Bledius testaceipennis, Fairmaire and Germain, 1861

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

testaceipennis Fairmaire and Germain, 1861 , see: sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

testaceus Motschulsky, 1857 , see: Anotylus .

tetratoma Czwalina, 1870 , see: Anotylus .

thoracicus Motschulsky, 1857 , see: Coenonica .

tibetanus Bernhauer, 1933: 27 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Grenze

Thibet Ost: Tatsienlu).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

tibialis Schubert, 1908 , see: Anotylus .

tinchialitensis Steel, 1954 , see: Anotylus .

torretassoi C. Koch, 1932 , see: Anotylus .

toxopei Cameron, 1952 , see: Anotylus .

traegardhi Scheerpeltz, 1974 , see: fulgidus Fauvel, 1905 .

transversalis Czwalina, 1870 , see: Anotylus .

transversefoveolatus Scheerpeltz, 1974, see: Anotylus .

transversipennis Scheerpeltz, 1978: 191 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Betano,

Alfandeça, Fomenta, Timor).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

trisulcicollis Lea, 1906 , see: Anotylus .

trivialis Cameron, 1940 , see: Anotylus .

tuberculatus Lea, 1906 , see: Anotylus .

tuberculifrons Eichelbaum, 1913: 118 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Amani).

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

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

tunariensis Scheerpeltz, 1960 , see: Anotylus .

tunisius Bernhauer, 1932 , see: Anotylus .

turcicus Bernhauer, 1927 , see: Anotylus .

turneri Bernhauer, 1934 , see: Anotylus .

ugandae Bernhauer, 1937b: 581 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Uganda:

Bussu Busoga).

— Bernhauer, 1942c: 350 ( Oxytelus ; Cameroon).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uganda, Cameroon.

unicornis Germar, 1825 , see: Bledius .

uncifer Fauvel, 1905 , see: Anotylus .

urundianus Cameron, 1956 , see: Anotylus .

ussuricus Tikhomirova, 1973 , see: Anotylus .

validus Cameron, 1952: 244 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: New Guinea:

Snow Mountains: Sigi Camp, 1500 m).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

varipennis Kraatz, 1859: 172 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

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

— Cameron, 1928d: 100 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1930: 234 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; characters; Ceylon; Bengal; India).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1960: 2 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Pakistan).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 122, 125 ( Oxytelus ; characters; East and West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1975: 150, 154 ( Oxytelus ; notes; characters; Ceylon; China; Japan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 79 ( Oxytelus ; Nepal).

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

— Shibata, 1993a: 317 ( Oxytelus ; Taiwan).

— J. Li, 1993: 20 ( Oxytelus ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Egypt, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan.

pharaonum C. Koch, 1934: 44 ( Oxytelus ; subspecies of varipennis ; Type locality: Aegypten: Pyramiden von Ghizeh; Mansourieh; Sakkarah; Ismailia).

varius Fauvel, 1877 , see: Anotylus .

vegrandis Casey, 1894 , see: Anotylus .

v-elevatus Lea, 1906 , see: Anotylus .

vermicularis Bernhauer, 1906a: 185 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Gabun, Libreville , Africa occident.).

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

— Bernhauer, 1915o: 361 ( Oxytelus ; Belgian Congo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Gabon, Congo.

viator Fauvel, 1905 , see: Anotylus .

vicarius Fagel, 1957a: 47 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: D.O.A.: Usambara, Derema, 850 m.

Also cited from British East Africa).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania, Kenya.

vicinus Sharp, 1874 , see: Anotylus .

vilis Sharp, 1887 , see: Anotylus .

vinsoni Cameron, 1936 , see: Anotylus .

vulcanus Fauvel, 1905 , see: Anotylus .

vulneratus Fauvel, 1877: 197 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Australie, Victoria).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 492 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Australia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

wattsensis Blackburn, 1902 , see: Anotylus .

witteanus Cameron, 1950 , see: Anotylus .

wittei Cameron, 1950 g: 14 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: volc. Visoke, alt. 2800–3300 m).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

wittmeri Coiffait, 1984: 147 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelus ; Type locality: Inde: Uttar Pradesh, Bhimtal, 1400–1600 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

Paraploderus

[5 species; Ethiopian and Oriental Regions]

Paraploderus Herman, 1970: 400 (species included: nigronitens , notabilis , oxyteloides , parcepunctatus , speculiventris ). TYPE SPECIES: Aploderus speculiventris Fauvel , fixed by original designation.

nigronitens Cameron, 1951a: 47 ( Trogophloeus ; subgenus Taenosoma ; Type locality: Angola: Tchivinguiro, 15 ° 10 ̍ S, 13 ° 20 ̍ E, alt. 1700 m).

— Herman, 1970: 401 ( Paraploderus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

notabilis Cameron, 1950f: 113 ( Trogophloeus ; subgenus Taenosoma ; Type locality: Angola: Dundo: Camissombo).

— Herman, 1970: 401 ( Paraploderus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

oxyteloides Cameron, 1925a: 175 ( Trogophloeus ; Type locality: Tjibodas; Sebesi).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1086 ( Trogophloeus ; subgenus Trogophloeus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 401 ( Paraploderus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

parcepunctus Fauvel, 1905a: 121 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Congo: Kinchassa ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 117 ( Oxytelus ; cited as parcepunctatus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 401 ( Paraploderus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

speculiventris Fauvel, 1904b: 97 ( Aploderus , cited as Haploderus ; Type locality: Java: Bandoeng; Sumatra: Deli; Palembang).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 109 ( Aploderus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1928d: 99 ( Trogophloeus ; subgenus Carpelimus , cited as Carpalimus ; Sumatra).

— Bernhauer, 1928: 7 ( Aploderus ; Sumatra; Java; Philippines).

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

— Herman, 1970: 401 ( Paraploderus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines, Indonesia.

Parosus

[3 species; Neotropical Region]

Parosus Sharp, 1887: 704 (species included: hilaris ). TYPE SPECIES: Parosus hilaris Sharp , fixed by monotypy.

