Bledius taurus, Germar, 1825 a: 2

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

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taurus Germar, 1825a: 2 View in CoL ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Dalmatia; Illyria).

— Stephen, 1829: 292 ( Bledius ; synonym of skrimshirii ).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 44 ( Bledius ; valid species; Dalmatia).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 458 ( Bledius ; valid species; Dalmatia).

— Stephens, 1834: 308 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Brullé, 1832: 132 ( Bledius ; characters; Greece; Dalmatia).

— Runde, 1835: 18 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

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

— Erichson, 1840: 760 ( Bledius ; characters; Greece; England; Germany).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 125 ( Bledius ; notes; Algeria).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 732 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Rosenhauer, 1856: 77 ( Bledius ; Cadiz).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 599 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Kraatz, 1857d: 818 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 126 ( Bledius ; Greece).

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

— Hochhuth, 1862: 84 ( Bledius ; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1872: 190 [= 1873: 32] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Austria; Italy; Sardinia; Greece; Ionian Islands; Morocco; Algeria; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 125 [= 1873c: 18] ( Bledius ; France; Spain).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 248 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xii [= 1875b: 214] ( Bledius ; group 1).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 249 ( Bledius ; characters; Baltic region).

— Fauvel, 1878: 97 [= 1878a: 17] ( Bledius ; Morocco; Algeria; Egypt).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 556 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 24 [= 1886a: 16] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 365 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 380 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 259 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Stierlin, 1900: 392 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; Switzerland).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 68 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

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

— Portevin, 1929: 410 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Larsen, 1952 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

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

skrimshirii Curtis, 1826 : pl. 143 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain: Holkham).

— Stephens, 1829: 292 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Stephens, 1834: 308 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— Erichson, 1840: 761 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 125 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 818 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 557 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Fauvel, 1895a: 118 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 259 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 68 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Reitter, 1909: 165 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; variety of furcatus ; characters; Germany).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; variety of furcatus ).

— C. Koch, 1934: 59 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; characters).

— Tottenham, 1954: 50 ( Bledius ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 134 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; variety of furcatus ; Portugal).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 120 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; variety of furcatus ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 498 ( Bledius ; variety of furcatus ; Sicily).

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

— Herman, 1986: 310 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

stephensii Westwood, 1827: 61 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain : Norfolk).

— Stephens, 1829: 292 ( Bledius ; synonym of skrimshirii ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 818 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; cited as stephensi; synonym of furcatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; cited as stephensi; synonym of furcatus ).

— Herman, 1986: 310 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

ruddii Stephens, 1832: 308 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain: Yorkshire, Coatham Marshes).

— Stephens, 1834: 308 ( Bledius ; characters; England).

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

— Erichson, 1840: 761 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 125 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 818 ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

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

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Bledius ; synonym of bicornis ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 191 [= 1873: 33] ( Bledius ; synonym of bicornis ).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 125 [= 1873c: 18] ( Bledius ; synonym of taurus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 366 ( Bledius ; synonym of bicornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Fauvel, 1895a: 118 ( Bledius ; synonym of skrimshirii ).

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 310 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

haedus Baudi, 1857: 110 ( Bledius ; Type locality: insula Cyprus).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xii [= 1875b: 214] ( Bledius ; group 1).

— Fauvel, 1878: 97 [= 1878a: 17] ( Bledius ; Tunisia; Egypt).

— Fauvel, 1886: 24 [= 1886a: 16] ( Bledius ; Tunisia; Egypt).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 259 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 68 ( Bledius ; synonym of furcatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; variety of furcatus ).

— Gridelli, 1930: 66 ( Bledius ; Libya).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; variety of furcatus ).

— C. Koch, 1934: 59 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; characters).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 36 ( Bledius ; Cyprus; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; Greece; Asia Minor).

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

furtivus Casey, 1889 , see: strenuus Casey, 1889 .

fuscicornis Cameron, 1930: 280 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Almora: Dhauli Ganga, alt. 6500 feet; Kumaon: Tanakpur).

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

— Paulian, 1941: 173 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 120 ( Bledius ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Coiffait, 1984: 118 ( Bledius ; Pakistan).

