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Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium. I. Introduction, History, Biographical Sketches, and Omaliine Group, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (265), pp. 1067-1806 : 1067-1806

esposus Blackwelder, 1943 , see: punctatissimus LeConte, 1877 .

exiguus Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1114 ( Bledius ; replacement name for minor Bernhauer ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 216, 306 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

minor Bernhauer, 1920: 6 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Australia: Laura ).

— Herman, 1986: 306 ( Bledius ; synonym of exiguus ).

eximius Casey, 1889a: 47 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: California: San Diego; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 136 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; natural history; Baja California; California; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington).

— Herman, 1983: 119, 136 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Arizona; California; Nevada; Utah). — Herman, 1986: 180, 306 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

gradatus Fall, 1910: 104 ( Bledius ; Type locality: California: near Keeler; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 137 ( Bledius ; synonym of eximius ).

— Herman, 1983: 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 306 ( Bledius ; synonym of eximius ).

boddyi Hatch, 1957: 102 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Oregon:

Abert Lake. Also cited from Washington).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 137 ( Bledius ; synonym of eximius ).

— Herman, 1986: 306 ( Bledius ; synonym of eximius ).

extensus Motschulsky, 1860 , see: opacus Block, 1799 .

externus Lynch, 1884: 353 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Chacabuco).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1927e: 233 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 156, 306 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Uruguay.

faecorum † Scudder, 1900: 74 ( Bledius ; fossil; Type locality: Green River, Wyoming) .

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Bledius ; catalog; Oligocene; Wyoming).

— Herman, 1986: 68, 69, 306 ( Bledius ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

fageli Kashcheev, 1991: 110 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Pseki Kyzylkum, Chaban-Kazgan).

— Kashcheev, 1992: 163, 164 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; translation of Kashcheev, 1991; characters; Turkmenia, Uzbekistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkmenia, Uzbekistan.

falli Wendeler, 1928 , see: philadelphicus Fall, 1919 .

fasciatus Say, 1823: 156 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Engineer Cantonment).

— Erichson, 1840: 780 ( Bledius ; characters). — Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 96 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Nebraska, north of Omaha , Missouri River; species unknown; discussion) .

— Herman, 1986: 283, 306 ( Bledius ; incertae sedis; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

fauveli Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911 , see: Blediotrogus .

femineus Coiffait, 1979a: 177 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Saudi Arabia: Damman).

— Coiffait, 1981b: 237 ( Bledius ; Saudi Arabia).

— Coiffait, 1986: 395 ( Bledius ; Saudi Arabia).

— Herman, 1986: 150, 306 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Saudi Arabia.

femoralis Gyllenhal, 1827: 497 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Suecica).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 45 ( Bledius ; Sweden).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 459 ( Bledius ; Sweden).

— Erichson, 1840: 768 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 733 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 602 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 228 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 830 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ).

— Thomson, 1861: 119 ( Bledius ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Thomson, 1867: 290 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 211 [= 1873: 53] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Austria).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 249 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 250 ( Bledius ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 593 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 370 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 381 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; north and central Europe). — Stierlin, 1900: 394 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Reitter, 1909: 167 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Sharp, 1911c: 59 ( Bledius ; characters; England).

— Johansen, 1914: 542 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 140 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Porta, 1926: 46 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 414 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Blair, 1931a: 1231 ( Bledius ; Scilly Islands).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— West, 1942: 143 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— L. Benick, 1943: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Tottenham, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 53 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Palm, 1961a: 53 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway).

— Horion, 1963: 273 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Britain; Denmark; Sweden; Holland; France; Switzerland; Italy; Slovenia; Balkans; Slovakia; Czech Republic; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 95 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy). — Staniec, 2000: 33 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland). — Staniec, 2000a: 122 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group or subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters of mature larva; Poland). - DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

sus Aubé, 1850: 320 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Compiegne). — Rosenhauer, 1856: 79 ( Bledius ; Cartama). — G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Kraatz, 1857d: 830 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Fauvel, 1872: 211 [= 1873: 53] ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 594 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Seidlitz, 1891a: 381 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Herman, 1986: 306 ( Bledius ; synonym of femoralis ). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 602 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

fennicus E. Kangas, 1937: 189 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality: Finnland: Utsjoki, Nuorgam; Petsamo, Ylaeluostari). — Palm, 1961a: 62 ( Bledius ; characters). — Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 193, 306 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: Finland, Russia.

fenyesi Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; replacement name for lecontei Bernhauer ). — Notman, 1920b: 695 ( Bledius ; characters). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1976: 143 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; natural history; Baja California; California). — Orth, Moore, and Fisher, 1978: 188 ( Bledius ; characters; collecting notes; California). — Moore, 1978a ( Bledius ; collecting notes; habitat; distribution; California). — Herman, 1983: 136 ( Bledius ; California). — Herman, 1986: 180, 306 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: USA, Mexico.