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 107 (world catalog; 2 species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1090 (world catalog supplement).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 103 (characters; type species: hilaris ; key to species of West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 106 (checklist of species from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 295 (type species: hilaris ).

— Herman, 1970: 399 (characters; distribution; notes; list of species).

antillarus Wendeler, 1928a: 33 ( Parosus ; Type locality: Guadeloupe: Trois-Rivieres ) .

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1090 ( Parosus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 104 ( Parosus ; characters; Guadeloupe).

— Herman, 1970: 400 ( Parosus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

hilaris Sharp, 1887: 704 ( Parosus ; Type locality: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to

4000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 107 ( Parosus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 400 ( Parosus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

skalitzkyi Bernhauer, 1905: 12 ( Parosus ; Type locality: Ins. St. Vincent; Grenada: Grande Etang ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 107 ( Parosus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 103 ( Parosus ; characters; St. Vincent; Grenada).

— Herman, 1970: 400 ( Parosus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

Paroxytelopsis

[24 species; Ethiopian Region]

Paroxytelopsis Cameron, 1933: 36 (species included: dorylina ). TYPE SPECIES: Paroxytelopsis dorylina Cameron , fixed by monotypy.

— Blackwelder, 1952: 296 (type species: dorylina ).

— Fagel, 1960: 14 (characters; type species: dorylina ).

— Herman, 1970: 404 (characters; distribution; notes; list of species).

Paranisopsis Cameron, 1938: 3 (species included: dorylina ). TYPE SPECIES: Paranisopsis dorylina Cameron , fixed by monotypy.

— Blackwelder, 1952: 292 (type species: dorylina ).

— Fagel, 1960: 16 (characters; key to African species).

— Herman, 1970: 404 (synonym of Paroxytelopsis ).

Anisopsodes Fagel, 1960: 11 (species included: ornatus ). TYPE SPECIES: Anisopsodes ornatus Fagel , fixed by original designation.

— Herman, 1970: 404 (synonym of Paroxytelopsis ).

angolensis Fagel, 1960: 39 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Angola: Dundo ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

cameroni Fagel, 1960: 50 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Yangambi ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

carinata Fauvel, 1904b: 109 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Zanzibar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 109 ( Anisopsis ; catalog).

— Eichelbaum, 1913: 121 ( Anisopsis ; characters; Tanzania).

— Eichelbaum, 1914: 331 ( Anisopsis ; abdominal segmentation; apical segements).

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

— Fagel, 1960: 19 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; Belgian Congo).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zanzibar, Tanzania, Congo.

dorylina Cameron, 1938: 3 ( Paranisopsis ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Eala ).

— Fagel, 1960: 19 ( Paranisopsis ; synonym of carinata ).

confusa Fagel, 1960: 21 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Afrique orientale allemande, Amani ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

congoensis Fagel, 1960: 28 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Nizi , Abimva. Also cited from Angola).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Congo.

dorylina Cameron, 1933: 36 ( Paroxytelopsis ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Nizi : Blukwa).

— Cameron, 1950g: 8 ( Paroxytelopsis ; Belgian Congo).

— Fagel, 1960: 15 ( Paroxytelopsis ; characters; Belgian Congo; Kenya).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Kenya.

dorylina Cameron, 1938 , see: carinata Fauvel, 1904 .

eichelbaumi Bernhauer, 1927 g: 226, 228 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: Amani ).

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

— Fagel, 1960: 24 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; German East Africa).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

guineensis Bernhauer, 1932: 9 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Französisch Guinea: Camayenne).

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

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guinea.

incerta Fagel, 1960: 42 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Mashonaland: Salisbury ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zimbabwe.

leleupi Fagel, 1960: 43 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Katanga : Kanzenze).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

longicornis Cameron, 1928: 15 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Haut Uele , Moto ; Arebi, Bondo Mabe).

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

— Fagel, 1960: 48 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; Belgian Congo).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

lutea Fagel, 1960: 26 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Eala ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

machadoi Fagel, 1960: 37 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Angola: Dundo ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

minima Bernhauer, 1927 g: 226, 228 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Kamerun).

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

— Fagel, 1960: 30 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; Cameroon).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1971c: 162 ( Paranisopsis ; Cameroon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

motoensis Fagel, 1960: 47 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Haut-Uele : Moto).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

myrmecophila Fagel, 1960: 40 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Angola: lac Calundo ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

nigeriensis Fagel, 1960: 34 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Nigeria: Onitsha ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria.

ornata Fagel, 1960: 12 ( Anisopsodes ; Type locality: Angola: réserve de Camela, E. Villa Luso. Also cited from Belgian Congo and Cameroon).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Congo, Cameroon.

rugulipennis Bernhauer, 1934 h: 487 ( Anisopsis ; variety of carinata ; Type locality: Natal: Drakensberg, Van Reenen).

— Fagel, 1960: 33 ( Paranisopsis ; valid species; characters; Natal; Pondoland; N. Rhodesia; Mashonaland).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

sculptiventris Fagel, 1960: 31 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Eala ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

stricta Fagel, 1960: 36 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Cameroons: Bamenda ).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

tottenhami Fagel, 1960: 22 ( Paranisopsis ; Type locality: Kenya: Muguga , nr. Kikuyu).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

tuberculata Cameron, 1938: 2 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Eala ).

— Fagel, 1960: 44 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; Belgian Congo; Urundi).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Congo.

uelensis Bernhauer, 1927 g: 226 ( Anisopsis ; Type locality: Kongogebiet: Haut-Uele, Moto). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1093 ( Anisopsis ; catalog).

— Fagel, 1960: 46 ( Paranisopsis ; characters; Belgian Congo).

— Herman, 1970: 406 ( Paroxytelopsis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

Platystethus

[52 species (1 doubtful); Neotropical, Nearctic, Palaearctic,

Ethiopian, Oriental, and Oceanic Regions]

Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830: 9 , 46 (species included: cornutus , morsitans , nodifrons ). TYPE SPECIES: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull , fixed by subsequent designation by Westwood, 1838a: 17.

