Tesnus nigriclavis, Stephens, 1833

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

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

nigronitens Puthz, 1982a: 126 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: New Guinea:

Mt. Wilhelm, 3300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

nigrosplendens Puthz, 1981c: 181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: São Paulo, Piracicaba, margen do Piracica minim.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

nigrotibialis L. Benick, 1938, see: monstrosicollis Bernhauer, 1915 .

nigrovirens Fauvel, 1895 , see: Dianous .

nilgiriensis Cameron, 1914: 532 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: S. India: Nilgiri Hills, Ouchterlony Valley, 5000′).

— Cameron, 1930: 403 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1193 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1970: 12 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1984e: 577, 587 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

nimbamontis Puthz, 1986 , see: semisericeus Cameron, 1929 .

nimborum Sharp, 1886: 644 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

nimbosus Casey, 1884: 139 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Fort Garland , Colorado).

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

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

— L. Benick, 1938c: 267 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

amicus Casey, 1884: 142 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Colorado).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; synonym of nimbosus ).

ninii Rougemont, 1981a: 339 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Burma: Taunggyi). — Rougemont, 1983c: 44 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Rougemont, 1984a: 355 ( Stenus ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar, China.

niponensis Cameron, 1930 , see: japonicus Sharp, 1874 .

nipponomontanus Naomi, 1988f: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Japan:

Nara Pref.: Ohdaigahara).

— Naomi, 1989f: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

nishikawai Naomi, 1988 g: 58 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Higashi-ohnuma, Nanae, Oshima).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

nitens Stephens, 1833: 300 ( Stenus ; Type locality: London ; Suffolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 152 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Rye, 1864: 41 ( Stenus ; synonym of aemulus ).

— Fauvel, 1873: 97 [= 1873a: 255] ( Stenus ; characters; Lapland; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 130 [= 1873c: 23] ( Stenus ; Russia).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 58 (Stenus; characters; Finland).

— Fowler, 1888: 339 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 574 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany; England; Finland; Lapland).

— Poppius, 1909: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Reitter, 1909: 158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 501 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Jarrige, 1946a: 111 ( Stenus ; France).

— Szujecki, 1961: 34 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 90 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 342 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Italy; France; Switzerland; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 117 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1967h: 293 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 248 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Ryvkin, 1987c: 159 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Puthz, 1991f: 170 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Puthz, 1992c: 152 ( Stenus ; Austria).

— Dauphin, 1993: 182, 188 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Schillhammer, 1994a: 292 ( Stenus ; Austria).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Jelínek, 1999: 157 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

aemulus Erichson, 1839a: 541 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mark Brandenburg).

— Erichson, 1840: 704 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; Lapland).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 725 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 194 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 577 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 224 ( Stenus ; characters; Lapland).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 756 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 220 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

— Rye, 1864: 41 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 239 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 255 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 59 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 574 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 293 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitens ).

nitescens Casey, 1884: 170 ( Areus ; Type locality: Florida).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

nitidiceps Puthz, 1980a: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Indien: West Almora: Sunderdhunga, 8–12,000 feet).

— Coiffait, 1983: 274 (Stenus; Kashmir).

— Puthz, 1986k: 953 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

nitidiusculus Stephens, 1833: 292 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suffolk; London ).

— Stephens, 1839: 413 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; notes; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 147 ( Stenus ; synonym of speculator ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of canaliculatus ).

— Rye, 1864: 90 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 119 [= 1873a: 277] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy).

— Fowler, 1888: 354 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 591 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; north and middle Europe). — Reitter, 1909: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 517 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 88 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 402 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1193 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel IV ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— West, 1937: 43 ( Stenus ; Faroe Islands).

— Szujecki, 1961: 54 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 112 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway).

— Horion, 1963: 378 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Holland; Belgium; France; Spain; Switzerland; Italy; Czech Republic; Poland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964c: 165 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Puthz, 1967a: 20 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1971v: 105 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 265 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972d: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 248 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Hromádka, 1993: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Czech Republic).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; comparative predatory behavior; use of labial apparatus).

— Jelínek, 1999: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

juncorum Stephens, 1833: 292 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Battersea-fields; Devonshire;

near Bristol; Crwmlyn Bog).

— Stephens, 1839: 413 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 147 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 591 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 183 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

obliquus Heer, 1839: 224 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bern).

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of picipes ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 784 ( Stenus ; synonym of tempestivus ).

— Rey, 1884: 375 [= 1884a: 223] ( Stenus ; synonym of tempestivus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 591 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 183 (Stenus; synonym of nitidiusculus).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 (Stenus; synonym of nitidiusculus).

tempestivus Erichson, 1839a: 563 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lutet.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Erichson, 1840: 724 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; France; England).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 729 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 198 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 426 ( Stenus ; France).

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 147 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 593 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 232 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 224 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 784 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Thomson, 1860: 234 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Rye, 1864: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 308 [= 1865b: 58] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Fauvel, 1873: 119 [= 1873a: 277] ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 244 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 256 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Rey, 1884: 375 [= 1884a: 223] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 354 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 591 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 183 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1193 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 299 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Lutet.; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

quadratipennis Bernhauer, 1915 j: 264 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Manzanal).

— Bernhauer, 1923d: 180 ( Stenus ; characters; Spain).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

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

— Jarrige, 1946a: 112 ( Stenus ; race of nitidiusculus ; France).

— Puthz, 1967a: 20 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidiusculus ).

— Puthz, 1971v: 105 ( Stenus ; subspecies of nitidiusculus ; characters; Portugal; Spain).

— Puthz, 1972s: 266 ( Stenus ; subspecies of nitidiusculus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972d: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; subspecies of nitidiusculus ; characters). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 146 ( Stenus ; subspecies of nitidiusculus ).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; subspecies of nitidiusculus ; Italy?).

nitidiventris Fagel, 1967a: 363 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Anatolia bor.: Borçka).

— Puthz, 1983e: 358 ( Stenus ; Georgia).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 193 ( Stenus ; notes; Georgia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia, Turkey.

nitidulus Cameron, 1914: 531 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Manipur).

— Cameron, 1930: 373 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 308 ( Stenus ; characters; East Pakistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Bangladesh.

nitidus Stephens, 1833 , see: bifoveolatus Gyllenhal, 1827 .

nitidus Lacordaire, 1835 , see: melanopus Marsham, 1802 .

nitipennis Puthz, 1995d: 197 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen: Mindoro: 20 km W. Calapan, Hidden Paradise).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.