Bledius larseni, V. Hansen, 1940

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

larseni V. Hansen, 1940 , see: pallipes Gravenhorst, 1806 .

lateralis Erichson, 1840: 766 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Puerto Cabello in Columbia [ Venezuela]).

— Fauvel, 1891: 91 ( Bledius ; Venezuela).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 131 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Frank, 1985a: 481 ( Bledius ; captured with Clivina oblita and Schizogenius impressicollis ; Venezuela).

— Herman, 1986: 175, 314 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Mexico.

lateripennis Bernhauer, 1934 h: 494 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality:

South Africa: Pondoland: Port St. Johns).

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

— Cameron, 1952d: 823 ( Bledius ; Mauritania).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 80 ( Bledius ; South Africa; Basutoland; South West Africa).

— Herman, 1986: 248, 314 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania, Sudan, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho.

laticollis LeConte, 1877: 227 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: San Diego, California; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]. Also cited from Los Angeles, California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 131 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 101 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 67, 119, 126 ( Bledius ; annularis group; lectotype designation: San Diego, California; characters; natural history; Baja California; California; Oregon; Washington).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 314 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, Mexico.

latior Bernhauer, 1943b: 280 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Congo: Boma).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 249, 315 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

lativentris Jansson, 1928: 214 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Lappland: Abisko ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

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

— Palm, 1961a: 51 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Norway; Finland).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 315 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Norway, Sweden, Finland.

latus Bernhauer, 1928b: 9 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Transcaspien, Tschardshui).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 250, 315 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: “Transcaspian region”.

leai Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; replacement name for parvulus Lea ).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 157, 315 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; catalog).

parvulus Lea, 1910: 124 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: W. Australia: Beverley , Pinjarrah).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; synonym of leai ).

lecontei Duvivier, 1883 , see: phytosinus LeConte, 1877 .

lecontei Sharp, 1887 , see: jacobinus LeConte, 1877 .

lecontei Bernhauer, 1905 , see: fenyesi Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911 .

lectus Casey, 1889 , see: opacifrons LeConte, 1877 .

lepineyi Scheerpeltz, 1934a: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Sudan: Sokolo, Cle de Macina).

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

— Coiffait, 1968a: 138 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Chad).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 250, 315 ( Bledius ; verres group; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Senegal.

limbatus Hochhuth, 1872: 158 ( Bledius ; cited as limbalus ; Type locality: Dnepr River).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 131 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1968: 294, 296 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; emended from limbalus to limbatus ; characters).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 718 ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 184, 315 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Poland, Russia.

limicola Tottenham, 1940b: 38 ( Bledius ; Type locality: England: Highcliffe ).

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

— Tottenham, 1954: 51 ( Bledius ; synonym of germanicus ).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 134, 315 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; valid species; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tunisia, Europe, “Transcaspian region”, Turkey, Iraq, Mongolia. germanicus H. Wagner, 1935: 109 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; subspecies of spectabilis ; Type locality: Germany).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 37 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; characters; Transcaspian region). — L. Benick, 1939a: 25–26 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; characters; Germany; Austria; Transcaspian region; Tunisia).

— Tottenham, 1954: 51 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Steel, 1955: 240 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Horion, 1963: 256 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; Europe).

— Lohse, 1964: 91 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1965e: 168 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; Mongolia).

— Smetana, 1967e: 322 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; Turkey).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 31 ( Bledius ; synonym of spectabilis ).

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

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; cited as valid species; Britain).

— Lohse, 1978: 13 ( Bledius ; race of spectabilis ; characters).

— Allen, 1984a: 44 ( Bledius ; collected at light; England).

— V. Hansen and Mahler, 1985: 6 ( Bledius ; cited as valid species; characters; Denmark).

— Herman, 1986: 315 ( Bledius ; synonym of limicola ).

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

— Wright, 1990: 226 ( Bledius ; inland record in England).

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

— Plant, 1996: 92 ( Bledius ; notes; inland record; Britain).

— Raitschev, 1997a: 100 ( Bledius ; notes; Bulgaria).

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Bledius ; cited as valid species; collecting sites; Ireland).

lindbergianus Scheerpeltz, 1963: 8 , 24 ( Bledius ; subgenus Belidus ; Type locality: Afghanistan: Dilaram; [Note: See lectotype designation by Gusarov, 1997]).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 223, 315 ( Bledius ; angustus group; distribution; catalog).

