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similis Cameron, 1930 , see: lewisius Sharp, 1874 .

simlaensis Cameron, 1930: 247 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Simla District: Theop; Kotgarh, alt. 7000 to 8000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 573 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Himalayan region).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 121 ( Oxytelus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

simplex Pandellé, 1867 , see: tetratoma Czwalina, 1870 .

sobrinus LeConte, 1877: 237 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: California).

— Casey, 1894: 396 ( Oxytelus ; characters; California; Utah).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 95 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; British Columbia; Idaho; Washington; Oregon).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Canada.

sordidus Cameron, 1930: 216 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Dehra Dun. Bihar: Pusa. Assam: Naga Hills up to 3000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 120l, 124 ( Oxytelus ; cited as ordidus and sordidus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

sparsus Fauvel, 1877: 203 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Australie, Victoria; additional locality: Java ).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 493 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Australia).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 260 ( Oxytelus ; Australia; New Zeland [Note: Specimens from outside of Australia are probably misidentified according to Hammond, 1976: 177 and should be referred to vinsoni ]).

— Lea, 1910a: 139 ( Oxytelus ; with Ectatomma metallicum ; Australia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1920: 5 ( Oxytelus ; Australia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1935a: 636, 651 ( Oxytelus ; Australia).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

— Shibata, 1993a: 318 ( Anotylus ; Taiwan).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Zealand, Australia.

speculiceps Fauvel, 1905a: 133 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Bolivie: territoire des Yuracaris. Colombie: San Carlos ; Chimbo , 335 m. Venezuela: Caracas; Colonie Tovar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela.

speculifrons Kraatz, 1857d: 862 , note ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Hyères).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 127 ( Oxytelus ; characters; notes; Crete; Greece).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 311 [= 1865b: 61] ( Oxytelus ; habitat; France).

— Pandellé, 1867a: 171 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Czwalina, 1870: 422 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1872: 173 [= 1873: 15] ( Oxytelus ; characters; France; Portugal; Morocco; Algeria; Corsica; Italy; Greece; Caucasus; Iran).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 124 [= 1873c: 17] ( Oxytelus ; Sardinia; Sicily).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 255 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 57 [= 1876: 242] ( Oxytelus ; Malta).

— Fauvel, 1878: 95 [= 1878a: 15] ( Oxytelus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 382 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 643 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Mediterranean region).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 67 ( Oxytelus ; Barbary).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 78 ( Oxytelus ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 172 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 418 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 572 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region; Turkey; Caucasus; Transcaspian region; Turkestan).

— Horion, 1963: 233 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; Morocco; Turkey; Caucasus; Transcaspian region; Turkestan; Spain; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Italy; Dalmatia; Greece; Crete; Macedonia; Romania; Slovakia; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 86 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; central Europe).

— Focarile, 1964: 58 ( Oxytelus ; Italy).

— Smetana, 1967e: 318 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Turkey).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

— Coiffait, 1973a: 270 ( Oxytelus ; Morocco).

— Tóth, 1987: 228 ( Anotylus ; Carpathian Basin).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Oxytelus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria).

— Borges, 1990: Table II ( Anotylus ; Azores).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Anotylus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 12 ( Anotylus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Azores, Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, “Turkestan”.

spinicornis Hammond, 1975: 161 ( Anotylus ; replacement name for minutus Cameron ).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

minutus Cameron, 1946: 11 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; [preoccupied];

Type locality: Philippines: Palawan: Binaluan).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Hammond, 1975: 161 ( Anotylus ; synonym of spinicornis ).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

spinifer Fauvel, 1878f: 216 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Guinée, Hatam).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

spinifrons Sharp, 1887: 691 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Nicaragua, Chontales).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nicaragua.

spiniventris Reitter, 1907 , see: pumilus Erichson, 1839 .

spinosus Bernhauer, 1905: 13 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Brasilia: Blumenau).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

stanleyi Cameron, 1933: 37 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Stanleyville; [Note: See lectotype designation by Hammond, 1976a]).

