Leptusa Kraatz, 1856: 60 Bolitochara pulchella Mannerheim, 1830 Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes Gusarov, Vladimir I. Zootaxa 2003 2003-11-17 353 1 1 134 8VRSG Kraatz, 1856 Kraatz 1856 [264,528,1358,1384] Insecta Staphylinidae Leptusa Animalia Coleoptera 112 113 Arthropoda genus      Leptusa Kraatz, 1856: 60( typespecies:  Bolitochara pulchella Mannerheim, 1830; designated by Gusarov and Herman (2003)). (Other references are omitted)   Diagnosis.See Pace (1989).   Discussion. Pace (1989)redescribed and illustrated most of the Nearctic species of  Leptusadescribed by the previous authors. Unfortunately, he could not obtain the types of some Nearctic species and did not validly designate the lectotypesfor some other species. Below I establish some new synonyms and designate the lectotypesfor some Nearctic species omitted by Pace.