Bledius sinuatocollis, Gerhardt, 1899

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

sinuatocollis Gerhardt, 1899 , see: opacus Block, 1799 .

sinuatus LeConte, 1877: 228 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Illinois; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]. Also cited from Canada).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 95, 119 ( Bledius ; annularis group; annularis complex; lectotype designation: Illinois).

— Herman, 1986: 196, 326 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 455 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

skrimshirii Curtis, 1826 , see: furcatus Olivier, 1811 .

soli † Scudder, 1900: 71 ( Bledius ; fossil; Type locality: Colorado: Florissant ) .

— Handlirsch, 1907: 728 ( Bledius ; catalog; Miocene; Colorado).

— Herman, 1986: 68, 69, 327 ( Bledius ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

somalianus Cameron, 1950a: 182 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Somalia:

Gai Mudugh Prov., 700 feet).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 263, 327 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Somalia.

sparsicollis C. Koch, 1938 , see: fontinalis Bernhauer, 1929 .

sparsior Bernhauer, 1929 , see: sauteri Bernhauer, 1922 .

speciosus † Heer, 1862: 46 ( Bledius ; Miocene Fossil; Type locality: Oeningen).

— Scudder, 1891: 474 ( Bledius ; catalog; Tortonian Horizon; Baden).

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Bledius ; catalog; Miocene; Germany).

— Herman, 1986: 69, 327 ( Bledius ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Germany.

spectabilis Kraatz, 1857d: 821 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Greece).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 600 ( Bledius ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 cited tricornis Fairmaire and Laboulbène as a synonym of spectabilis ; they did not describe the species as new, they attributed it to Herbst]; catalog).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 821 ( Bledius ; characters; Greece).

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

— Fauvel, 1865a: 309 [= 1865b: 59] ( Bledius ; variety of tricornis ).

— Rye, 1870a: 86 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Britain).

— Fauvel, 1872: 195 [= 1873: 37] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Italy; Greece; Ionian Islands; Cyprus; Caucasus; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; Hungary; Sardinia).

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

— Fauvel, 1876a: 58 [= 1876: 243] ( Bledius ; Turkey).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 559 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 25 [= 1886a: 17] ( Bledius ; Egypt).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 616 ( Bledius ; characters; central Europe; eastern Mediterranean region). — Fauvel, 1897d: 261 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt).

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

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 89 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 538 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Porta, 1926: 45 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters).

— Lengerken, 1929: 73 ( Bledius ; natural history; distribution).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Paulian, 1938a: 27, 31 ( Bledius ; larval characters; France).

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

— L. Benick, 1939a: 25–26 ( Bledius ; characters; Greece; Corsica; Naxos).

— Paulian, 1941: 170 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— West, 1942: 141, 635 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Paulian, 1942a: 62–72 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Paulian, 1943: 154, 207 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Normand, 1947a: 5 ( Bledius ; Tunisia).

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

— Larsen, 1952 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

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

— Bückmann, 1955: 79 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Lindroth, 1957: 179, 187, 205 ( Bledius ; natural history; distribution).

— Kocher, 1958: 106 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961: 2 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; Iran).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961h: 250 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Afghanistan).

— Palm, 1961a: 48 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark).

— Horion, 1963: 254 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Caspian and Black Seas; Mediterranean Sea from Turkey and Egypt to Spain and Morocco; Spain; Portugal; France; Belgium; Holland; Britain; Demark; Germany; Uzbekistan; Turkestan; Iran; Mesopotamia; Russia; Bulgaria; Austria).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 416 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Greece).

— Lohse, 1964: 92 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; central Europe).

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

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

— Pototskaia, 1967: 32 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— Smetana, 1967e: 321 ( Bledius ; notes; Turkey).

— Lipkow, 1968: 211 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 31 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Evans, Ruscoe, Treherne, 1971 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

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

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

— Bordoni, 1973j: 664 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

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

— Araujo, 1978: 221 ( Bledius ; defensive glands).

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

— Wyatt, 1982 ( Bledius ; natural history; Britain).

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

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

— Elliott, King, Fordy, 1983: 578 ( Bledius ; natural history; Britain).

— Dajoz, 1985: 61 ( Bledius ; defensive glands).

— V. Hansen and Mahler, 1985: 6 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Herman, 1986: 134, 327 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

— Wyatt, 1986 ( Bledius ; burrowing behavior).

— Wyatt and Foster, 1988 ( Bledius ; natural history; habitat delimitation; abundance).