— Cameron, 1952e: 828 ( Oxytelus ; Dahomey).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

— Hammond, 1976a: 35 ( Anotylus ; lectotype designation; characters; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Gabon; Zaire; Burundi; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Angola) .

crenulicollis Bernhauer , 1934h: 487 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: N. W. Rhodesia: Mwengwa, 27 ° 40 ̍ E., 13 ° S; [Note: See lectotype designation by Hammond, 1976a]) .

— Cameron, 1952e: 828 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of stanleyi ).

— Herman, 1970: 417 ( Anotylus ).

— Hammond, 1976a: 35 ( Anotylus ; lectotype designation; synonym of stanleyi ).

stipes Sharp, 1887: 692 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Panama, Bugaba ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

striatellus Fauvel, 1878 g: 497 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Australie méridionale, Victoria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

striaticeps Cameron, 1928d: 105 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Sumatra:

Fort de Kock).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

striatus Ström, 1768 , see: rugosus Fabricius, 1775 .

strigiceps Lea, 1906: 204 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Swan River, W.A.).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

strigicollis Fauvel, 1898c: 178 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Suberbieville; baie d’Antongil; Nossi-Be).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

strigifrons Hochhuth, 1849: 187 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Kaukasien).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 419 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus.

strigosulus Sharp, 1887: 690 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Mexico, Cordova ; Guatemala, near the city, San Juan in Vera Paz , Cubilquitz , Senahu, Balheu).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Guatemala.

striolicollis Fauvel, 1905a: 129 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Bresil: province de Sta. Catharina, Blumenau ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

styricola E. Strand, 1917: 82 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; replacement name for humilis Gistel ).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Austria.

humilis Gistel, 1857: 18 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Nomen dubium; preoccupied]; Type locality: Styria).

— E. Strand, 1917: 82 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of styricola ).

subaeneus Fauvel, 1877: 199 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Australie occidentale, Port Augusta ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

subanophtalmicus Outerelo, Gamarra, and Salgado, 1998: 124 ( Anotylus ; Type locality: Cueva de Boucelo , Herrerías de Valcarca, León Prov., España).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain.

subnitidus Bernhauer, 1908: 291 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Brasilien: S. Paulo, Estaçoa

Raiz da Serra).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

subnitidus Reitter, 1909 , see: nitidulus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

subplagiatus Cameron, 1928 , see: dilutipennis Fauvel, 1904 .

subsculpturatus Cameron, 1928d: 101 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Sumatra: Fort de Kock).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Indonesia.

masuriensis Cameron, 1930: 244 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Mussoorie and Simla districts, altitude 6000 to 8000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1099 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 569 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Himalayan region).

— Herman, 1970: 418 ( Anotylus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 121 ( Oxytelus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1976: 163 ( Anotylus ; synonym of subsculpturatus ).

morbosus Cameron, 1942: 106 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum, Lepchajagat).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 163 ( Anotylus ; synonym of subsculpturatus ).

subsericeus Bernhauer, 1938: 22 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Nordwestl. China: Chinkiang).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

subtilis Eppelsheim, 1892: 343 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Taschkent).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 574 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Transcaspian region; Turkestan; Afghanistan; Pakistan).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan.

sulcatus Geoffroy, 1785 , see: rugosus Fabricius, 1775 .

sulcatus Solier, 1849 , see: sulcicollis Gemminger and Harold, 1868 .

sulciceps Bernhauer, 1936b: 83 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Luzon: Imugan).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

sulcicollis Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 650 ( Oxytelus ; replacement for sulcatus Solier ; Type locality: Chile).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 422 ( Metoxytelus ; characters; Chile).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1972: 13 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Argentina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Chile.

sulcatus Solier, 1849: 329 ( Oxytelus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Chile).

