Puthz, 1970e: 65 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Puthz, 1972r: 484 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 338 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 378 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Rougemont, 1984: 238 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

— Puthz, 1984e: 571 ( Stenus ; synonym of cursorius ).

cursorius L. Benick, 1921c: 193 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; replacement name for planifrons Fauvel ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938: 26 ( Stenus ; Java) .

— L. Benick, 1942: 24 ( Stenus ; Burma).

— L. Benick, 1942a: 71 ( Stenus ; notes; China).

— Puthz, 1966: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Timor).

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1970e: 65 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Australia).

— Puthz, 1971k: 144 ( Stenus ; Southern Rhodesia).

— Puthz, 1972f: 109 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Puthz, 1972r: 476, 484 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1973d: 72 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1975: 189 ( Stenus ; Bhutan).

— Puthz, 1976: 4 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Puthz, 1978: 128 ( Stenus ; India).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 338 ( Stenus ; Burma).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 378 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1982a: 133 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Thailand).

— Rougemont, 1984: 238 ( Stenus ; Lombok).

— Puthz, 1984e: 571, 583 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

— Puthz, 1986k: 959 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

— Rougemont, 1987: 707 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Thailand).

— Ryvkin, 1992: 42 ( Stenus ; notes; Vietnam).

— Reid, 1997: 121 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Herman, 2001: 33 ( Stenus ; subspecies of rorellus ).

minimus Puthz, 1968a: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Type locality: Congo: Parc de la Garamba, mont Moyo).

— Puthz, 1971: 318 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; characters; Zaire; Guinea; Sierra Leone).

— Puthz, 1971s: 387 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Ghana).

— Puthz, 1978a: 40 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Ivory Coast).

caffer Puthz, 1971: 317 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; Type locality: South Africa: Pretoria. Also cited from Zambia, Angola, Rhodesia).

— Hammond, 1975a: 15 ( Stenus ; subspecies of cursorius ; notes; Angola; Botswana).

roscidus Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1854 , see: tarsalis Ljungh, 1810 .

rossi Sanderson, 1958: 283 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Illinois: Lake Co.: Cary. Also cited from Michigan, Vermont, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba).

— Puthz, 1972b: 14 ( Stenus ; characters; Michigan).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 110 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 493 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

rossicus Bernhauer, 1903 , see: excubitor Erichson, 1839 .

rostellifer Puthz, 1972 o: 315 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Florida: Dade Co.: Homestead).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

rotundatus Ljungh, 1804: 67 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sjärsjöensibus).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 234 ( Stenus ; synonym of circularis ).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 479 ( Stenus ; synonym of circularis Gravenhorst ).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 432 ( Stenus ; synonym of circularis Gravenhorst ).

— Erichson, 1840: 745 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sweden.

roubalianus Fagel, 1967a: 366 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Caucase occidentale: Krasnaja Poljana).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 188 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

rougemonti Puthz, 1983b: 148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Burma: Kalaw). — Puthz, 1998: 388 ( Stenus ; coniform paraglossae).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

rousi Hromádka, 1978: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: UdSSR: Grusinische SSR, Adscharis bei Batumi).

— Puthz, 1983e: 355 ( Stenus ; Georgia; Turkey).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 182 ( Stenus ; notes; Georgia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia, Turkey.

royi Puthz, 1969, see: obconicus Fauvel, 1904 .

ruandae Bernhauer, 1943 , see: ascendens Fauvel, 1907 .

rubronotatus Cameron, 1943: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum).

— Rougemont, 1980: 184 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Puthz, 1981b: 152 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal.

rufaeneus Puthz, 1966b: 169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kenya: Aberdare Mountains, Gekururu River, 10,000 ft.).

— Puthz, 1968k: 207 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes; Kenya).

— Puthz, 1971: 331 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

rufescens Sharp, 1874: 88 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Maiyasama).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Nakane, 1963a: 86 ( Stenus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; China).

— Kanehisa and Tsumuki, 1996 ( Stenus ; pygidial secretions; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, China.

rufimanus Heer, 1841 , see: picipes Stephens, 1833 .

rufipes L. Benick, 1926: 268 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Yuracaris ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

rufitarsis Stephens, 1833 , see: tarsalis Ljungh, 1810 .

rufomaculatus Bernhauer, 1902c: 59 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Aulie Ata).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1921c: 192 ( Stenus ; synonym of posticalis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1163 ( Stenus ; synonym of posticalis ).

— Puthz, 1968e: 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; valid species; notes).

— Puthz, 1971j: 136 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia.

subguttatus L. Benick, 1914: 150 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ostasien, Quelle des Irkut ).

— L. Benick, 1924: 255 ( Stenus ; characters; Siberia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1167 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1963c: 292 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Smetana, 1965e: 169 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1966e: 295 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1967m: 76 ( Stenus ; characters; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1967o: 229 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1968e: 98 ( Stenus ; synonym of rufomaculatus ).

— Puthz, 1971j: 136 ( Stenus ; synonym of rufomaculatus ).