— Wyatt and Foster, 1989 ( Bledius ; parental care; parasites).

— Wyatt and Foster, 1989a ( Bledius ; larval dispersal; predation).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 291 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Mongolia).

— Haghebaert, 1989a: 278 ( Bledius ; notes; Camargue).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 135 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Wyatt and Foster, 1991 ( Bledius ; function, size, shape, construction of burrows).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1993 ( Bledius ; antipredator function of pygidial gland secretions).

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

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

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995 ( Bledius ; abdominal gland secretion for defense; Germany).

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

— Steidle, 1995: 587 ( Bledius ; defensive secretions).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China.

frisius Lohse, 1978: 14 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; Type locality: Sylt, Ellenbogen). — Herman, 1986: 327 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 135 ( Bledius ; subspecies of spectabilis ; notes).

specularis Fall, 1910 , see: opacifrons LeConte, 1877 .

splendens Bernhauer, 1932a: 82 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Leopoldville).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 263, 327 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

stabilis Casey, 1889a: 61 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: Pennsylvania: Allegheny Co.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920: 17 ( Bledius ; New York).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 95, 120 ( Bledius ; annularis group; annularis complex; lectotype designation). — Herman, 1986: 196, 327 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 455 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

stephensii Westwood, 1827 , see: furcatus Olivier, 1811 .

strenuus Casey, 1889a: 44 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: California: San Francisco; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— LeConte, 1863a: 51, 52 ( Bledius ; cited as armatus Say ).

— LeConte, 1877: 221 ( Bledius ; cited as armatus Say ).

— Casey, 1889a: 43, 44, 45, 64 ( Bledius ; cited as armatus Say ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 105 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 144 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; natural history; Alberta; British Columbia; Saskatchewan; Baja California; Arizona; California; Colorado; Idaho; Indiana; Kansas; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oregon; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming).

— Herman, 1983: 120, 140 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Ontario; Saskatchewan; Chihuahua; California; Colorado; Idaho; Nebraska; Nevada; Oregon; South Dakota; Utah; Wisconsin; Wyoming) .

— Herman, 1986: 180, 327 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

furtivus Casey, 1889a: 45 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: Oregon: The Dalles; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

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

— Notman, 1922: 105.

— Hatch, 1957: 105 ( Bledius ; synonym of strenuus ).

— Herman, 1976: 144 ( Bledius ; synonym of strenuus ).

— Herman, 1983: 119 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 327 ( Bledius ; synonym of strenuus ).

arizonensis Fall, 1910: 103 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: Arizona: Flagstaff; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

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

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

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 144 ( Bledius ; synonym of strenuus ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 327 ( Bledius ; synonym of strenuus ).

strictus Fauvel, 1872: 211 [= 1873: 53] ( Bledius ; Type locality: Switzerland; Piemont ; Syria).

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 619 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Switzerland; Piemont; Syria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

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

— Bernhauer, 1936g: 238 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

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

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

— Horion, 1963: 269 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; France; Italy; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

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

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 196, 327 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Syria.

subniger O. Schneider, 1898: 62 ( Bledius ; variety of arenarius ; Type locality: Juist; Norderney; Wangeroog).

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

— Bondroit, 1912b: 450 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; variety of arenarius ).

— Gridelli, 1936: 57 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; England; France; Germany).

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

— Tottenham, 1954: 55 ( Bledius ; subgenus Cotysops ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Lohse, 1964: 98 ( Bledius ; subgenus Cotysops ; characters; central Europe).

— Hollander and van Etten, 1974 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

— Herman, 1986: 202, 328 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

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

— Haghebaert, Bruge, and Drugmand, 1990: 38 ( Bledius ; Belgium).

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Bledius ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Assing, Frisch, Kahlen, et al., 1998: 128 ( Bledius ; coast of Baltic Sea).