— Kraatz, 1859a: 7 ( Oxytelus ; notes). — Fauvel, 1864a: 128 ( Oxytelus ; notes; Chile).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 26 [= 1868: 31] ( Oxytelus ; characters; Chile).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sulcicollis ).

— Saiz, 1969a: 10 ( Metoxytelus ; synonym of sulcicollis ).

sulcifer Fauvel, 1891: 90 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Colonie Tovar; Nouvelle-Grenade, Ibaque). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

— Frank, 1982: 10 ( Anotylus ; list of parasites).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

sulcifrons Fauvel, 1875 , see: latiusculus Kraatz, 1859 .

sumatranus Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; replacement name for sumatrensis Cameron ). — Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

sumatrensis Cameron, 1928d: 105 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Sumatra: Gunung Singgalang ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sumatranus ).

sumatrensis Bernhauer, 1928: 6 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Sumatra: Medan, Tjinta Radja ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

sumatrensis Cameron, 1928 , see: sumatranus Scheerpeltz, 1933 .

suspectus Casey, 1894: 395 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: New York; North Carolian; Nebraska). — LeConte, 1877: 234, 237 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 cited nitidulus LeConte as a synonym of suspectus ; LeConte did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst]; characters; middle, western and southern States).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 168 ( Oxytelus ; New Mexico).

— Blatchley, 1910: 469 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Fall, 1926: 147 ( Oxytelus ; Alaska).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 449 ( Anotylus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Mexico.

sutteri Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 225 , 242 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Sumba: Waimangura).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

syriacus Eppelsheim, 1881a: 377 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Caifa in Syrien).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Israel, Uzbekistan.

excellens Luze, 1904: 81 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Urgut; Seravschan: Pendshakent).

— Bernhauer, 1905b: 595 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of syriacus ).

— Bernhauer, 1905b: 595 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of syriacus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 11 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of syriacus ).

szechuanensis Bernhauer, 1934: 3 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Mittel-Szechuan: Hwa-Yin-Shan, 1600 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 573 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; China).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

tardus Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ; replacement name for borneensis Cameron, 1933 ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo.

borneensis Cameron, 1933b: 341 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: British North Borneo: Lumu Lumu, 5500 feet).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ; synonym of tardus ).

tasneemae Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 126 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pseudopyctocraerus ;

Type locality: W. Pakistan: Karachi).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.

tenuesculpturatus Scheerpeltz, 1965: 162 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: S. Shan States, Burma, 1500 m, Taunggyi).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 159 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

tenuicornis Fauvel, 1905a: 116 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Java: Sukabumi ).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 79 ( Oxytelus ; Java).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1928d: 101 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Sumatra).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1936a: 31 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Java. Also cited from Sumatra).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

tenuicornis Cameron, 1924 , see: seticornis Fauvel, 1895 .

tenuis Motschulsky, 1860 , see: pusillimus Kraatz, 1859 .

tenuistrigosus Bernhauer, 1936b: 84 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Mindanao: Port Banga und Momungan. Mindoro: San Teodoro. Siargao: Dapa).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

terrestris Lacordaire, 1835 , see: rugosus Fabricius, 1775 .

terrestris Heer, 1839 , see: sculpturatus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

testaceicollis Bernhauer, 1939 g: 226 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Belgischen Kongo: Usumbura).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

testaceus Motschulsky, 1857a: 506 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Kraatz, 1859: 171 ( Oxytelus ; India orientalis).

— Kraatz, 1859: 174 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; characters; India orientalis).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 79 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; Java; Celebes; Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines; Siam; Burma).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; catalog).

— Cameron, 1921a: 367, 400 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; characters; Singapore).

— Bernhauer, 1922c: 223 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; Formosa).

— Cameron, 1928d: 101 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1930: 260 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; characters; Bengal; Baroda State; Malay

— Cameron, 1930: 265 ( Platystethus ; characters; India).

— Cameron, 1931: 356 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; New Guinea).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1109 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1934d: 78 (transfer to Oxytelus ).

