Oxybleptes Smetana 1982: 253

Frank, J. H., Kelly, S. L. & Almquist, D. T., 2014, Notes on Diochus Erichson, Lissohypnus Casey, and Oxybleptes Smetana (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Florida, including a description of a new species of Lissohypnus, Insecta Mundi 2014 (382), pp. 1-8 : 2

Oxybleptes Smetana 1982: 253

Smetana (1982) described this genus as containing four species, with three in the eastern part of the continent, and one in the Pacific Northwest of the USA (none including Florida in its range). Smetana (1988) described an additional species, O. meridionalis , recorded only from Indian River County, Florida, from males only, and included it in a revised key to the five species. Frank et al. (2005) reported the presence of O. meridionalis in Manatee County, at the western side of the Florida peninsula, and described the female of the species, noting that females were the minority in all collections to date; they also noted the collection of one unidentified female specimen (not O. meridionalis ) from the Florida Panhandle. Below we report (1) an expanded distribution of O. meridionalis in central Florida, and (2) new records of O. davisi (Notman) in the Florida Panhandle and in central Florida.