— Good, 1998: 75, 76 ( Bledius ; discussion of identity status; collecting notes; Ireland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

secerdendus Joy, 1911a: 269 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Dovercourt; Dawlish; Tresco, Scilly Isles; Cloghane, County Kerry). — Bondroit, 1912b: 450 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ). — Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ). — Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ).

secernendus Joy, 1912: 44 ( Bledius ; emendation of secerdendus Joy ). — Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; synonym of arenarius ). — Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of subniger ).

subnitidus Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 588 ( Bledius ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Pologne). - DISTRIBUTION: Poland.

subopacus Bernhauer, 1908c: 104 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Gr.-Namaland, Chamis, nördlich von Bethanien am Koankip; Okahandja). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Bernhauer, 1915n: 313 ( Bledius ; German Southwest Africa , Transvaal, French Congo). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 264, 328 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Madagascar, French Equatorial Africa, Angola, Namibia, South Africa.

subsinuatus Mulsant and Rey, 1878 , see: opacus Block, 1799 .

subterraneus Erichson, 1839a: 584 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mark Brandenburg). — Heer, 1839: 211 ( Bledius ; characters; Switzerland). — Erichson, 1840: 777 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany). — Hochhuth, 1849: 184 ( Bledius ; characters; Iberia). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 733 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria). — Hardy, 1851: 49 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; England). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 601 ( Bledius ; characters; France). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 228 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria). — Kraatz, 1857d: 823 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany). — Thomson, 1861: 119 ( Bledius ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 cited pallipes as a synonym of subterraneus ; Thomson did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst]; characters; Scandinavia). — Hochhuth, 1862: 86 ( Bledius ; Russia). — Schiødte, 1866: 150 ( Astycops ). — Thomson, 1867: 291 ( Bledius ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 cited pallipes as a synonym of subterraneus ; Thomson did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst]; notes). — Fauvel, 1872: 200 [= 1873: 42] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Scandinavia). — Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; characters; France; 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: 172 ( Bledius ; Finland). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 641 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France). — Fowler, 1888: 368 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain). — Seidlitz, 1891a: 381 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bargus ; characters). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 624 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe; Sweden; Finland). — Stierlin, 1900: 394 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bargus ; characters; Switzerland). — Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Germany).

— Poppius, 1909: 10 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 547 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

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

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

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

— Krogerus, 1925 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ).

— Bernhauer, 1926g: 2 ( Bledius ; Kamchatka region).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1936: 8–9 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— V. Hansen, 1940: 583 ( Bledius ; characters).

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

— A. Strand, 1946a: 241 ( Bledius ; distribution).

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

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

— Palm, 1961a: 63 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 289 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Transbaikal; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; Italy; Romania; Germany; Austria).

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

— Pototskaia, 1967: 33 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— Szujecki, 1968: 296 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; catalog).

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

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Frank, 1982: 12 ( Bledius ; list of parasites).

— Herman, 1986: 185, 328 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

— Wittwer, 1993: 249 ( Bledius ; Switzerland).

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995a ( Bledius ; defensive glands and secretions; phylogenetic discussion).

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

— Luff, 1996: 30 ( Bledius ; collecting notes; Isle of Man).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 36 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Staniec, 2000: 37 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland).

— Staniec, 2000a: 123 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group or subgenus Astycops ; characters of mature larva; Poland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

sulcicollis C. Koch, 1938 , see: dissimilis Erichson, 1840 .

suravius Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 10 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: India: West Bengal: Suravisthan, Badkulla, Nadia District).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

sus Aubé, 1850 , see: femoralis Gyllenhal, 1827 .

susae Herman, 1983: 98 , 129 ( Bledius ; aequatorialis group; Type locality: Texas: Aransas Co.: 4 miles S. Rockport, route 35).

— Herman, 1986: 123, 328 ( Bledius ; aequatorialis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

suturalis LeConte, 1863a: 54 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Arizona: Gila River; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — LeConte, 1877: 226, 231 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 53, 119, 129 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters; natural history; lectotype designation; Alberta; British Columbia; Northwest Territories; Ontario; Sasktachewan; Yukon Territory; Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Idaho; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming). — Herman, 1986: 196, 328 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 454 ( Bledius ; characters; USA). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

luteipennis LeConte, 1877: 227 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California: San Bernardino; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 132 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 53, 119 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; synonym of suturalis ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of suturalis ).

pleuralis LeConte, 1877: 229 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: San Bernardino, California; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]. Also cited from Stockton, California). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 134 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 53, 119 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation: San Bernardino, California; synonym of suturalis ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of suturalis ).

medialis Fall, 1910: 113 ( Bledius ; Type locality: British Columbia: Vancouver Island; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1118 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Hatch, 1957: 103 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 53, 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; synonym of suturalis ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of suturalis ).

oregonensis Hatch, 1957: 103 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Oregon: Condon. Also cited from Washington). — Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 53 ( Bledius ; synonym of suturalis ). — Herman, 1986: 328 ( Bledius ; synonym of suturalis ).