— Kashcheev, 1988: 37 ( Bledius ; subgenus Belidus ; characters).

— Gusarov, 1997: 281 ( Bledius ; subgenus Belidus ; lectotype designation; specimens identified as angustus from Yemen, Iran, Iraq and Egypt may be lindbergianus ; Oman; Saudi Arabia; Turkmenistan; Tajikistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.

vlasovi Kashcheev, 1988: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Belidus ; Type locality: Turkmeniia, Firiuzinskoe ushchel’e).

— Gusarov, 1997: 281 ( Bledius ; synonym of lindbergianus ).

reitteri Kashcheev, 1988: 35 ( Bledius ; subgenus Belidus ; Type locality: Turkmeniia, Molla-Kara).

— Gusarov, 1997: 281 ( Bledius ; synonym of lindbergianus ).

litoreus Herman, 1972: 129 ( Microbledius ; Type locality: Florida: Passe Grille ).

— Herman, 1986: 210, 315 ( Bledius ; forcipatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

littoralis Heer, 1839: 209 ( Bledius ; [Note: This name is often spelled with one “t” but Heer used two]; Type locality: Switzerland: Geneva, Arve River; Bevers, Inn River ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 603 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 822 ( Bledius ; synonym of aquarius ).

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

— Fauvel, 1872: 204 [= 1873: 46] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; Austria; Siberia).

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

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 578 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 617 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; cited as litoralis ; characters; Pyrenees; Alps; east Siberia).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ; subgenus Blediodes ; Germany).

— Poppius, 1909: 10 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; notes).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 131 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ; catalog).

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

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

— Krogerus, 1925 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

— Portevin, 1929: 411 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ; catalog).

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

— A. Strand, 1946a: 238 ( Bledius ; distribution).

— Palm, 1961a: 62 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ; characters).

— Horion, 1963: 260 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; east Siberia; Lena region; Finland; Norway; Austria; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; France).

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

— Andersen, 1968 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

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

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ).

— Andersen, 1983: 421, 429 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Herman, 1986: 193, 315 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; cited as litoralis ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Austria; Switzerland).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 293 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; cited as litoralis ; Mongolia).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Mongolia.

aquarius Erichson, 1840: 766 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Geneva).

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

— Heer, 1841: 575 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 822 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1872: 204 [= 1873: 46] ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 578 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 617 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 315 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

lugubris Poppius, 1909: 10 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; variety of littoralis ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Alluvial-Inseln an der Aldan-Mündugn; Inseln zwischen Tscheremyi-haja und der Insel Agrafena).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; variety of littoralis ).

— Herman, 1986: 315 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

vulneratus Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; variety of littoralis ; type locality: Not cited).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; variety of littoralis ).

— Herman, 1986: 315 ( Bledius ; synonym of littoralis ).

lividipes Fairmaire, 1892 , see: orientalis Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911 .

lividipes Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 445 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Chile: Quillota ).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 24 [= 1868: 29] ( Bledius ; characters; Chile).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 425 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Chile).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1972: 14 ( Bledius ; Argentina).

— Saiz, 1973: 230 ( Bledius ; characters; Chile).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 315 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Chile.

loeffleri Coiffait, 1973: 121 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Iran: Province de Kerman).

— Herman, 1986: 151, 316 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iran.

longipennis Mäklin, 1852: 318 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sitka Island ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 104 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 95 ( Bledius ; species unknown; discussion).

— Herman, 1986: 283, 316 ( Bledius ; incertae sedis; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

longulus Erichson, 1839a: 579 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mark Brandenburg).

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

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 603 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

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

— Fauvel, 1872: 207 [= 1873: 49] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy).

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

— 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: 173 ( Bledius ; Finland).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 588 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 619 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe).

— Stierlin, 1900: 394 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bargus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 91 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

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

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

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

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

— Portevin, 1929: 413 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1117 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— L. Benick, 1937a: 74–75 ( Bledius ; taxonomic notes).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 131 ( Bledius ; notes; Bosnia).

— Lengerken, 1939: 131–136 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

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

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

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

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

— Palm, 1961a: 51 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 268 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Britain; Holland; Belgium; France; Switzerland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Romania; Spain; Italy; Dalmatia; Bosnia; Germany; Austria).

