Blediini Ádám, 2001

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 221-222

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Tribe Blediini Ádám, 2001 View in CoL

0762. Bledius Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 174 ( Figs. 120–121 View FIGURES 112–123 )

Type species: Staphylinus armatus Panzer, 1799

Microbledius Herman, 1972a: 118 View in CoL [synonymized by Herman 1986: 295]

Type species: Microbledius playanus Herman, 1972

Subgenera:

Astycops Thomson, 1859: 43

Type species: Oxytelus talpa Gyllenhal, 1810

Bargus Schiødte, 1866: 145 View in CoL , 148

Type species: Oxytelus pallipes Gravenhorst, 1806

Belidus Mulsant & Rey, 1878a: 657

Type species: Bledius angustus Mulsant & Rey, 1861

Bledius Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 174 View in CoL

Type species: Staphylinus armatus Panzer, 1799

Dicarenus Gistel, 1834: 9

Type species: Staphylinus arenarius Paykull, 1800

Cotysops Tottenham, 1939a: 225 View in CoL [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 375]

Type species: Staphylinus arenarius Paykull, 1800

Elbidus Mulsant & Rey, 1878a: 572 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 375]

Type species: Oxytelus bicornis Germar, 1823

Neobledius M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1968: 394 View in CoL [synonymized by Herman 1986: 295]

Type species: Neobledius karachiensis Abdullah & Qadri, 1968

Euceratobledius Znojko, 1929: 203

Type species: Oxytelus furcatus Olivier, 1811

Hesperophilus Stephens, 1829a: 24 View in CoL

Type species: Staphylinus fracticornis Paykull, 1790

Blediodes Mulsant & Rey, 1878a: 576 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 375]

Type species: Staphylinus fracticornis Paykull, 1790

Tadunus Schiødte, 1866: 144 View in CoL , 147 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 643]

Type species: Staphylinus fracticornis Paykull, 1790

Psamathobledius Herman, 1972a: 136

Type species: Bledius punctatissimus LeConte, 1877

Pucerus Mulsant & Rey, 1878a: 654

Type species: Bledius verres Erichson, 1840

Teratobledius Ádám, 2001: 218

Type species: Bledius tibialis Heer, 1839

71 species are included in this genus from Latin America. It is one of the super-large genera of the subfamily, its taxonomy is resolved only to species groups, keys to species level mostly missing [György Makranczy, personal communication].

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 351 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 57 (characters in key), 112 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key), 423 (characters); Herman 1970a: 361 (characters in key), 375 (characters); Herman 1972a: 153 (characters); Sáiz 1973c: 229 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 103 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key).

Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 353 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Bernhauer 1927b: 232 (species of the Argentina); Blackwelder 1943: 113 (species of the West Indies); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 424 (Chilean species); Herman 1972a: 154 (species groups of the genus); Sáiz 1973c: 229 (Chilean species); Herman 1976: 77 (species groups of the genus); Herman 1983: 8 (species groups of the genus); Herman 1986: 107 (species groups); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007: 453 (seashore of southern Brazil); Castro et al. 2016: 146 (Brazilian seashore species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

References

Abdullah, M. & Abdullah, A. (1968) The discovery and probable phylogenetic significance of Lathrobium (Palaeolobrathium) whitei, a new subgenus and species of the Paederinae (Col., Staphylinidae) from Baltic amber. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 104, 1 - 3, pl. 1.

Adam, L. (2001) [systematic content] In: A satoraljaujhelyi Kazinczy Ferenc Muzeum fuzetei V, Satoraljaujhely. ANAdatok a Zempleni-hegyseg, a Hernad-volgy, a Bodrogkoz, a Retkoz es a Taktakoz holyvafaunajahoz (Coleoptera). In: Adam, L. & Hegyessy, G. (Eds.). A satoraljaujhelyi Kazinczy Ferenc Muzeum fuzetei V, Satoraljaujhely, 249 pp.

Bernhauer, M. (1927 b) Zur Staphylinidenfauna Sudamerikas, insbesondere Argentiniens (31. Beitrag). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 91 A (12), 229 - 264. [Note: nominal year of publication 1925]

Blackwelder, R. E. (1943) Monograph of the West-Indian beetles of the family Staphylinidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 182, viii + 658 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.182. i

Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. (2007) Bledius Leach from southern Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 51 (4), 452 - 457. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0085 - 56262007000400008

Castro, J. C. de, Caron, E. & Rosa, L. C. da. (2016) Update on the Brazilian coastal species of Bledius Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4111 (2), 145 - 157. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4111.2.3

Coiffait, H. & Saiz, F. (1968) Les Staphylinidae (sensu lato) du Chili. In: Deboutteville, C. & Rapoport, E. (Eds.), Biologie de L'Amerique Australe. Volume IV. Etudes sur la faune du sol. Documents Biogeographiques et Ecologiques. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, pp. 339 - 468.