— Herman, 1986: 224, 310 ( Bledius ; bispinus group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 23 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

fuscipes Rye, 1865: 154 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain : Firth of Forth near Aberlady).

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Fauvel, 1869a: 152 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Rye, 1870a: 87 ( Bledius ; notes; Britain).

— Fauvel, 1872: 201 [= 1873: 43] ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Fowler, 1888: 368 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 127 [= 1873c: 20] ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; synonym of subterraneus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 618 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 134 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Sharp, 1911: 33 ( Bledius ; valid species; Britain).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 64 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Everts, 1922: 142, 143 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution; characters).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; synonym of rastellus Thomson ).

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

— Krogerus, 1925 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Krogerus, 1928 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1121 ( Bledius ; synonym of rastellus ).

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

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

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

— Palm, 1961a: 59 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 264 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Denmark; Holland; Austria; Germany).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 33 ( Bledius ; synonym of rastellus ).

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

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 193, 310 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

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

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of pallipes ; Slovakia).

— Assing, Frisch, Kahlen, et al., 1998: 128 ( Bledius ; note).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

rastellus Schiødte, 1866: 149 ( Bargus ; Type locality: Skagen Hedesand; [Note: See lectotype designation by Hansen and Martin, 2000]).

— Thomson, 1867: 291 ( Bledius ; [Note: This reference is often cited as the original description of rastellus but Thomson attributed it to Schiødte]; characters; Scandinavia).

— Taylor, 1870: 10 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Fauvel, 1872: 201 [= 1873: 43] ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 127 [= 1873c: 20] ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Fauvel, 1874: 328 [= 1874b: 34] ( Bledius ; synonym of subterraneus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 367 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; synonym of subterraneus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 624 ( Bledius ; synonym of subterraneus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 134 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 134 ( Bledius ; cited with Thompson, 1867 as author and as a synonym of pallipes Gravenhorst ).

— Sharp, 1911: 33 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes ).

— Johansen, 1914: 548 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; valid species with Thomson as author and fuscipes as synonym).

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

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— E. Kangas, 1938: 126 ( Bledius ; valid species).

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

— West, 1942: 142 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

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

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes with Thomson as author).

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Lohse, 1964: 93 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes , cited with Thomson as author).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 33 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Thomson as author; catalog).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes ; Thomson cited as author).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1121 ( Bledius ; cited with Thompson, 1867 as author and as a valid species with fuscipes Rye as a synonym).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; cited as valid species).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; cited as synonym of fuscipes Rye but with Thompson, 1867, as author).

— Herman, 1986: 310 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes ).

— M. Hansen and Martin, 2000: 216 ( Bledius ; synonym of fuscipes ; notes on type locality; lectotype designation).

gabonensis Fauvel, 1900b: 68 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Congo: Kinchassa ; Boma. Gabon: Loango).

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

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 240, 310 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Gabon, Congo.

galeatus Wollaston, 1864 , see: unicornis Germar, 1825 .

gallicus Gravenhorst, 1806: 198 ( Oxytelus ; form of pallipes ; Type locality: France).

— Erichson, 1840: 767 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 829 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 591 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

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

— Tottenham, 1939d: 230 ( Bledius ; elevated to replace the preoccupied fracticornis ).

— Tottenham, 1949: 410 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

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

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 174, 311 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 136 ( Bledius ; valid name).

— Welch, 1993: 227 ( Bledius ; ovariole number and ovary structure).

— J. Li, 1993: 22 ( Bledius ; China).

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

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

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 35 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Staniec, 1999b: 50 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China.

fracticornis Paykull, 1790: 135 ( Staphylinus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Vestrogothia).

— Paykull, 1800: 382 ( Staphylinus ; characters).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 446 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden). — Curtis, 1829: 29 ( Hesperophilus ).

— Stephens, 1829: 292 ( Hesperophilus ; Britain).

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

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

— Stephens, 1834: 309 ( Hesperophilus ; characters; Britain).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 ( Dicarenus ).