tallaci Fall, 1910: 106 ( Bledius ; Type locality: California: Lake Tahoe, Tallac; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Notman, 1920b: 697 ( Bledius ; characters). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1972: 221 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; California). — Herman, 1983: 121, 141 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; California). — Herman, 1986: 176, 328 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: USA.

talpa Gyllenhal, 1810: 448 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Sweden). — Germar, 1825: 3 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden). — Gyllenhal, 1827: 498 ( Oxytelus ). — Curtis, 1829: 29 ( Hesperophilus ). — Stephens, 1829: 292 ( Hesperophilus ; Britain). — Stephens, 1834: 311 ( Hesperophilus ; characters; Britain).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 ( Dicarenus ).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 409 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 458 ( Bledius ).

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

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

— Erichson, 1840: 777 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Germany; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 828 ( Bledius ; cited erroneously in Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 601 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 230 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 823 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Motschulsky, 1859: 491 ( Bledius ; Amur River).

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

— Motschulsky, 1860b: 119 ( Bledius ; Amur River).

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

— Hochhuth, 1862: 86 ( Bledius ).

— Schiødte, 1864: 124, tab. XII ( Bledius ; larva).

— Schiødte, 1866: 150 ( Astycops ).

— Thomson, 1867: 292 ( Astycops ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 200 [= 1873: 42] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Germany; Russia; Britain).

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

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

— Seidlitz, 1875: 251 ( Bledius ; characters; Baltic region).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 638 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 624 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Germany; Belgium; Sweden; Finland; Russia).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 546 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1122 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

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

— A. Strand, 1946a: 241 ( Bledius ; distribution).

— Smetana, 1960b: 258 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Palm, 1961a: 64 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 288 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Baltic States; Germany; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

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

— Pototskaia, 1967: 33 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

— Szujecki, 1968: 296 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 185, 328 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

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

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

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

— Allen, 2000: 270 ( Bledius ; presence in Britain discussed).

tarandus Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ; replacement name for divisus LeConte ).

— Herman, 1983: 35, 130 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters; natural history; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon Territory; Alaska; California; Colorado; Idaho; Michigan; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wyoming).

— Herman, 1986: 186, 329 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 454 ( Bledius ; characters; Canada; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

divisus LeConte, 1863a: 53 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Platte River Valley, Nebraska; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]. Also cited from Point Keweenaw, Lake Superior ).

— LeConte, 1877: 226, 229 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 104 ( Bledius ; cited as albonotatus ).

— Herman, 1983: 35, 118 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation: Platte River Valley, Nebraska; synonym of tarandus ).

— Herman, 1986: 329 ( Bledius ; synonym of tarandus ).

taruensis Cameron, 1920a: 144 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Pesawar, Taru).

— Cameron, 1930: 274 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 151, 329 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iraq, Pakistan, India.

tau LeConte, 1877: 230 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: New York; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 43, 119, 131 ( Bledius ; annularis group; lectotype designation; characters; natural history; Manitoba; Newfoundland; Nova Scotia ; Ontario; Quebec; Georgia; Indiana; Iowa; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin).

— Herman, 1986: 186, 329 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 454 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

taurus Germar, 1825 , see: furcatus Olivier, 1811 .

teestaius Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 16 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: India: Sikkim: Rangpo Teesta River bed).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

tenebricosus Scheerpeltz, 1974: 77 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Province: Franschhoek Bosreserve, Upper Berg River).

— Herman, 1986: 218, 329 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

tenenbaumi Bernhauer, 1936 g: 239 ( Bledius ; subspecies of rectangulus ; Type locality: Polen: Swider).

— Szujecki, 1968: 293, 294, 295, 296 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; elevated to species; characters).

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

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 186, 329 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Slovakia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Poland.

tenuiverres Scheerpeltz, 1974: 80 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Franschhoek Bosreserve, Upper Berg River).

— Herman, 1986: 264, 329 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Everts, 1914 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Johansen, 1914: 549 ( 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).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 130 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland; Sweden).

— V. Hansen, 1940: 583 ( Bledius ; characters).

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

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

— A. Strand, 1946a: 239 ( Bledius ; distribution).

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

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

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

— Horion, 1963: 263 ( Bledius ; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Denmark; Holland; Belgium; France; Poland; Russia; Czech Republic; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 92 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 196, 329 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

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

— Staniec, 2000: 39 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults; Poland).

— M. Hansen and Martin, 2000: 216 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation: Frederikshavn).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

campi Bondroit, 1907: 24 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Beverloo, Limbourg belge).