— Mannerheim, 1831: 423, 460 (key; characters).

— Dejean, 1833: 67 (list of species).

— Stephens, 1834: 311 (characters; habitat).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 (list of species).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 459 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

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

— Erichson, 1839a: 585 (characters).

— Heer, 1839: 206 (characters).

— Stephens, 1839: 416 (characters).

— Erichson, 1840: 781 (characters).

— Laporte, 1840: 189 (characters).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 735 (characters).

— Schaum, 1852: 29 (list of species; Europe).

— Lacordaire, 1854: 116 (characters; notes; list of species).

— Wollaston, 1854: 601 (characters; notes).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 606 (characters).

— Gistel, 1856: 389 (list of species).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1857: 55 (characters).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 230 (characters; key to Austrian species).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 838 (characters).

— Thomson, 1858: 39 (characters).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 (catalog of British species).

— Thomson, 1859: 43 (characters; type species: cornutus ).

— Schaum, 1859: 30 (catalog; European species).

— LeConte, 1861a: 69 (characters).

— Thomson, 1861: 122 (characters).

— Gredler, 1863: 117 (list of species from Tirol).

— LeConte, 1863: 26 (list of North American species).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 647 (catalog).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 77 (catalog; European species).

— Sharp, 1871d: 13 (list of British species).

— Fauvel, 1872: 178 [= 1873: 20] (characters; key to species).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 251 (characters; key to Austrian species).

— Fauvel, 1875a: XI [= 1875b: 213] (catalog).

— Provancher, 1877: 258 (characters).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 455 (characters; key to French species).

— Heyden, 1880: 80 (list of species of Siberian region).

— Duvivier, 1883: 188 (catalog).

— Lynch, 1884: 358 (characters).

— Sharp, 1887: 686 (notes; Mexican and Central American species).

— Fowler, 1888: 373 (notes; larval characters; key to British species).

— Seidlitz, 1891: 353 (key to some European species).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 376 (key to some European species).

— Heyden, Reitter, and Weise, 1891: 114 (list of species of Europe and Caucasus).

— Heyden, 1893: 47 (list of species of Siberian region).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 627 (adult, larval, and pupal characters; key to middle European species).

— Heyden, 1896: 35 (list of species of Siberian region).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 258 (catalog of species of Barbary; Madeira; Azores; Canaries).

— Heyden, Reitter, and Weise, 1906: 142 (list of species of Europe and Caucasus).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 79 (notes; key to and annotated list of species of Seine Basin, France).

— Reitter, 1909: 168 (characters; key to German species).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 (world catalog; 32 species).

— Petri, 1912: 58 (list of species of Siebenbürgen).

— Johansen, 1914: 550 (characters; key to Danish species).

— Leng, 1920: 97 (catalog of North American species).

— Winkler, 1925: 344 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

— Cameron, 1925: 18 (catalog of Indian species).

— Porta, 1926: 43 (characters; key to species of Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1929b: 216 (key to species of central Europe and Mediterranean region).

— Portevin, 1929: 414 (characters; key to French species).

— Cameron, 1930: 264 (characters; key to species of British India).

— Roubal, 1930: 330 (catalog; Slovakia).

— Joy, 1932: 146 (key to British species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 (world catalog supplement).

— Normand, 1935: 360 (list of species of Tunisia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1937b: 200 (list of Bulgarian species).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 109 (characters; type species: morsitans ).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 106 (checklist of species from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 332 (cave species).

— Kloet and Hincks, 1945: 162 (list of British species).

— Tottenham, 1949: 363, 410 (type species: arenarius Fourcroy = morsitans Paykull ; list of British species).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 313 (type species).

— Tottenham, 1954: 47 (characters; key to British subgenera and species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955 (key to western Palaearctic species).

— Hatch, 1957: 85, 95 (characters; species of Pacific Northwest).

— Kocher, 1958: 104 (checklist of species; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959a: 200 (list of species collected in Albania).

— Palm, 1961a: 37 (characters; key to species of Sweden).

— Ferreira, 1962a: 10 (list of Portuguese species).

— Horion, 1963: 244 (list of central European species).

— Lohse, 1964: 88 (characters; key to central European species).

— Kasule, 1968: 120 (larval characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 29 (catalog of Austrian species).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 25 (larval characters).

— Herman, 1970: 401 (characters; distribution; notes; list of species).

— Moore and Legner, 1971a: 260 (characters; key to species of Nearctic region).

— Hammond, 1971a: 94 (key to British species; notes).

— Shibata, 1973c: 33 (checklist of species of Taiwan).

— Bordoni, 1973j: 663 (list of species from islands near Sicily).

— Tikhomirova, 1973a: 146 (checklist of species of USSR).

— Moore and Legner, 1975: 250 (catalog; North America north of Mexico).

— Hammond, 1975: 147 (characters; notes).

— Shibata, 1976: 150 (checklist of species of Japan).

— Pope, 1977: 25 (list of British species).

— Topp, 1978: 309 (larval characters).

— Burakowski, Mroczkowski, and Stefańska, 1979: 112 (catalog; Poland).

— Moore and Legner, 1979: 230 (characters; notes).

— Muona, 1979: 19 (list of Scandinavian species).

— Uhlig, Vogel, and Sieber, 1980: 242 (some species collected in Germany).

— Uhlig and Vogler, 1981: 93 (list of some species collected in Germany; habitat and collecting notes).

— Hammond, 1984: 200 (checklist of species of Borneo).

— Ádám, 1985: 251 (list of species from southeast Hungary).

— Frank, 1986a: 366 (checklist of species of Florida).

— Muona and Viramo, 1986: 16 (list of species of northeastern Finland).

— Segers, 1986: 27 (checklist of species; Belgium).

— Dettner, 1987: 31 (defensive glands).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 134 (supplement for key to genera of Lohse, 1964).

— Angelini, 1991: 193 (list of species from high elevations of Calabria, Italy).

— M. Hansen, Kristensen, Mahler, Pedersen, 1991: 106 (list of Danish species).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 94 (checklist of species; Canada).