cribricollis LeConte, 1877: 221 ( Bledius ; armatus group; [preoccupied]; Type locality: California: San Diego; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Casey, 1889a: 43 ( Bledius ; armatus group). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ). — Herman, 1976: 143 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ). — Herman, 1983: 118 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation). — Herman, 1986: 306 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ).

lecontei Bernhauer, 1905: 14 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; replacement for cribricollis LeConte ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ). — Herman, 1976: 143 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ). — Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of fenyesi ).

fergussoni Joy, 1912: 44 ( Bledius ; variety of arenarius ; Type locality: Britain: Knoweside, Ayrshire). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Cotycops ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 55 ( Bledius ; variety of arenoides ; characters; Britain).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Frank, 1982: 11 ( Bledius ; list of parasites).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 307 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

— Ádám, 1987: 141 ( Dicarenus ; collecting notes; Hungary).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

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

— Good, 1998: 74, 76 ( Bledius ; discussion of identity status; collecting notes; Ireland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Europe.

arenarius Paykull, 1800: 382 ( Staphylinus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Westrogothia).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 448 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden).

— Gyllenhal, 1827: 498 ( Oxytelus ).

— Curtis, 1829: 29 ( Hesperophilus ).

— Stephens, 1829: 292 ( Hesperophilus ).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 46 ( Bledius ; Sweden).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 460 ( Bledius ; Sweden).

— Stephens, 1834: 310 ( Hesperophilus ; characters; Britain).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 ( Dicarenus ).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 409 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 585 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Stephens, 1839: 417 ( Bledius ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 778 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 828 ( Bledius ; erroneously cited in Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 604 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 230 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 826 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1859: 42 ( Hesperophilus ; type species of Hesperophilus ).

— Thomson, 1861: 121 ( Hesperophilus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Schiødte, 1866: 150 ( Hesperophilus ).

— Thomson, 1867: 292 ( Hesperophilus ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Italy).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; Russia).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 251 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Hesperophilus ; group 2).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 251 ( Bledius ; characters; Baltic region).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 58 [= 1876: 243] ( Bledius ; Arabia).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 173 ( Hesperophilus ; Finland).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 631 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 367 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Fauvel, 1890a: 331 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 624 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; coast of north and east sea; Atlantic and Mediterranean coast of France).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 71 ( Bledius ; Morocco; Tunisia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 90 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Peyerimhoff, 1907: 13 ( Bledius ; Sinai).

— Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 126 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 546 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Eichelbaum, 1914: 223 ( Bledius ; abdominal segmentation; apical segements).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ).

— Krogerus, 1925a ( Bledius ; characters; natural history; larva).

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Krogerus, 1928 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Lengerken, 1929: 34, 38, 78–80 ( Bledius ; natural history; distribution).

— Portevin, 1929: 412 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Blair, 1931a: 1231 ( Bledius ; Scilly Islands).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Gridelli, 1936: 56 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Norway; Germany; France; England).

— Tottenham, 1939d: 230 ( Bledius ; preoccupied; synonyum of arenoides ).

— Lengerken, 1939: 131–135 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— West, 1942: 145 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Paulian, 1943: 206 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— A. Strand, 1946a: 241 ( Bledius ; distribution).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; synonym of arenoides ; Britain).

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Kocher, 1958: 109 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Horion, 1963: 290 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Russia; Finland; Norway; Britain; France; Iberian coast; France; Sardinia; Sicily; Italy; Morocco; Tunisia; Caspian coast; Transbaikal; Romania; Hungary; Germany).

— Raianu, 1963: 84 ( Bledius ; Romania).

— Lohse, 1964: 98 ( Bledius ; subgenus Cotysops ; characters; central Europe).

— Focarile, 1964: 54 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 499 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 33 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— Lipkow, 1968: 210 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 717 ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 249 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Hollander and van Etten, 1974 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

— Allen, 1984a: 44 ( Bledius ; collected at light; argues to retain arenarius as the valid name; England).

— Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1993 ( Bledius ; antipredator function of pygidial gland secretions).

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Dicarenus ; cited as valid name; Czechoslovakia).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995 ( Bledius ; abdominal gland secretion for defense; Germany).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995a ( Bledius ; defensive glands and secretions; phylogenetic discussion). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

fuscipennis C. Koch, 1934: 56 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of arenarius ; Type locality: Libya: Tripolis; subspecies).

— Gridelli, 1936: 57 ( Bledius ; subspecies of arenarius ; characters; notes; Libya; Tunisia).

— C. Koch, 1936a: 75 ( Bledius ; subspecies of arenarius ; Libya).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 141 ( Bledius ; subspecies of arenarius ; notes).

— Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

arenoides Tottenham, 1939d: 230 ( Bledius ; replacement name for arenarius Paykull ).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; variety of fergussoni ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 55 ( Bledius ; subgenus Cotysops ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

— Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

fernandezi Bernhauer, 1939 h: 234 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Uruguay: Canelones).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

ferratus LeConte, 1877: 220 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; Type locality: California:

San Diego; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Moore, 1964b ( Bledius ; adult and larval characters; habitat).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 189 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; characters; natural history; Mexico; California; New Mexico; Texas).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 136 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Baja del Norte; Baja del Sur; Campeche; Nayarit; Sinaloa; Sonora; California) .

— Herman, 1986: 111, 307 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

filipes Sharp, 1911: 32 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain: Norfolk, Overstrand, near Cromer ).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 65 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— West, 1942: 145 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 54 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Palm, 1961a: 58 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark).

— Horion, 1963: 262 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Baikal region; Manchuria; Finland; Sweden; Denmark; Russia; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Italy; France; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 93 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 716 ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 307 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Segers, 1987: 59 ( Bledius ; Belgium).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Czech Republic).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 36 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Staniec, 1999c: 371 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; larval characters; partial key to larvae; known from England; Denmark; Sweden; Finland; northwestern Russia; France; Italy; Romania; central Europe; Poland).

— Staniec, 2000: 35 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

filipponii Coiffait, 1982d: 205 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Arabie Saoudite: Wadi Jizan).

— Herman, 1986: 174, 307 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Saudi Arabia.

filum Heer, 1839 , see: crassicollis Lacordaire, 1835 .

fiorii Bernhauer, 1902c: 60 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mittelitalien: Emilia Provincia, Saliceto ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

— Focarile, 1964: 54 ( Bledius ; cited as valid species; Italy).

— Herman, 1986: 309 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy.

fischeri Bernhauer, 1903 , see: lucidus Sharp, 1874 .

— LeConte, 1877: 221, 222 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters).

— Casey, 1889a: 43 ( Bledius ; armatus group).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 695 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 106 ( Bledius ; checklist).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 114 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; natural history; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Sasktachewan; Baja California; Arizona; California; Idaho; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oregon South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 136 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Manitoba; California; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; Utah) .

— Herman, 1986: 180, 307 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

cuspidatus LeConte, 1877: 222 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: Dacota; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Casey, 1889a: 43 ( Bledius ; armatus group).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 114 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

— Herman, 1983: 118 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

agonus Casey, 1889a: 48 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: Utah; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 125 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 695 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 114 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

— Herman, 1983: 119 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 307 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

tenuis Casey, 1889a: 50 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: Nevada; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 114 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

— Herman, 1983: 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

nelsoni Hatch, 1957: 101 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Washington: Deep Lake. Also cited from Idaho).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 114 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of flavipennis ).

flexicornis Apfelbeck, 1906 , see: frater Kraatz, 1857 .

fontinalis Bernhauer, 1929 g: 181 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Austria: Hohe Tauern , Salzberg am Nassfeld bei Gastein, ungefähr 1700 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Horion, 1963: 283 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Austria).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Andersen, 1982: 65 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Andersen, 1983: 429 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 308 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 137 ( Bledius ; characters; Switzerland).

— Wittwer, 1993: 249 ( Bledius ; Switzerland).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Clayhills, 1996: 67, 68 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; not in Finland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

sparsicollis C. Koch, 1938b: 138 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; subspecies of bosnicus ; Type locality: [cited from many localities in Norway, Germany, Italy, Austria, Bosnia Hercegovina]).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Lohse, 1964: 96 ( Bledius ; synonym of fontinalis ).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of fontinalis ).

foraminosus Casey, 1889a: 53 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; Type locality: California: Lake Co.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 697 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 99 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 209 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; characters; natural history; synonyms; British Columbia; California; Idaho; Montana; Oregon; Washington).

— Herman, 1983: 119, 137 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; California; Idaho; Oregon; Washington) .

— Herman, 1986: 174, 308 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

deceptivus Fall, 1901: 227 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; Type locality: California:

Kern Co.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 697 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 209, 216 ( Bledius ; synonym of foraminosus ).

— Herman, 1983: 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of foraminosus ).

relictus Fall, 1901: 228 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; Type locality: California: Pomona; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 134 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 697 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1121 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 209, 216 ( Bledius ; synonym of foraminosus ).

— Herman, 1983: 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of foraminosus ).

forcipatus LeConte, 1863a: 54 ( Bledius ; Type locality: California: Fort Yuma; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— LeConte, 1877: 232, 233 ( Bledius ; cordatus group; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 134 ( Microbledius ; lectotype designation; Arizona; Nebraka ; Oklahoma; Utah) .

— Herman, 1986: 210, 308 ( Bledius ; forcipatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

formosae Bernhauer, 1922c: 223 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Formosa: Anping , Suisharyo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Shibata, 1973c: 35 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Taiwan).