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

— Cameron, 1912b: 89–90 ( Bledius ; synonym of terebrans ).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 66 ( Bledius ; synonym of terebrans ).

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

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

— Herman, 1986: 329 ( Bledius ; synonym of terebrans ).

testaceipennis Lynch, 1884: 355 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Chacabuco).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1927e: 233 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 329 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

thinopus Herman, 1976: 86 ( Bledius ; basalis group; Type locality: Florida: Wakulla Co.:

10 miles south of Panacea, Alligator Point. Also cited from Alabama and Texas).

— Frank, 1985a: 481 ( Bledius ; captured with Dyschirius exochus ; Florida).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 329 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

tibialis Heer, 1839: 212 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Switzerland: Geneva, Arve River ).

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

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

— Kraatz, 1857d: 825 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

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

— Fauvel, 1872: 199 [= 1873: 41] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Caucasus).

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

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 647 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe; Italy; Caucasus).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 168 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

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

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Krogerus, 1928 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— West, 1942: 145, 635 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Smetana, 1959a: 201 ( Bledius ; Albania).

— Palm, 1961a: 64 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 292 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Caucasus; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; France; Switzerland; Italy; Slovenia; Bosnia; Albania; Slovakia; Germany; Austria).

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

— Sawada, 1966: 258 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Afghanistan).

— Szujecki, 1968: 296 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 226, 329 ( Bledius ; tibialis group; distribution; catalog).

— Ádám, 1987: 141 ( Astycops ; collecting notes; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 95 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Denmark; Sweden).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 295 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Mongolia).

— Boháč, 1993: 44 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; Slovakia).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Europe, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Mongolia. pubescens Kolenati, 1846: 25 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Caucasus: Elisabethopol; Karabagh). — Hochhuth, 1849: 185 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 825 ( Bledius ; synonym of tibialis ).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 647 ( Bledius ; synonym of tibialis ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1986: 330 ( Bledius ; synonym of tibialis ).

torsius Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 14 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: India: West Bengal: Hasimara, Jalpaiguri District).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

totius Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 12 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: India: West Bengal: Rajabhatkhawa, Jalpaiguri District).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

transcaspicus Bernhauer, 1913a: 220 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Transcaspien: Kuschk; Merw; Dortkuju).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Smetana, 1975c: 161 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

— Herman, 1986: 176, 330 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkmenistan, Mongolia.

transitus Fall, 1919 , see: gentilis Casey, 1889 .

transversemaculatus C. Koch, 1934: 52 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Egypt: El Wasfya; Ismailia).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 198, 330 ( Bledius ; debilis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Egypt.

transversus Cameron, 1930: 277 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Type locality: Dehra Dun). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 80 ( Bledius ; Nepal).

— Herman, 1986: 265, 330 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 9 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Nepal.

triangulum Baudi, 1848 , see: fossor Heer, 1839 .

tricornis Herbst, 1784: 149 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Germany: Berlin).

— Paykull, 1789: 51 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden).

— Gmelin, 1790: 2031 ( Staphylinus ; characters).

— Olivier, 1795:(42): 30 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France).

— Paykull, 1800: 396 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden).

— Turton, 1802: 516 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany).

— Gravenhorst, 1802: 109 ( Oxytelus ).

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

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 196 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 444 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden).

— Olivier, 1811: 616 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Burrell, 1812: 310–311 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Curtis, 1826: pl. 143 ( Bledius ; type species).

— Gyllenhal, 1827: 496 ( Oxytelus ).

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

— Guérin-Méneville, 1829: pl. 9, fig. 10 ( Bledius ; illustration).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 44 ( Bledius ; Sweden; Russia).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 458 ( Bledius ; Russia; Sweden).

— Stephens, 1834: 307 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 ( Dicarenus ).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 456 ( Bledius ).

— Runde, 1835: 17 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

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

— Erichson, 1839a: 578 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Stephens, 1839: 416 ( Bledius ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 763 ( Bledius ; characters; Europe).

— Laporte, 1840: 188 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 32 ( Oxytelus ; France).

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

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

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 600 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Kraatz, 1857d: 821 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1859: 42 ( Bledius ; type species of Bledius ).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 165 [= 1862: 149] ( Bledius ; synonym of nuchicornis ).

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

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

— Schiødte, 1866: 145 ( Bledius ).

— Thomson, 1867: 290 ( Bledius ).