— Silfverberg, 1992: 23 (list of species of Fennoscandia, Denmark, and the Baltic States).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 (list of species of Czech Republic and Slovakia).

— Hernández, Outerelo, and Gamarra, 1994: 187 (checklist of species; Canary Islands).

— Hu and Frank, 1995 (collecting and biological notes).

— M. Hansen, Liljehult, Mahler, and Pedersen, 1995: 27 (additional records to Danish list of species).

— Terlutter, 1995: 21 (list of some species of Germany).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 12 (list of species of Italy).

— M. Hansen, 1996: 100 (list of Danish species).

— M. Hansen, Mahler, Palm, and Pedersen, 1996: 241 (additions to list of Danish species).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 449 (characters; species of Northeastern North America).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 37 (structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Lundgren, 1998: 47 (list of species from Florida; records for other States listed for each species).

— Schülke, 1998i: 126 (characters).

— Newton, Thayer, Ashe, and Chandler, 2000: 380 (3 Nearctic species; notes; characters in key).

Pyctocraerus Thomson, 1859: 43 (species included: morsitans ). TYPE SPECIES: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull , fixed by original designation and monotypy.

— Thomson, 1861: 125 (characters).

— Fauvel, 1872: 178 [= 1873: 20] (synonym of Platystethus ).

— Lynch, 1884: 359 (characters; subgenus of Platystethus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 (subgenus of Platystethus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 (subgenus of Platystethus ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 109 (synonym of Platystethus ; type species morsitans ).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 333 (type species: morsitans ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 80 (subgenus of Platystethus ; characters; key to species).

— Herman, 1970: 401 (synonym of Platystethus ).

Craetopycrus Tottenham, 1939d: 225 (proposed for Thomson’s misuse of Platystethus ). TYPE SPECIES: Oxytelus cornutus Gravenhorst , by original designation.

— Tottenham, 1949: 363, 410 (type species: cornutus Gravenhorst ; subgenus of Platystethus ; notes; list of British species).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 109 (type species: cornutus ).

— Herman, 1970: 401 (synonym of Platystethus ).

— Ádám, 1987: 140 (list of six species with collecting notes; Hungary).

aegyptiacus Motschulsky, 1857 , see: nitens C. Sahlberg, 1832 .

afghanicus Scheerpeltz, 1960b: 69 , 71 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Type locality: Afghanistan).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 287 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; cited as afganicus; Mongolia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Mongolia.

akkumus Kashcheev, 1999: 155 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: poima r. Syrdar’i, okr. Shaul’dera).

— Kashcheev, 1999c: 14 ( Platystethus ; characters in key).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

alutaceus Thomson, 1861: 123 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Ringsjön och Lund).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 450 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 cited cornutus Gyllenhal as a synonym of alutaceus Thomson ; Gyllenhal did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst]; characters; Sweden).

— Gyllenhal, 1827: 498 ( Oxytelus ; misidentified as cornutus ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 181 [= 1873: 23] ( Platystethus ; variety of cornutus ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 251 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 468 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; characters; Europe).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 67 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 168 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 552 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; characters; Denmark).

— Fiori, 1915: 7 ( Platystethus ; variety of cornutus ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 48 ( Platystethus ; Egypt).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 333 ( Platystethus ; cave species; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 83 ( Platystethus ; characters in key).

— Palm, 1961a: 38 ( Platystethus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963: 7 ( Platystethus ; Afghanistan).

— Horion, 1963: 245 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Madeira; Canaries; Egypt; Afghanistan; Denmark; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Russia; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 88 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; characters; central Europe).

— Focarile, 1964: 60 ( Platystethus ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 394 ( Platystethus ; Sicily).

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

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Hammond, 1971a: 95, 109 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

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

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

— Allen, 1980a: 46 ( Platystethus ; collecting notes; England).

— Schülke and Uhlig, 1988: 6 ( Platystethus ; notes; Germany).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 288 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 134 ( Platystethus ; characters).

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

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

— Kashcheev, 1999c: 14 ( Platystethus ; characters in key).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 38 ( Platystethus ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Cibuļskis, 1998: 67 ( Platystethus ; Latvia).

— Kashcheev, 1999: 156 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Marchal and Chardonnet, 2000: 71 ( Platystethus ; Corsica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Morocco, Egypt, Afghanistan, Mongolia.

tristis Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 172 [= 1862: 156] ( Platystethus ; Type locality: environs de Lyon, Beaujolais, Languedoc).

— Fauvel, 1872: 181 [= 1873: 23] ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus variety alutaceus ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 469 ( Platystethus ; synonym of alutaceus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; synonym of alutaceus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of alutaceus ).

americanus Erichson, 1840: 784 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Pensylvania; Virginia).

— LeConte, 1850: 220 ( Platystethus ; Lake Superior).

— Provancher, 1877: 258 ( Platystethus ; characters; Quebec).

— Sharp, 1887: 687 ( Platystethus ; Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

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

— Fall, 1926: 147 ( Platystethus ; Yukon Territory).

— Paulian, 1941: 174 ( Platystethus ; larval characters; Arizona).

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

— Pototskaia, 1965: 882 ( Platystethus ; larval characters).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Moore and Legner, 1971a: 261 ( Platystethus ; characters; common in USA and Mexico).

— Moore, 1978: 489 ( Platystethus ; Hawaii).

— Frank, 1976 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Hunter, Kincher, Bay, Beerwinkle, 1991: 167 ( Platystethus ; seasonal distribution and diel flight activity; Texas).

— Nishida, 1994: 73 ( Platystethus ; Hawaii).

— Hu and Frank, 1995 ( Platystethus ; collecting and biological notes; Florida; New Mexico).

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

— Nishida, 1997: 63 ( Platystethus ; Hawaii).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, Mexico, Hawaii.

angustipennis Scriba, 1868 , see: nitens C. Sahlberg, 1832 .

archetypus † Scudder, 1900: 76 ( Platystethus ; fossil; Type locality: Florissant , Colorado) .