— C. Sahlberg, 1831: 408 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Runde, 1835: 18 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 458 ( Bledius ; misidentified as pallipes ).

— Westwood, 1838a: 17 ( Hesperophilus ; characters; type species).

— Erichson, 1839a: 579 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 209 ( Bledius ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 767 ( Bledius ; characters; Europe).

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

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

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

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 229 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 829 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1861: 118 ( Bledius ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 88 ( Bledius ; Russia).

— Schiødte, 1864: 123, tab. XII ( Bledius ; larva).

— Schiødte, 1866: 147 ( Tadunus ).

— Thomson, 1867: 290 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 210 [= 1873: 52] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Europe; Cyprus; Siberia). — Fauvel, 1873b: 129 [= 1873c: 22] ( Bledius ; Syria).

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

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

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

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 172 ( Bledius ; Finland).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 590 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 369 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Kraatz, 1889: 220 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Palaearctic region). — Stierlin, 1900: 393 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 75 ( Bledius ; Corsica).

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

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

— Sharp, 1911c: 57 ( Bledius ; discussion, natural history; type species).

— Bondroit, 1913b: 297 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Johansen, 1914: 541 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Notman, 1920a: 180, 189 ( Bledius ; New York).

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

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

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

— Porta, 1926: 26 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

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

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

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

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Donisthorpe, 1937: 122 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Paulian, 1938a: 32 ( Bledius ; larval characters; France).

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

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

— A. Strand, 1946a: 240 ( Bledius ; distribution).

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

— Horion, 1963: 273 ( Bledius ; north, central and southern Europe).

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

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Smetana, 1975c: 162 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

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

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of gallicus ).

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

— Kashcheev, 1989: 294 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Mongolia).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of gallicus ).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; synonym of gallicus ).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; synonym of gallicus ).

alpestris Heer, 1839: 210 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Switzerland: Bevers , Inn River).

— Fauvel, 1872: 210 [= 1873: 52] ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 596 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Switzerland; Italy).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

erythropterus Kraatz, 1857d: 831 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Bavarian Alps).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 989 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

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

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

— Kraatz, 1889: 220 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Fauvel, 1889d: 192 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

laetior Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 593 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality: Not cited). — Fauvel, 1890a: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

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

— Sharp, 1911c: 58 ( Bledius ; valid species).

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

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

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

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

sharpi Fowler and Donisthorpe, 1913: 74 ( Bledius ; variety of fracticornis ; Type locality: Brentford; banks of the Nith, near Thornhill, Dumfriesshire; Severn Side).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1116 ( Bledius ; variety of fracticornis ).

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

ganglbaueri Bernhauer, 1908c: 103 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: DeutschOstafrika: Dar es Salam).

— Cameron, 1950b: 213 ( Bledius ; Sudan).

— Cameron, 1952d: 822 ( Bledius ; Mauritania).

— Cameron, 1952e: 828 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Dahomey).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974c: 9 ( Bledius ; Sudan).

— Herman, 1986: 171, 311 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, Zimbabwe.

gebieni Bernhauer, 1942: 6 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Kostarika: Reventazon, Ebene Limon, Hamburgfarm ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 157, 311 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

gemellus Eppelsheim, 1885: 140 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Cape Verde).

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

— Tottenham, 1953b: 485 ( Bledius ; Uganda).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 132, 311 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Cape Verde.

gentilis Casey, 1889a: 59 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California: Sonoma County: Santa Rosa; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

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

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 49, 119, 125 ( Bledius ; annularis group; lectotype designation; characters; natural history; Arizona; California; Colorado; Idaho; Iowa; Oregon; Utah).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 311 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

adustus Casey, 1889a: 62 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Colorado: Garland; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

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

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 49, 119 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; synonym of gentilis ).

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of gentilis ).

fratellus Fall, 1910: 112 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: California: Pasadena ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; synonym of transitus ).

— Herman, 1983: 49, 120 ( Bledius ; synonym of gentilis ).

— Herman, 1986: 311 ( Bledius ; synonym of gentilis ).

transitus Fall, 1919: 26 ( Bledius ; replacement name for fratellus Fall ).