— Redtenbacher, 1867: 31 ( Oxytelus ; China).

— Kraatz, 1868b: 346 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

— Fauvel, 1872: 193 [= 1873: 35] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Austria; Italy; Russia; Caucasus; central Asia).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; Sardinia).

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

— Solsky, 1874: 201 ( Bledius ; characters; Turkestan).

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

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

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 564 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1884a: 78 ( Bledius ; synonyms).

— Fowler, 1888: 366 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; characters; north and central Europe; Italy; Caucasus; central Asia).

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

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 89 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 537 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

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

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

— Porta, 1926: 45 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters).

— Lengerken, 1929: 35, 76 ( Bledius ; natural history; distribution).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1123 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1934a: 190 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Paulian, 1938a: 31 ( Bledius ; larval characters; France).

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

— West, 1942: 141 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Paulian, 1943: 206 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

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

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

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

— Kocher, 1958: 106 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959a: 200 ( Bledius ; Albania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961h: 250 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Afghanistan).

— Palm, 1961a: 48 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 252 ( Bledius ; southern and central Europe; Denmark; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Russia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 416 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Greece).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 32 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 31 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1969a: 249 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Bordoni, 1973j: 665 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Shibata, 1974: 31 ( Bledius ; Japan).

— Smetana, 1975c: 160 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

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

— Lohse, 1978: 13, 14 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Herman, 1986: 135, 330 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

— Kashcheev, 1989: 290 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Mongolia).

— J. Li, 1993: 22 ( Bledius ; China).

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

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995a ( Bledius ; defensive glands and secretions; phylogenetic discussion).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13, 59 ( Bledius ; may not occur in Italy).

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

— Staniec, 2000: 39 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland).

— Staniec, 2000a: 119 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group or subgenus Bledius ; characters of mature larva; Poland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, “central Asia”, Mongolia, China, Vietnam.

armatus Panzer, 1799d: 17 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Not cited but presumably Germany).

— Gravenhorst, 1802: 110 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Latreille, 1804: 365 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tricornis Herbst ).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 444 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Leach, 1819: 174 (type species of Bledius ).

— Curtis, 1826: pl. 143 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Leach, 1819: 172 ( Bledius ).

— Gistel, 1834: 9 ( Dicarenus ).

— Erichson, 1839a: 578 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Erichson, 1840: 764 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 821 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 330 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

nuchicornis Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 165 [= 1862: 149] ( Bledius ; Type locality: Versailles). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 564 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 381 ( Bledius ; synonym of bicornis ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 330 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

trinidadensis Blackwelder, 1943: 116 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Trinidad, St. Augustine ,

St. George Co., Ward of Tacarigua).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 330 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

tripolitanus C. Koch, 1934, see: tristis Aubé, 1843 .

tristis Aubé, 1843: 92 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sicily).

— Fauvel, 1872: 198 [= 1873: 40] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Corsica; Italy; Sicily; Algeria).

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

— Fauvel, 1878: 98 [= 1878a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 634 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 26 [= 1886a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 626 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; France; Italy; Corsica; Sicily; Algeria).

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

— Fauvel, 1902b: 71 ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 412 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 63 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 142 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Normand, 1947a: 6 ( Bledius ; Tunisia).

— Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 499 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 218, 330 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan.

brevicollis Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 170 [= 1862: 154] ( Bledius ; Type locality: Hyères).

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

— Fauvel, 1872: 198 [= 1873: 40] ( Bledius ; synonym of tristis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 635 ( Bledius ; synonym of tristis ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of tristis ).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 142 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ; notes).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of tristis ).

minarzi Bernhauer, 1929 g: 182 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Italy: Grado. Corsica).

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

— Porta, 1934: 117 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Italy).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 142 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ; characters; notes).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Herman, 1970: 378 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ).

tripolitanus C. Koch, 1934: 53 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of tristis ; Type locality: Libya: Tripolis).

— C. Koch, 1936a: 75 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ; Libya).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 142 ( Bledius ; synonym of tristis ).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ).

atlanticus C. Koch, 1938a: 336 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of tristis ; Type locality: France: St. Gilles s. Vie nella Vendee).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ).

normandi C. Koch, 1938b: 144 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of tristis ; Type locality: Tunisia: Djerba).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ).

nebulosus C. Koch, 1938b: 143 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; subspecies of tristis ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Albania: Valona).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of nebulosus ).

albanicus Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of tristis ; replacement name for nebulosus Koch ).

troglodytes Erichson, 1840 , see: emarginatus Say, 1831 .

tuberculatus Fabricius, 1798: 181 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: India).