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Platystethus ; catalog; Miocene; Colorado).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

arenarius Geoffroy, 1785: 172 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Paris).

— Villers, 1789: 422 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France).

— Marsham, 1802: 507 ( Staphylinus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 listed sulcatus Marsham as a synonym of arenarius ; Marsham attributed the species to Paykull]; characters; Britain).

— Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; [Note: Misidentification of sulcatus ; Stephens attributed the species to Marsham who attributed it to Paykull; I assume that Stephens’ identification of sulcatus is similarly incorrect]; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 179 [= 1873: 21] ( Platystethus ; characters; France; Europe; Siberia).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 175 ( Pyctocraerus ; Finland).

— Fauvel, 1878: 96 [= 1878a: 16] ( Platystethus ; Algeria).

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

— Fowler, 1888: 374 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters; Palaearctic region).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 67 ( Platystethus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Poppius, 1905: 11 ( Platystethus ; Orkney Islands).

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

— Poppius, 1909: 9 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Reitter, 1909: 168 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 551 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters; Denmark).

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

— Portevin, 1929: 415 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Gridelli, 1930: 65 ( Platystethus ; Libya).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Hinton, 1944: 117 ( Platystethus ; subsocial behavior; natural history; oviposition; eclosion of eggs; care of eggs and larvae; larval habits; pupation; duration of life cycle; description of egg-bursters; feeding behavior).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 81 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters in key; type species of subgenus and genus).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 120 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; Italy).

— Palm, 1961a: 38 ( Platystethus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 244 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; eastern and northwestern Russia; Lapland to Mediterranean region; Balkans; Italy; Corsica; Spain).

— Lohse, 1964: 88 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters; central Europe).

— Raianu, 1964: 105 ( Platystethus ; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 394 ( Platystethus ; Sicily).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 30 ( Platystethus ; larval characters).

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

— Bolov, 1969a: 328 ( Platystethus ; collecting notes; Russia).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Hammond, 1971a: 94, 96 ( Platystethus ; characters; notes; Ireland; Siberia; China; Arctic Circle to Italy and Albania).

— Jarrige, 1971: 500 ( Pyctocraerus ; Iran).

— Bacchus and Hammond, 1972: 63 ( Platystethus ; donkey dung; Britain).

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

— Coiffait, 1978d: 166 ( Pyctocraerus ; Turkey).

— Dettner and Schwinger, 1982 ( Platystethus ; defensive secretions; chemistry; discussion of function).

— Frank, 1982: 15 ( Platystethus ; list of parasites).

— Ádám, 1987: 140 ( Platystethus ; collecting notes; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Platystethus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1991 ( Platystethus ; defense organs; Poland).

— Fain and Drugmand, 1993: 290 ( Platystethus ; phoretic mites; Luxembourg).

— Staniec, 1993: 244 ( Platystethus ; pupal morphology).

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

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

— Muona and Viramo, 1995: 9 ( Platystethus ; collected from dung of Ursus arctos ; Finland).

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

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 38 ( Platystethus ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Kashcheev, 1999a: 57 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; Kazakhstan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran,

morsitans Paykull, 1792: 145 ( Staphylinus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Uplandia; Germania). — Paykull, 1800: 383 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden). — Gravenhorst, 1802: 108 ( Oxytelus ; characters). — Marsham, 1802: 508 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Britain). — Latreille, 1804: 364 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of trilobus Olivier ). — Gravenhorst, 1806: 195 ( Oxytelus ). — Panzer, 1808: 22 ( Staphylinus ; characters; illustrations). — Gyllenhal, 1810: 451 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden). — Olivier, 1811: 615 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of trilobus ). — Gyllenhal, 1827: 498 ( Oxytelus ; notes). — Curtis, 1829: 30 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Britain). — Mannerheim, 1830: 46 ( Platystethus ; Finland; Russia). — Mannerheim, 1831: 460 ( Platystethus ; Finland; Russia). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 411 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland). — Stephens, 1834: 312 ( Platystethus ; characters; England). — Runde, 1835: 19 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany). — Westwood, 1838: 167 ( Oxytelus ; larva, pupa). — Westwood, 1838a: 17 ( Platystethus ; characters; type species). — Zetterstedt, 1838: 73 ( Oxytelus ; characters; habitat; Lapland). — Erichson, 1839a: 585 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany). — Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England). — Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; characters; Europe). — Laporte, 1840: 189 ( Platystethus ; characters; France). — Kolenati, 1846: 25 ( Platystethus ; Tanain; Caucasi declivitate septentrionalis). — Märkel and Kiesenwetter, 1848a: 325 ( Platystethus ; notes; Carpathian Alps). — Hochhuth, 1849: 185 ( Platystethus ; characters). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 735 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria). — Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 427 ( Platystethus ; France). — Hardy, 1851: 50 ( Platystethus ; notes; England). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 608 ( Platystethus ; characters; France). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 231 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria). — Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany). — Thomson, 1859: 43 (type species of Pyctocraerus ). — Thomson, 1861: 126 ( Pyctocraerus ; characters; Scandinavia). — Hochhuth, 1862: 91 ( Platystethus ; Russia). — Fauvel, 1865a: 311 [= 1865b: 61] ( Platystethus ; habitat; France). — Fauvel, 1872: 179 [= 1873: 21] ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 251 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria). — Solsky, 1874: 203 ( Platystethus ; characters; Turkestan). — Seidlitz, 1875: 246 ( Platystethus ; characters; Baltic region). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 458 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pyctocraerus ; characters; France). — Fowler, 1888: 374 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1106 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

pallidipennis Panzer, 1795: 358 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Germania). — Panzer, 1796c: 16 ( Staphylinus ; [Note: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 cited Panzer, 1796 as the original reference but Panzer cited the species in his earlier 1795 article]; characters; illustration). — Gravenhorst, 1802: 109 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of morsitans Paykull ). — Latreille, 1804: 364 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of trilobus Olivier ). — Panzer, 1808: 22 ( Staphylinus ; synonym of morsitans ). — Gyllenhal, 1810: 451 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of morsitans Paykull ).