— Herman, 1986: 142, 308 ( Bledius ; furcatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

formosanus Bernhauer, 1940b: 627 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Formosa: Suisharyo).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Shibata, 1973c: 35 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Taiwan).

— Herman, 1986: 150, 308 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

fortis LeConte, 1877: 219 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; Type locality: Texas: Galveston; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 180 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; characters; Texas).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 135 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Texas) .

— Herman, 1986: 112, 308 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

fossiventris Fauvel, 1889b: 252 ( Bledius ; Type locality: New Caledonia: Noumea ).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 261 ( Bledius ; New Caledonia; Ile de Pins).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; cited as fossiventrls; catalog).

— Jarrige, 1964a: 178 ( Bledius ; New Caledonia).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 216, 308 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Caledonia.

fossor Heer, 1839: 211 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Switzerland: Geneva, Arve River ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 603 ( Bledius ; misidentified as opacus variety β).

— Rosenhauer, 1856: 79 ( Bledius ; notes; Cartama).

— Baudi, 1857: 111 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 826 ( Bledius ; characters; Switzerland; Italy; France; Dalmatia).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Portugal; Switzerland; Italy; Sicily; Dalmatia; Algeria; Iran).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; Spain).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 250 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Hesperophilus ; group 2).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 59 [= 1876: 243] ( Bledius ; Syria).

— Fauvel, 1878: 98 [= 1878a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 650 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1884a: 78 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

— Fauvel, 1886: 26 [= 1886a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Mediterranean region; Switzerland; Hungary).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 262 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Stierlin, 1900: 395 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; Switzerland).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 76 ( Bledius ; Corsica).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 71 ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ).

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 414 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Kocher, 1958: 109 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959a: 201 ( Bledius ; Albania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 120 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Italy).

— Horion, 1963: 294 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Switzerland; France; Portugal; Spain; Corsica; Italy; Bosnia Hercegovina; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Albania; Corfu; Russia; Tunisia; Romania; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Austria).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 416 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Greece).

— Lohse, 1964: 99 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 499 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Smetana, 1967e: 323 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Bulgaria; Turkey).

— Szujecki, 1968: 297 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 33 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1975c: 163 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 308 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 95 ( Bledius ; checklist; Austria).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 295 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Mongolia).

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Czech Republic).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Mongolia.

triangulum Baudi, 1848: 143 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Piemonte, Italy).

— Baudi, 1857: 111 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 826 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 650 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Herman, 1986: 309 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

grandicollis Motschulsky, 1857a: 507 ( Bledius ; Type locality: [ Austria]: Styrie).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] (variety? of fossor ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Herman, 1986: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

funestus Eppelsheim, 1883a: 271 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Türkei).

— Fauvel, 1884a: 78 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; variety of fossor ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; variety of fossor ).

— Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; variety of fossor ; Italy).

— Korge, 1971a: 6 ( Bledius ; aberration of fossor ; Turkey).

— Herman, 1986: 309 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

fracticornis Paykull, 1790 , see: gallicus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

fragilis Sharp, 1874: 90 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Japan: Simabara ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Shibata, 1976: 135 ( Bledius ; Japan).

— Herman, 1986: 174, 309 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Taiwan.

fratellus Fall, 1910 , see: gentilis Casey, 1889 .

fratellus Eppelsheim, 1885: 144 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Goldküste: Adda).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 207, 309 ( Bledius ; fratellus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal.

frater Kraatz, 1857d: 827 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Nizza, Var River).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 653 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; synonym of fossor ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Lohse, 1964: 99 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; central Europe).

— Szujecki, 1968: 297 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 250 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 309 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 95 ( Bledius ; checklist; Czechoslovakia).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

flexicornis Apfelbeck, 1906: 243 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Jugoistočnoj Bosni na obali Lima kod Uvea, na turskoj megji te kod Priboja [sandžak Novipazar , kao i na obali Drine kod Višegrade ).

— Apfelbeck, 1907: 638 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Bosnia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

— Herman, 1986: 309 ( Bledius ; synonym of frater ).

fraterculus Cameron, 1936b: 40 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Malay Peninsula: Negri Sembilan: Port Dickson).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 309 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

frisius Lohse, 1978 , see: spectabilis Kraatz, 1857 .

fumatus LeConte, 1863a: 52 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Western States; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— LeConte, 1877: 224 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; characters).

— Provancher, 1877: 257 ( Bledius ; characters; Quebec).

— Blatchley, 1910: 464 ( Bledius ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 697 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 99 ( Bledius ; note).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 219 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; characters; natural history; Manitoba; Ontario; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Ohio; Wisconsin).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 135 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Illinois; Indiana; Michigan; Wisconsin) .

— Herman, 1986: 174, 309 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 453 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).