— Steel, 1948: 187 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 124 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentified as thoracicus Motschulsky according to Hammond, 1976: 163]; characters; East and West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1976: 162 ( Anotylus ; thoracicus Motschulsky is in Coenonica and the species identified as a Oxytelus thoracicus or Anotylus thoracicus by subsequent authors refers to testaceus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Borneo, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan.

celebensis Fauvel, 1886b: 145 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Manille; Indes orientales; Sumatra: Singkara; Java; Celebes: Macassas ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 111 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 409 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 163 ( Anotylus ; synonym of testaceus ).

testaceus Cameron, 1918: 65 ( Aploderus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Singapore:

Mount Faber district).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1093 ( Aploderus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of thoracicus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 163 ( Anotylus ; synonym of testaceus ).

aequicollis Bernhauer, 1936b: 81 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Manila).

— Herman, 1970: 409 ( Oxytelus ).

— Hammond, 1976: 163 ( Anotylus ; synonym of testaceus ).

testaceus Cameron, 1918 , see: testaceus Motschulsky, 1857 .

tetracarinatus Block, 1799: 116 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Plauischer Grund bei Dresden).

— Gravenhorst, 1802: 103 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification: Gravenhorst did not describe depressus as a new species, he attributed it to Olivier who attributed the species to Paykull. Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 cited depressus Gravenhorst as a synonym of tetracarinatus Block ; Olivier, 1811: 613 cited depressus Gravenhorst with characters and stated that although Gravenhorst attributed the species to Olivier, the usage by Gravenhorst was a different species from that used by him (Olivier)]; characters).

— Panzer, 1809: 11 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Panzer attributed this name to Gravenhorst but Gravenhorst attributed it to Olivier who attributed it to Paykull. Paykull’s depressus in in Megarthrus but Panzer’s illustration is clearly a species of Anotylus and may be tetracarinatus so the depressus cited by Panzer maybe a misidentification]; characters; illustrations).

— Erichson, 1839a: 595 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Cited as depressus Gravenhorst but Gravenhorst misidentified the species]; characters; Germany).

— Erichson, 1840: 796 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Cited as depressus Gravenhorst but Gravenhorst misidentified the species]; characters; Europe).

— Erichson, 1840: 796 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of depressus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 233 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification, cited as depressus Gravenhorst ]; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 862 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Cited as depressus Gravenhorst but Gravenhorst misidentified the species]; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 862 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tetracarinatus ).

— Thomson, 1861: 132 ( Anotylus ; [Note: Misidentification, cited as depressus Gravenhorst ]; characters; Scandinavia).

— Pandellé, 1867a: 171 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification, cited as depressus Gravenhorst ]; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1872: 176 [= 1873: 18] ( Oxytelus ; characters; France; Europe; Algeria; Caramania; Iran).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 254 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification, cited as depressus Gravenhorst ]; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 248 ( Oxytelus ; cited as depressus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 177 ( Anotylus ; Finland).

— LeConte, 1877: 234, 237 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification, cited as depressus Gravenhorst ]; characters; Indiana).

— Fauvel, 1878: 95 [= 1878a: 15] ( Oxytelus ; Algeria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 546 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; cited as depressus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 23 [= 1886a: 15] ( Oxytelus ; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 383 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Britain).

— Casey, 1894: 398 ( Oxytelus ; Indiana).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 644 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Palaearctic region;

North America).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 67 ( Oxytelus ; Barbary).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 78 ( Oxytelus ; Corsica).

— Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Oxytelus ; Romania).

— Reitter, 1909: 172 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 564 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Denmark).

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

— Portevin, 1929: 419 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Hinton, 1945: 54 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz and Höfler, 1948: 153 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; fungus inhabitant).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 330 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; cave species; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956c: 1094 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Cyprus).

— Hatch, 1957: 96 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

— Fagel, 1956b: 274 ( Oxytelops ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 133 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Portugal).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 119 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Italy).