— Stephens, 1834: 314 ( Platystethus ; characters; England). — Heer, 1839: 207 ( Platystethus ; characters; Switzerland). — Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Hardy, 1851: 50 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

trilobus Olivier, 1795 :(42): 20 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Paris).

— Gravenhorst, 1802: 109 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of morsitans Paykull ).

— Marsham, 1802: 507 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Britain).

— Latreille, 1804: 364 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 451 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of morsitans Paykull ).

— Olivier, 1811: 615 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Europe).

— Curtis, 1829: 30 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Britain).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 411 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Stephens, 1834: 312 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1839a: 586 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Hardy, 1851: 50 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 608 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 179 [= 1873: 21] ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 459 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

mordax C. Sahlberg, 1832: 411 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Helsingforsiae; Yläne).

— Runde, 1835: 19 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

brunnipennis Stephens, 1834: 313 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: near London).

— Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 50 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

foveatus Stephens, 1834: 313 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: London ; Suffolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

immunis Stephens, 1834: 313 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Suffolk; Norfolk; New Forest). — Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

caliginosus Stephens, 1834: 314 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: London).

— Stephens, 1839: 418 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 29 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

striolatus Lacordaire, 1835: 460 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Paris).

— Erichson, 1839a: 586 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 459 ( Platystethus ; synonym of morsitans ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 630 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 122 ( Platystethus ; synonym of arenarius ).

argus Kascheev, 1989: 288 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Type locality: Khuougud’skii Aimak: 5 km Z Shargi).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mongolia.

armatus Sachse, 1852: 146 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Vorgeb. d. g. Hoffnung).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Lesotho.

natalensis Bernhauer, 1934 h: 492 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Natal: Drakensberg;

Van Reenen, 5500–6500 feet).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 74 ( Platystethus ; variety of armatus ; South Africa; Basutoland).

asphaltinus Waltl, 1838 , see: nodifrons Mannerheim, 1830 .

brevipennis Baudi, 1857: 112 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Sardinia).

— Solsky, 1867: 84 ( Platystethus ; notes; Russia).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 84 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; Italy; Greece; Cyprus; Turkey).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Russia.

brunnipennis Stephens, 1834 , see: arenarius Geoffroy, 1785 .

burlei Brisout, 1861: 597 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: environs de Gap).

— Fauvel, 1872: 184 [= 1873: 26] ( Platystethus ; characters; France; Spain).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 482 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 633 ( Platystethus ; characters; French Alps; Spain).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Fiori, 1915: 7 ( Platystethus ; Italy).

— Portevin, 1929: 415 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 87 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; France; Italy; Spain).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Outerelo, 1980a: 54 ( Platystethus ; Spain).

— Sparacio, 1995: 145 ( Platystethus ; characters; notes; Sicily).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain, France, Italy.

constrictus Scriba, 1868: 157 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Andalusien).

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Platystethus ; synonym of burlei ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 184 [= 1873: 26] ( Platystethus ; synonym of burlei ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 483 ( Platystethus ; synonym of burlei ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 633 ( Platystethus ; synonym of burlei ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; synonym of burlei ).

caliginosus Stephens, 1834 , see: arenarius Geoffroy, 1785 .

cameroni Herman, 2001: 42 ( Platystethus ; replacement name for longicornis Cameron ).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

longicornis Cameron, 1942: 108 ( Platystethus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum).

— Herman, 1970: 402, 403 ( Platystethus ).

capito Heer, 1839: 208 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Genf).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 126 ( Platystethus ; notes; Algeria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 608 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 842 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Peyron, 1858: 433 ( Platystethus ; Turkey).

— Fauvel, 1872: 182 [= 1873: 24] ( Platystethus ; characters; France; Russia; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; Corsica).

— Solsky, 1874: 204 ( Platystethus ; characters; Turkestan).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 246 ( Platystethus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 174 ( Platystethus ; Finland).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 472 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 96 [= 1886a: 88] ( Platystethus ; notes; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 375 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

— Eppelsheim, 1892: 341 ( Platystethus ; Turkestan).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; characters; middle Europe; Finland; Italy; Corsica).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 68 ( Platystethus ; Algeria; Tunisia).

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

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

— Reitter, 1909: 169 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1926: 118 ( Platystethus ; Corsica).

— Guilleaume, Fagel, and Vreurick, 1928: 155 ( Platystethus ; Belgium).

— Portevin, 1929: 415 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 332 ( Platystethus ; cave species; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 85 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; Turkestan; Transcaspian region).

— Palm, 1961a: 40 ( Platystethus ; characters; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 245 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; southern and central Europe; Mediterranean region; Transcaspian region; Turkestan; Poland; Russia; Finland; France; Belgium; Germany; Austria; Denmark; Norway; Sweden).

— Lohse, 1964: 88 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; characters; central Europe).

— Coiffait, 1966b: 340 ( Platystethus ; Sahara).

— Smetana, 1967e: 319 ( Platystethus ; Turkey).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Hammond, 1971a: 94, 100 ( Platystethus ; characters; notes; Britain).

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

— Coiffait, 1978d: 166 ( Platystethus ; Turkey).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Platystethus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; France; Benelux).

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

— Assing, 1994a: 11, 23 ( Platystethus ; wing length; xerothermous sites; Germany).

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

— Assing, 2001: 75 ( Platystethus ; collected from xerothermous site; Germany).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan.

cribricollis Baudi, 1848: 145 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Pedemontio).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 608 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 843 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 472 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

pilosellus Wankowicz, 1869: 419 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: environs de Minsk).

— Fauvel, 1872: 182 [= 1873: 24] ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 472 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

— Fowler, 1888: 375 ( Platystethus ; synonym of capito ).

carcareus † Scudder, 1900: 75 ( Platystethus ; fossil; Type locality: Florissant , Colorado) .