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

— Andersen, 1968 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

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

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

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

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 194, 316 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

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

— Dauphin, Laguerre, Tamisier, and Teissier, 1997: 20 ( Bledius ; France).

— Staniec, 1999b: 46 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

ruficornis Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 597 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Lyon, inondations du Rhone).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 619 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

nigripennis Bernhauer, 1910b: 256 ( Bledius ; aberration of longulus ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Steyr in Grünburg).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; variety of longulus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; aberration of longulus ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

nigripennis Gabriel, 1929: 8 ( Bledius ; aberration of longulus , cited as bongulus; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Nassfeld near Gastein).

— Roubal, 1933b: 189 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus nigripennis Bernhauer ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

pflaundleri L. Benick, 1937a: 74 ( Bledius ; variety of longulus ; Type locality: Germany).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of longulus ).

louwerensi Cameron, 1938b: 148 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: E. Java:

Res. Kediri, Pandan Aroem, Samberbajem).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 250, 316 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

lucens Cameron, 1940b: 184 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: China: Shanghai).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 164, 316 ( Bledius ; kosempoensis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

lucidulus Cameron, 1929b: 445 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Pulo Condore).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 226 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Sumba).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 251, 316 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Con Son , Indonesia.

lucidus Sharp, 1874: 90 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Japan: Tomatzu , Nagasaki. China).

— Fauvel, 1903: 152 ( Bledius ; Mahe; Burma; Siam; Indochina; China; Japon; Borneo; Engano; Java; Sumbawa; Madagascar; Australia).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Bledius ; Kurachee; Burma; Thailand; Annam; Tonkin; China; Japan; Indochina; Borneo; Engano Island; Java; Sumbawa; Australia; Madagascar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1920: 6 ( Bledius ; Australia).

— Bernhauer, 1922a: 149 ( Bledius ; Cambodia).

— Bernhauer, 1922c: 225 ( Bledius ; characters; Formosa).

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

— Bernhauer, 1926f: 313 ( Bledius ; Buru).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1929a: 116 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; notes; China).

— Cameron, 1930: 279 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; India; Assam).

— Cameron, 1930b: 186 ( Bledius ; British North Borneo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 226 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Sumba).

— Last, 1961: 305 ( Bledius ; Thailand).

— Watanabe, 1961: 350 ( Bledius ; Izu Islands).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

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

— Shibata, 1973c: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Taiwan).

— Shibata, 1976: 136 ( Bledius ; Japan).

— Herman, 1986: 161, 316 ( Bledius ; lucidus group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 19 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; India).

— J. Li, 1993: 22 ( Bledius ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Congo, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, China, Japan.

capitalis Fauvel, 1877: 204 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Australia: Queensland, Port Denison). — Fauvel, 1903: 152 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 279 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 226 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 19 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

fischeri Bernhauer, 1903a: 35 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sumatra).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 279 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 226 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 19 ( Bledius ; synonym of lucidus ).

lugubris Poppius, 1909 , see: littoralis Heer, 1839 .

lugubris Fauvel, 1904e: 305 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Baie de Saint-Augustin).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 220, 316 ( Bledius ; lugubris group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

luteipennis LeConte, 1877 , see: suturalis LeConte, 1863 .

macrothorax Kashcheev, 1991, see: naja C. Koch, 1938 .

maculipennis Solier, 1849: 332 ( Teropalpus ; Type locality: las bajas cordilleras de Coquimbo).

— Fairmaire and Germain, 1861 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 22 ( Bledius ; characters; Chile).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 427 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; Chile).

— Saiz, 1969a: 10 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Saiz, 1973: 230, 233 ( Bledius ; characters; Chile).

— Herman, 1986: 217, 316 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Chile.

irroratus Fauvel, 1864: 127 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Chile).

— Fauvel, 1868: 26 ( Bledius ; synonym of maculipennis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of maculipennis ).

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

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 427 ( Bledius ; synonym of maculipennis ).

— Herman, 1986: 316 ( Bledius ; synonym of maculipennis ).

madagascariensis Bernhauer, 1902: 169 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Madagaskar: Port Daufin). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 251, 316 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

magniceps Reitter, 1902 , see: Eppelsheimus.

maindroni Fauvel, 1903: 151 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mahe; Calicut).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 282 ( Bledius ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 217, 316 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 21 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

mandibularis Erichson, 1840: 765 ( Bledius ; Type locality: America septentrionalis).