— Fabricius, 1801: 601 ( Staphylinus ; characters; India).

— Erichson, 1840: 779 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Kraatz, 1859: 168 ( Bledius ; characters; Ceylon).

— Fauvel, 1882c: 213 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1903: 151 ( Bledius ; Mahe; Calicut; Genji; Madura; Kanara; Ceylan; Egypt; Bechuanaland).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Bledius ; Madura; Kanara; Ceylon; Egypt; Bechuanaland).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Cameron, 1930: 276 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters; India; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 57, 61 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters; notes).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 265, 331 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 11 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa , Botwana, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines.

tuniseus Fagel, 1970: 7 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Tunisie: Kebilli).

— Herman, 1986: 151, 331 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tunisia.

turbulentus Casey, 1889a: 70 ( Bledius ; basalis group; Type locality: Florida; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 94 ( Bledius ; basalis group; characters; natural history; Quintana Roo; Yucatan; Florida; Mississippi).

— Herman, 1983: 120, 141 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Frank, 1985a: 481 ( Bledius ; captured with Dyschirius exochus ; Florida).

— Herman, 1986: 202, 331 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

turcmenus Fagel, 1970: 10 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Type locality: Turkmenistan: Bairam-Ali).

— Herman, 1986: 151, 331 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

— Kashcheev, 1991: 112 [= 1992: 165] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; central Asia).

turgidus Casey, 1889a: 52 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; Type locality: Colorado: Fort Garland; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]). — Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 168 ( Bledius ; cited as ornatus ; New Mexico). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters). — Fall, 1926: 147 ( Bledius ; Yukon Territory). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 71, 120l, 132 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters; natural history; lectotype designation; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon Territory; Alaska; Colorado; Connecticut; Indiana; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; New Mexico; New York; Oregon; South Dakota; Utah; Wyoming). — Herman, 1986: 196, 331 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 455 ( Bledius ; characters; USA). — Herman, 2001: 23 ( Bledius ; synonymy). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

borealis Blatchley, 1910: 465 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Indiana: Lake Co.: Pine). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1112 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 71 ( Bledius ; synonym of turgidus ). — Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of turgidus ).

verticalis Notman, 1921: 148 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: New York: Chautauqua Co.: Westfield). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 97 ( Bledius ; species unknown; discussion). — Herman, 1986: 283, 332 ( Bledius ; incertae sedis; catalog). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 456 ( Bledius ; species unknown; characters; USA). — Herman, 2001: 23 ( Bledius ; synonym of turgidus ).

bowronensis Hatch, 1957: 105 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: British Columbia: Bowron Lake). — Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1983: 72 ( Bledius ; synonym of turgidus ). — Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; synonym of turgidus ).

ugandae Bernhauer, 1940d: 344 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Kenya: Turkana, Kerio Rivermouth). — Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 267, 331 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog). - DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania.

unicornis Germar, 1825a: 3 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Illyria). — Mannerheim, 1830: 45 ( Bledius : Dalmatia). — Mannerheim, 1831: 459 ( Bledius ; Dalmatia). — Runde, 1835: 18 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany). — Erichson, 1840: 764 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany; Europe). — P. Lucas, 1846: 125 ( Bledius ; notes; Algeria). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 732 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria). — Hochhuth, 1849: 181 ( Bledius ; characters; Caucasus; Lenkoran). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 600 ( Bledius ; characters; France). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 227 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria). — Kraatz, 1857d: 820 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany). — Kraatz, 1858b: 126 ( Bledius ; Greece). — Fauvel, 1872: 192 [= 1873: 34] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Spain; Italy; Sardinia; Sicily; Greece; Cyprus; Russia; Caucasus; Algeria; Morocco). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 248 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

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

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

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 570 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 25 [= 1886a: 17] ( Bledius ; Morocco; Tunisia; Egypt; Algeria).

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 616 ( Bledius ; characters; central Europe; Mediterranean region).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 260 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; Barbary; Egypt; Canary Islands).

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

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 89 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Reitter, 1909: 165 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— Porta, 1926: 45 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters).

— Lengerken, 1929: 75 ( Bledius ; natural history; distribution).

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

— Gridelli, 1930: 67 ( Bledius ; Libya).

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

— Gridelli, 1931a: 157 ( Bledius ; Libya).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1937b: 266 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Tunisia).