Erichson, G. F. (1840) Genera et species staphylinorum insectorum coleopterorum familiae. F. H. Morin, Berlin. pp. 401 - 954, pls. 1 - 5. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 59644

Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von (1868) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol II. Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae, Staphylinidae, Pselaphidae, Gnostidae, Paussidae, Scydmaenidae, Silphidae, Trichopterygidae, Scaphidiidae. E. H. Gummi, Monachii [Munich]. pp. 425 - 752 + 6 unnumbered.

Germar, E. F. (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. In: Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Vol. 1. J. C. Hendel et Fili, Halae [Halle]. xxiv + 624 pp., 2 pls. [Note: nominal year of publication 1824]

Gistel, J. [Gistl, J.] (1834) Die Insecten-Doubletten aus der Sammlung des Herrn Grafen Rudolph von Jenison Walworth zu Regensburg, welche sowohl im Kauf als im Tausche abgegeben werden. Nro. I, Kafer. G. Jaquet, Munchen. 36 pp.

Gravenhorst, J. L. C. (1806) Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum. H. Dieterich, Gottingae [Gottingen]. xvi + 248 pp., 1 pl.

Heer, O. (1839) Fauna coleopterorum Helvetica. Pars I, fasc. 2. Orelii, Fuesslini et Sociorum, Turici [Zurich], pp. 145 - 360.

Herman, L. H. (1970 a) Phylogeny and reclassification of the genera of the rove-beetle subfamily Oxytelinae of the World (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 142 (5), 343 - 454.

Herman, L. H. (1972 a) Revision of Bledius and related genera. Part I. The aequatorialis, mandibularis, and semiferrugineus groups and two new genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 149 (2), 111 - 254.

Herman, L. H. (1976) Revision of Bledius and related genera part II, The armatus, basalis, and melanocephalus groups (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 157 (2), 71 - 172.

Herman, L. H. (1983) Revision of Bledius. Part III. The annularis and e marginatus groups (Coleoptera, Oxytelinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 175 (1), 1 - 145.

Herman, L. H. (1986) Revision of Bledius. Part IV. Classification of species groups, phylogeny, natural history, and catalogue (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 184 (1), 1 - 368.

Lynch-Arribalzaga, F. (1884) Estafilinos de Buenos Aires. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba, 7 (1 - 3), 5 - 392.

Makranczy, G. (2006) Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 98, 29 - 119.

Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1878 a) Tribe des brevipennes: Cinquieme famille: Oxyporiens. Sixieme famille: Oxyteliens. Annales de la Societe d'Agriculture Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon, 4 (10), 443 - 850, pl. 1 - 7. [Note: nominal year of publication 1877]

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Newton, A. F., Thayer, M. K., Ashe, J. S. & Chandler, D. S. (2002) Guia ilustrada para los generos de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Mexico. Universidad de Guadalajara y CONABIO, Mexico. xii + 401 pp.

Newton, A. F. & Peck, S. B. (2006) Family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. In: Peck, S. B. (Ed.), The beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: evolution, ecology, and diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 131 - 158.

Saiz, F. (1973 c) Bledius y Thinobius de Chile, con observaciones generales sobre el edeago (II. Contribucion). Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso, 6, 225 - 236.

Samouelle, G. (1819) The Entomologist's useful Compendium, or an Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects: comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linne, and the modern Thomas Boys, London. 496 pp., 12 pls.

Schiodte, J. M. C. (1866) De tunnelgravende Biller Bledius, Heterocerus, Dyschirius og deres danske Arter. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 3 (4), 141 - 167.

Stephens, J. F. (1829 a) The nomenclature of British insects: Being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects and forming a guide to their classification, & c. & c. Baldwin and Cradock, London. 68 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51800

Thomson, C. G. (1859) Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt bearbetade. Vol. I. Berlingska Boktryckeriet, Lund, 290 pp.

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Znojko, D. W. (1929) Eine neue Untergattung und drei neue Arten der Gattung Bledius Mnnh. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) aus Sudrussland. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 23 (3 - 4), 200 - 209.

Figures

FIGURES 112–123. Habitus; Osoriinae (112–118); Oxytelinae (119–123); 112, after Sharp 1887a; 113, after Bruch 1942; 114, after Sharp 1887a; 115, after Irmler 2003c; 116, after Sharp 1887a; 117, after Irmler 2003a; 118, after Sharp 1887a; 119, after Sharp 1887a; 120, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 121, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 122, after Sharp 1887a; 123, after Makranczy 2014; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.