— LeConte, 1877: 218, 219 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 133 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipennis ).

— Leng, 1920: 97 ( Bledius ; synonym of pallipennis ).

— Blackwelder, 1947: 119 ( Bledius ; characters; valid species; natural history; synonyms;

Cayman Islands).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 191 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; characters; natural history; synonyms; Manitoba; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Kansas; Maryland; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Nebraska; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Bahamas; Little Cayman Island).

— Wheeler, Happ, Araujo, and Pasteels, 1972 ( Bledius ; chemical secretions).

— Happ and Happ, 1973 ( Bledius ; anatomy; histology of pygidial glands).

— Bellas, Brown, and Moore, 1974 ( Bledius ; defensive secretions).

— Herman, 1983: 138 ( Bledius ; Florida; Louisiana; Nebraska; New Mexico; Texas; Utah).

— Herman, 1986: 112, 317 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 452 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, West Indies.

brevidens LeConte, 1877: 219 ( Bledius ; mandibularis group; Type locality: New York; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Duvivier, 1883: 186.

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 127 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1947: 119 ( Bledius ; synonym of mandibularis ).

— Herman, 1972: 192, 199 ( Bledius ; synonym of mandibularis ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 317 ( Bledius ; synonym of mandibularis ).

mandibularis MacLeay, 1873 , see: austrinus Herman, 1970 .

marginalis Cameron, 1945c: 707 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality:

South Africa: Simon’s Town).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 252, 317 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

marinus Bernhauer, 1922b: 168 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Aldabra : Takamaka).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 134, 317 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands.

maritimus Bernhauer, 1923e: 176 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sudan: Port Sudan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 142, 317 ( Bledius ; furcatus group; distribution; catalog).

marusthanicus Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 4 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Type locality: India: Rajasthan: Phulera).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

mauretanicus Coiffait, 1966b: 349 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Mauritania: Trarza Gana).

— Herman, 1986: 252, 317 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania.

maxillosus Sperk, 1835 , see: Anotylus .

medialis Fall, 1910 , see: suturalis LeConte, 1863 .

medioitalica Focarile, 1964 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: nanus Erichson, 1840 .

mediterranus Lohse, 1978 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: bicornis Germar, 1823 . melanocephalus Say, 1823: 156 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Missouri River above confluence of Platte River).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 99 ( Bledius ; melanocephalus group; characters; natural history; Manitoba; Arkansas; Iowa; Montana; Nebraska; New Mexico; Oklahoma; South Dakota).

— Herman, 1983: 138 ( Bledius ; Arkansas; Michigan; Wisconsin).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 317 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

confinis Fall, 1910: 114 ( Bledius ; cordatus group; Type locality: Texas: El Paso; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1112 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 99 ( Bledius ; synonym of melanocephalus ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 317 ( Bledius ; synonym of melanocephalus ).

melanocolus Herman, 1983: 51 , 126 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California:

San Bernardino Co.: 30 miles ENE Redlands, South Fork Campground, Santa Ana River, 6300 feet).

— Herman, 1986: 194, 317 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

michaelseni Bernhauer, 1915 n: 313 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Pinguin-Insel, bei Lüderitzbucht).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 218, 317 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Namibia.

microcephalus Fauvel, 1901: 72 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Colombie).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 100 ( Bledius ; checklist).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 148 ( Psamathobledius ; characters; Colombia; Trinidad).

— Herman, 1983: 134 ( Psamathobledius ; Colombia).

— Herman, 1986: 218, 317 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, West Indies.

miles Bernhauer, 1909c: 232 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Argentinien: Buenos Aires).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1927e: 234 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Herman, 1972: 120 ( Microbledius ).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 210, 317 ( Bledius ; forcipatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

militaris Oke, 1933: 108 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Australia: Ringwood , Belgrave).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 317 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

minarzi Bernhauer, 1929 , see: tristis Aubé, 1843 .

minarzianus Bernhauer, 1943: 74 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality: Urals).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 175, 317 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

minax Blackburn, 1888a: 14 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Australia: 35 miles NW Port Lincoln).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 119, 317 ( Bledius ; minax group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

minicornis Kashcheev, 1988b: 38 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Type locality: Kazakhstan, poima r. Syrdar’i, okr. g. Shaul’dera).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

minniensis Herman, 1986: 125 , 125 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Armenia).