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Platystethus ; catalog; Miocene; Colorado).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

cassagnaui Coiffait, 1984: 152 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Nepal: Forêt de Reimtek , 2100 m). - DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

cephalotes Eppelsheim, 1878 , see: laevis Märkel and Kiesenwetter, 1848 .

constrictus Scriba, 1868 , see: burlei Brisout, 1861 .

corniculatus Coiffait, 1968a: 137 , 145 ( Platystethus , cited as Platystehus; Type locality: Tchad: Ennedi, mare de Damas, 1120 m).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Chad.

cornutus Gravenhorst, 1802: 109 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Not cited, but presumably Brunsvigae ).

— Latreille, 1804: 365 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France; Germany).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 195 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Olivier, 1811: 615 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Zetterstedt, 1828: 94 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Lapland).

— Curtis, 1829: 30 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Britain).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 46 ( Platystethus ; Russia).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 460 ( Platystethus ; Russia).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 410 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Stephens, 1834: 311 ( Platystethus ; characters; England).

— Runde, 1835: 19 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 459 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Zetterstedt, 1838: 73 ( Oxytelus ; characters; habitat; Lapland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 586 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 207 ( Platystethus ; characters; Switzerland).

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

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; characters; Europe; Syria).

— Laporte, 1840: 189 ( Platystethus ; characters; Sweden; Germany; France).

— Kolenati, 1846: 26 ( Platystethus ; Tanain; Caucasus; Transcaucasia; Persia).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 126 ( Platystethus ; notes; Algeria).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 186 ( Platystethus ; characters; Caucasus).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 735 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria).

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 427 ( Platystethus ; France).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 607 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 231 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 841 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Peyron, 1858: 432 ( Platystethus ; Turkey).

— Thomson, 1859: 43 (type species of Platystethus ).

— Thomson, 1861: 122 ( Platystethus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 91 ( Platystethus ; Russia).

— Wollaston, 1864: 595 ( Platystethus ; notes; Canary Islands).

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

— Wollaston, 1865: 514 ( Platystethus ; notes; Madeira Islands; Canary Islands).

— Fauvel, 1872: 180 [= 1873: 22] ( Platystethus ; characters; France; Europe; Cyprus; Caramania; central Asia; Iran; Caucasus; Syria; Egypt; North Africa; Madeira).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 124 [= 1873c: 17] ( Platystethus ; Siberia; Georgia).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 251 ( Platystethus ; characters; Austria).

— Solsky, 1874: 202 ( Platystethus ; characters; Turkestan).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 246 ( Platystethus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 174 ( Platystethus ; Finland).

— Fauvel, 1886: 23 [= 1886a: 15] ( Platystethus ; North Africa).

— Fowler, 1888: 374 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; characters; Palaearctic region).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 67 ( Platystethus ; Barbary; Egypt; Madeira; Canaries).

— Fauvel, 1903: 151 ( Platystethus ; Coonoor).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Platystethus ; Nilghiris; Annam; Burma; Palaearctic region; Japan; Canary Islands).

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

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

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

— Reitter, 1909: 168 ( Platystethus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 415 ( Platystethus ; characters; France).

— Johansen, 1914: 551 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; characters; Denmark).

— Scheerpeltz, 1929b: 213 ( Platystethus ; notes; Palestine).

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

— Gridelli, 1930: 65 ( Platystethus ; Libya).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 48 ( Platystethus ; Egypt).

— Gridelli, 1934: 72 ( Platystethus ; Karakoram region).

— Aleksandrov, 1934: 150 (Platysethus; China).

— C. Koch, 1941: 55 ( Platystethus ; Morocco).

— Bernhauer, 1942c: 350 ( Platystethus ; Madeira).

— Pierre, 1944 ( Platystethus ; larval characters; notes on natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 83 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; type species of subgenus Platystethus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956c: 1094 ( Platystethus ; Cyprus).

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

— Palm, 1961a: 38 ( Platystethus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Finland).

— Smetana, 1963b: 32 ( Platystethus ; Madeira).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963b: 427 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Egypt).

— Horion, 1963: 245 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Madeira; Canaries; Morocco; Egypt; Cyprus; eastern Russia; Japan; Denmark; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Russia; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 88 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; characters; central Europe).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 60 ( Platystethus ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 394 ( Platystethus ; Sicily).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 497 ( Platystethus ; Sicily).

— Smetana, 1965e: 168 ( Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Pototskaia, 1965: 879 ( Platystethus ; larval description).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 30 ( Platystethus ; larval characters).

— Smetana, 1967e: 319 ( Platystethus ; Turkey).

— Smetana, 1968: 236 ( Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Shamsuddin, Al-Hafidh, and Al-Adhami, 1967 ( Craetopycrus ; larval, pupal, and adult characters; biological notes; associated mites; Iraq).

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

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 119 ( Platystethus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1971a: 95, 106 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

— Jarrige, 1971: 500 ( Platystethus ; Iran).

— Ashworth, 1972: 215 ( Platystethus ; late-glacial subfossil; Britain).

— Coiffait, 1974a: 198 ( Platystethus ; Siberia).

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

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

— Smetana 1975c: 166 ( Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Lohse, 1979: 85 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1981e: 350 ( Platystethus ; Baltistan).

— Frank, 1982: 15 ( Platystethus ; list of parasites).

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

— Coiffait, 1984e: 374 ( Platystethus ; Nepal).

— Coiffait, 1986: 394 ( Platystethus ; Saudi Arabia).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Platystethus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 287 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 134 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Staniec, 1993 ( Platystethus ; morphology of eggs, larvae, pupa, adult; bionomics; ecology).

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

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

— Hu and Frank, 1995 ( Platystethus ; Nebraska; Ohio [Note: Misidentification of degener according to Moore, 1979: 32]).

— Kashcheev, 1999c: 14 ( Platystethus ; characters in key).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 38 ( Platystethus ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Kashcheev, 1999: 156 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Kashcheev, 1999a: 57 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Kazakhstan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Georgia, Russia, Mongolia, Madeira, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, “Turkestan”, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan.

scybalarius Runde, 1835: 19 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Halae).