— Palm, 1961a: 35 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1962: 574 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters).

— Horion, 1963: 242 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; central and southern Europe).

— Lohse, 1964: 87 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1964a: 297 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Crete).

— Smetana, 1964d: 58 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Raianu, 1964: 106 ( Oxytelus ; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 394 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Sicily).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 29 ( Oxytelus ; larval characters).

— Smetana, 1967e: 319 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; Turkey).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 715 ( Oxytelus ; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ).

— Bacchus and Hammond, 1972: 62 ( Anotylus ; lion, elephant and donkey dung; Britain).

— Coiffait, 1973a: 270 ( Oxytelus ; Morocco).

— Osella and Zanetti, 1975: 93 ( Anotylus ; collected from nest of Talpa europaea ; notes; Italy).

— Pope, 1977: 25 ( Anotylus ; Britain).

— Frank, 1982: 10 ( Anotylus ; list of parasites).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Oxytelus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Nowosad, 1990: 61 ( Oxytelus ; collected from mole nest; notes; Poland). — Fain and Drugmand, 1993: 290 ( Oxytelops ; phoretic mites; Luxembourg). — Welch, 1993: 227 ( Anotylus ; ovariole number and ovary structure). — Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Anotylus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; Czech Republic; Slovakia). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 12 ( Anotylus ; Italy). — Levesque and Levesque, 1996: 290 ( Anotylus ; seasonal abundance; Quebec). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 449 ( Anotylus ; characters; USA). — Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 40 ( Anotylus ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs). — Owen, 1999a: 15 ( Anotylus ; subterranean capture; Britain). — Kashcheev, 1999a: 57 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Kazakhstan). — Zerche, 2000: 52 ( Anotylus ). — Owen, 2000: 251 ( Anotylus ; pitfall trap collections from underground at roots of trees; Britain). — Assing and Wunderle, 2001: 36 ( Anotylus ; Cyprus). — Assing, 2001: 75 ( Anotylus ; collected from xerothermous site; Germany). - DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Iran, USA, Canada.

pusillus Mannerheim, 1830: 48 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Finlandia: Willnäs). — Mannerheim, 1831: 462 ( Oxytelus ; Finland). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 417 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland). — Runde, 1835: 20 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Germany). — Erichson, 1839a: 595 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of depressus Gravenhorst ). — Stephens, 1839: 420 ( Oxytelus ; characters; England). — Erichson, 1840: 796 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of depressus ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 644 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tetracarinatus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tetracarinatus ).

opacus Stephens, 1834: 321 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: London; Suffolk; Norfolk; Devonshire). — Stephens, 1839: 420 ( Oxytelus ; characters; England). — Hardy, 1851: 52 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of depressus ). — G. Waterhouse, 1858: 30 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of depressus ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 644 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tetracarinatus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tetracarinatus ).

tetratoma Czwalina, 1870: 421 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Königsberg). — Fauvel, 1872: 177 [= 1873: 19] ( Oxytelus ; characters; France; Germany). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 255 ( Oxytelus ; characters). — Seidlitz, 1875: 248 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Baltic region). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 549 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; France). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 645 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Germany; France; Croatia). — Reitter, 1909: 172 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Germany). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 121 ( Oxytelus ; catalog). — Portevin, 1929: 418 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1105 ( Oxytelus ; catalog). — Palm, 1961a: 34 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland). — Scheerpeltz, 1962: 572 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region; western Asia). — Horion, 1963: 243 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; Russia; Finland; Norway; Germany; Austria; Poland; Slovakia; Romania; Croatia; Bosnia Hercegovina; Italy; France; Germany; Austria). — Lohse, 1964: 87 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; characters; central Europe). — Herman, 1970: 421 ( Anotylus ). — Tóth, 1987: 228 ( Anotylus ; Carpathian Basin). — Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Oxytelus ; checklist; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 134 ( Anotylus ; characters). — Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Anotylus ; subgenus Oxytelops ; Slovakia).