— Herman, 1986: 125, 317 ( Bledius ; minniensis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Armenia.

minor Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 634 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality:

Not cited, presumably France).

— Fauvel, 1890a: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of arenarius ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 126 ( Bledius ; synonym of arenarius ).

— Newbery, 1912: 64 ( Bledius ; synonym of fergussoni ).

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

— Porta, 1949: 139 ( Bledius ; synonym of devillei ).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 317 ( Bledius ; basalis group; name resurrected; distribution; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

devillei Bondroit, 1912c: 67 ( Bledius ; [Note: The name devillei Bondroit was proposed as a replacement name for minor Mulsant and Rey. Bondroit stated that minor had been used as a variety of fracticornis by Mulsant and Rey. Erichson (1840: 767), Fairmaire and Laboulbène (1856: 603), Jacquelin du Val (1868: 76), Fauvel (1872: 210) and Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 591 cited tricornis variety minor Gravenhorst (1806: 196)

as a synonym of fracticornis . There is no minor described by Gravenhorst in either his 1806 or 1802 works]; Type locality: Not cited, presumably France).

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

— Porta, 1926: 47 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

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

— Gridelli, 1936: 59 ( Bledius ; subspecies of doderoi ; characters; notes; Italy).

— Porta, 1949: 139 ( Bledius ; subspecies of doderoi ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 318 ( Bledius ; synonym of minor ).

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

doderoi Bondroit, 1912c: 66 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Cyclades).

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

— Gridelli, 1936: 59 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Porta, 1949: 139 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 305 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

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

gradensis Bernhauer, 1929 g: 183 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Italy: Grado; Monfalcone. Insel Rab: Arbe).

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

— Porta, 1934: 116 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Italy).

— Porta, 1949: 139 ( Bledius ; synonym of devillei ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 312 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

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

minor Bernhauer, 1920 , see: exiguus Scheerpeltz, 1933 .

minor Krogerus, 1925 , see: opacus Block, 1799 .

minusculus Motschulsky, 1861 , see: Carpelimus .

minutissimus Bernhauer, 1921d: 171 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Argentinien: Prov. Tucuman). — Bernhauer, 1927e: 232 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1972: 120 ( Microbledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 210, 318 ( Bledius ; forcipatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

minutus Bernhauer, 1920: 6 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Australia: Tolga ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 318 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

misellus Casey, 1889 , see: basalis LeConte, 1863 .

missionensis Hatch, 1957, see: gravidus Casey, 1889 .

mixtus Notman, 1922 , see: philadelphicus Fall, 1919 .

modestus Sharp, 1876: 396 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Brazil: Rio Madeira ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 318 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

monachus Bernhauer, 1914 , see: verres Erichson, 1840 .

monachus Cameron, 1930 , see: verres Erichson, 1840 .

mongolicus Kashcheev, 1989: 291 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Type locality: Mongoliia Vostochnyi aimak, 150 km vov Choibalsana).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mongolia.

monoceros Rosenhauer, 1856 , see: unicornis Germar, 1825 .

monstratus Casey, 1889a: 46 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: California:

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1936a: 60 ( Bledius ; illustration).

— Hatch, 1957: 105 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; cited as monstrosus ; characters; Washington; Oregon).

— Herman, 1976: 140 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; natural history; British Columbia; California; Oregon; Washington).

— Moore, 1978a ( Bledius ; collecting notes; habitat; distribution; California).

— Herman, 1983: 120, 138 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; California; Oregon) .

— Herman, 1986: 180, 318 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

— Topp and Ring, 1988: 2465, 2467 ( Bledius ; survival in salt water; British Columbia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

montanus Bernhauer, 1921 , see: curtipennis Bernhauer, 1921 .

monticola Casey, 1889a: 58 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California: Lake Tahoe, 6200 feet; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 79, 120, 126 ( Bledius ; annularis group; lectotype designation; characters; natural history; California).

— Herman, 1986: 194, 318 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

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

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 59 ( Bledius ; synonym of tibialis ).

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

— Fauvel, 1900f: 161 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

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

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; synonym of tibialis ).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Porta, 1934: 116 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Italy).

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

— Horion, 1963: 293 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Algeria; Tunisia; Spain; Portugal; France; Italy; Austria).