— Erichson, 1839a: 586 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Erichson, 1840: 782 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 126 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 735 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 841 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 465 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 265 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

maxillosus Peyron, 1858: 432 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Not cited, presumably Tarsous ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 181 [= 1873: 23] ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 374 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 265 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

pallidipennis Bernhauer, 1906: 124 ( Platystethus ; [preoccupied]; race of cornutus ; Type locality: transkaspisches Gebiet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; variety of cornutus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; variety of cornutus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 83 ( Platystethus ; aberration of cornutus ; characters in key; Turkestan; Transcaspian region).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960b: 68 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; variety of cornutus ; Afghanistan; Iran; Turkestan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963: 7 ( Platystethus ; subspecies of cornutus ; Afghanistan).

— Coiffait, 1970d: 144 (Platystetnus; subspecies of cornutus ; Uzbekistan).

nigripennis Gridelli, 1934: 72 ( Platystethus ; aberration of cornutus ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Valle Indo: Skardu; Cachemir: Srinagar).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 83 ( Platystethus ; aberration of cornutus ; characters in key; Karakorum;

crassicornis Motschulsky, 1857a: 506 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Kraatz, 1859: 171 ( Platystethus ).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Platystethus ; Nilghiris; Burma; Sumatra).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 80 (Platystetnus; Java; Sumatra; Burma; India).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1922c: 223 ( Platystethus ; Formosa).

— Cameron, 1928d: 106 ( Platystethus ; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1930: 269 ( Platystethus ; characters; India; Ceylon; Perak).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1936a: 33 ( Platystethus ; Java).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 119 ( Platystethus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1975: 147, 148 ( Platystethus ; notes; characters; Ceylon).

— Hammond, 1984: 200 ( Platystethus ; Borneo).

— Biswas and Biswas, 1985: 144 ( Platystethus ; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Borneo, Indonesia, Taiwan.

robustus Cameron, 1918a: 102 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: India: Nilgiri Hills ).

— Cameron, 1930: 269 ( Platystethus ; synonym of crassicornis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; synonym of crassicornis ).

— Hammond, 1975: 148 ( Platystethus ; synonym of crassicornis ).

indicus Cameron, 1930: 267 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Dehra Dun).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1108 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 119 ( Platystethus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Hammond, 1975: 148 ( Platystethus ; synonym of crassicornis ).

sutteri Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 226 , 243 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Type locality: Flores: Moni bei Wolowaru).

— Herman, 1970: 403 ( Platystethus ).

— Hammond, 1975: 148 ( Platystethus ; synonym of crassicornis ).

crassus Fauvel, 1904b: 106 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Bolivie: Pays des Yuracaris ).

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

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

cribricollis Baudi, 1848 , see: capito Heer, 1839 .

debilis Hochhuth, 1872 , see: nitens C. Sahlberg, 1832 .

degener Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 468 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 631 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 265 ( Platystethus ; synonym of cornutus ).

— Hammond, 1971a: 95, 108 ( Platystethus ; valid species; characters; notes; England; Ireland; northern and central Europe; Mediterranean region; Asia Minor; Madeira; Canaries; India).

— Moore and Legner, 1971a: 262 ( Platystethus ; [Note: Misidentified as cornutus according to Moore, 1979: 32]; characters; Nebraska).

— Moore, 1976b ( Platystethus ; [Note: Misidentified as cornutus according to Moore, 1979: 32]; Ohio).

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

— Moore, 1979: 32 ( Platystethus ; characters; Nebraska; Ohio; Wisconsin).

— Lohse, 1979: 85 ( Platystethus ; characters).

— Schülke and Uhlig, 1988: 5 ( Platystethus ; notes; Germany).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 134 ( Platystethus ; notes; Czechoslovakia).

— Haghebaert, Bruge, and Drugmand, 1990: 37 ( Platystethus ; characters; Belgium).

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 33 ( Platystethus ; characters; Britain).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 12 ( Platystethus ; Italy). — Assing, 1998e: 140 ( Platystethus ; Canary Islands).

— Assing and Wunderle, 2001: 36 ( Platystethus ; Cyprus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canary Islands, Europe, Turkey, India, USA.

depravatus Eppelsheim, 1892: 341 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Taschkent).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1936: 2 ( Platystethus ; Mongolia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 84 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; Turkestan; Transcaspian region).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uzbekistan, Mongolia.

dilutipennis Cameron, 1914: 527 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: S. India: Nilgiri Hills ,

3500 feet).

— Cameron, 1930: 266 ( Platystethus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

ebneri Scheerpeltz, 1929b: 213 , 222 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Beskinta im mittleren Libanon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1107 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1955: 87 ( Platystethus ; characters in key; Lebanon).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Lebanon.

exiguus Jacquelin du Val, 1857 , see: spiculus Erichson, 1840 .

fallax Lynch, 1884: 360 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Pycnocraerus ; Type locality: Provincia Bonaerensi [Baradero, Chacabuco, Chascomus, Buenos Aires]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 123 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Frank, 1982: 15 ( Platystethus ; list of parasites).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

flavipennis Luze, 1904 , see: spinosus Erichson, 1840 .

forsteri Scheerpeltz, 1960c: 76 ( Platystethus ; subgenus Platystethus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Titicacasee, Huatajata, 4000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

fossor Wollaston, 1854 , see: spinosus Erichson, 1840 .

foveatus Stephens, 1834 , see: arenarius Geoffroy, 1785 .

freyi Ihssen, 1939 , see: laevis Märkel and Kiesenwetter, 1848 .

immunis Stephens, 1834 , see: arenarius Geoffroy, 1785 .

indicus Cameron, 1930 , see: crassicornis Motschulsky, 1857 .

japonicus Bernhauer, 1907: 374 ( Aploderus , cited as Haploderus ; Type locality: Kanagawa; Takakiyama).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 109 ( Aploderus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

— Kashcheev, 1999c: 13 ( Aploderus ; characters in key).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

javanus Cameron, 1936a: 33 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Java: Bandoeng, Preanger ;

Zuid Banjoemas).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

laesicollis Lokay, 1919: 21 ( Platystethus ; Type locality: Bukenji , Japan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1108 ( Platystethus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 402 ( Platystethus ).