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

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

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 226, 318 ( Bledius ; tibialis group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe.

hispidulus Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 601 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Fontainebleau; Compiegne; la Teste; Arcachon).

— Fauvel, 1872: 199 ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Fauvel, 1873: 41 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 644 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 26 ( Bledius ; notes; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 625 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Switzerland; France; Spain; Portugal; Algeria).

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

— Fauvel, 1900f: 161 ( Bledius ; synonym of morio ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; synonym of morio ).

— Herman, 1986: 318 ( Bledius ; synonym of morio ).

morsei Scudder 1900 , see: Stenus .

muticus Sharp, 1876: 395 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Brazil: Rio Madeira ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 133 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 318 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

mysticus Fall, 1910: 111 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Washington; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]. Also cited from Kalispell, Montana).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 102 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 95, 120 ( Bledius ; annularis group; annularis complex; lectotype designation: Washington).

— Herman, 1986: 194, 318 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

naius Herman, 1983: 91 , 127 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Arizona: Santa Rita Mountains: Madera Canyon).

— Herman, 1986: 194, 318 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

naja C. Koch, 1938b: 39 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Turcmenien).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 151, 318 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

— Kashcheev, 1991: 113 [= 1992: 166] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; Turkmenia).

— Gusarov, 1992a: 777 [= 1993a: 64] ( Bledius ; synonymic notes).

— Gusarov, 1995a: 81 [= 1996: 44] ( Bledius ; characters; Turkmenia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan.

amplithorax Coiffait, 1985: 209 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Turkménie: Kouchka).

— Herman, 1986: 150, 296 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

— Kashcheev, 1991: 113 [= 1992: 166] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; Turkmenia).

— Gusarov, 1995a: 81 [= 1996: 44] ( Bledius ; synonym of naja ).

macrothorax Kashcheev, 1991: 109 [= 1992: 162] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Poima r. Cyrdar’i pos. Tselinnyi).

— Gusarov, 1992a: 777 [= 1993a: 64] ( Bledius ; synonym of naja ).

nanus Erichson, 1840: 773 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Austria).

— Fauvel, 1872: 203 ( Bledius ; synonym of atricapillus ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 605 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe).

— Stierlin, 1900: 393 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 91 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 126 ( Bledius ; variety of atricapillus ).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 66 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

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

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

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

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

— Brunier, 1931: 2–4 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1111, 1118 ( Bledius ; valid species; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 61 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— L. Benick, 1943: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters). — Smetana, 1959a: 201 ( Bledius ; Albania). — Palm, 1961a: 53 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark). — Horion, 1963: 272 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Denmark; Sweden; Holland; Belgium; France; Iberian Peninsula?; Italy; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Albania; Greece; Romania; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Russia; Germany; Austria). — Lohse, 1964: 96 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe). — Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 33 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 175, 318 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog). — Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy). — Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 36 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs). — Staniec, 1998 ( Bledius ; egg, larval, pupal, and adult characters; natural history; Poland). — Staniec, 1999b: 72 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland). — Staniec, 2000: 40 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs in key; Poland). - DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

medioitalicus Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; form of nanus ; [Note: Nomen nudum, published without characters (Articles 13.1.1, 15.2)]; cited from Lucania: Lido di Metaponto).

nardus Herman, 1983: 41 , 127 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Washington: Clallam Co.: 18 miles E. Clallam Bay, Deep Creek. Also cited from British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming). — Herman, 1986: 184, 319 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

naxius Bernhauer, 1940b: 626 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Greece: Naxos). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 151, 319 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog). — Kashcheev, 1991: 114 [= 1992: 167] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; central Asia). - DISTRIBUTION: Greece, “central Asia”.

nebulosus C. Koch, 1938 , see: tristis Aubé, 1843 .

nebulosus Casey, 1889a: 57 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Iowa; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 133 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 95, 120 ( Bledius ; annularis group; annularis complex; lectotype designation). — Herman, 1986: 194, 319 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: USA.

neglectus Casey, 1889a: 69 ( Bledius ; cordatus group; Type locality: Rhode Island; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 133 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1976: 90 ( Bledius ; basalis group; characters; natural history; Newfoundland; Nova Scotia ; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Georgia; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina). — Herman, 1983: 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation). — Herman, 1986: 202, 319 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 453 ( Bledius ; characters; USA). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

negrei Coiffait, 1970d: 147 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Ouzbekistan: Urgench).