— Paulian, 1938a: 29, 31 ( Bledius ; larval characters; France).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 37 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Paulian, 1941: 171 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

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

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

— Kocher, 1958: 106 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Cameron, 1951: 280 ( Bledius ; Egypt).

— Horion, 1963: 257 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Austria; Romania; Germany; France; Holland; Britain; Caspian Sea; Red Sea; Mediterranean; Turkey and Greece to Spain; Agypt to Morocco; Canaries; Iberian Peninsula; France; France; Britain; Uzebekistan; Azerbaijan).

— Raianu, 1963: 84 ( Bledius ; Romania).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 499 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 32 ( Bledius ; larval characters).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 31 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; catalog).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 249 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Bordoni, 1973j: 666 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

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

— Coiffait, 1979a: 163 ( Bledius ; Saudi Arabia).

— Coiffait, 1981b: 237 ( Bledius ; Saudi Arabia).

— Frank, 1982: 12 ( Bledius ; list of parasites).

— Coiffait, 1986: 395 ( Bledius ; Saudi Arabia).

— Herman, 1986: 135, 331 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

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

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

— Maachi, 1991: 250 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

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

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

— Sparacio, 1995: 146 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Sicily).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 14 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Gusarov, 1997: 280 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; Saudi Arabia; also listed from Turkmenistan). - DISTRIBUTION: Canary Islands, Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Europe, Russia, Turkmenistan.

juvencus Erichson, 1840: 763 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Rossia meridionalis).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 575 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; variety of unicornis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 416 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; variety of unicornis ; Greece).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 249 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

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

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

monoceros Rosenhauer, 1856: 78 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Spain: Cadiz ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 192 [= 1873: 34] ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 567 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 616 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

hispidus Parfitt, 1857: 5409 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Britain: Exmouth).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 616 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

galeatus Wollaston, 1864: 594 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Canary Islands: Lanzarote ,

the Salinas).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 260 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; variety of unicornis ).

— C. Koch, 1934: 50, 59 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 134 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ; subspecies of unicornis ; Portugal).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

crenulatus Stierlin, 1867: 222 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sarepta).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 126 [= 1873c: 19] ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 616 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

winkleri Bernhauer, 1905b: 588 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Kephallenia).

— G. Müller, 1908: 236 ( Bledius ; geographic form of unicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of unicornis ).

gladiator Normand, 1935: 52 ( Bledius ; subspecies of unicornis ; Type locality: Tunisia: Sousse).

— Herman, 1986: 331 ( Bledius ; subspecies of unicornis ).

validepunctatus Scheerpeltz, 1974: 76 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality:

South Africa: Natal: Estcourt).

— Herman, 1986: 176, 332 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

venus Herman, 1983: 26 , 132 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California: San Luis Obispo Co.: 13. 6 mi. ENE Arroyo Grande, Huasna Creek , 900 feet).

— Herman, 1986: 267, 332 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

verres Erichson, 1840: 776 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Sardinia).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 604 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Baudi, 1857: 111 ( Bledius ; characters; Syria; Cyprus).

— Solsky, 1867: 84 ( Bledius ; Sarepta).

— Fauvel, 1872: 196 [= 1873: 38] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Portugal; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Algeria; Syria; Cyprus; Russia).

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

— Fauvel, 1876a: 58 [= 1876: 243] ( Bledius ; Spain).

— Fauvel, 1878: 98 [= 1878a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 654 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 25 [= 1886a: 17] ( Bledius ; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 627 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Mediterranean region). — Fauvel, 1897d: 261 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 71 ( Bledius ; Barbary).

— Bernhauer, 1902: 170 ( Bledius ; Madagascar).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 137 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

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

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

— Cameron, 1930: 270–286 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; characters).

— C. Koch, 1934: 60 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Kocher, 1958: 110 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959a: 201 ( Bledius ; Albania).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1961h: 251 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Afghanistan).

— Horion, 1963: 294 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Portugal; France; Corsica; Italy; Albania; Corfu; Egypt; Macedonia; Hungary; Austria).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 499 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Focarile, 1964: 55 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 395 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Smetana, 1967e: 323 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; Bulgaria; Turkey).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 34 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 80 ( Bledius ; Nepal).

— Herman, 1986: 108, 332 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

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

— Haghebaert, 1989a: 278 ( Bledius ; notes; Camargue).

— Maachi, 1991: 250 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Sparacio, 1995: 146 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Sicily).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 14 ( Bledius ; Italy).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Philippines.

cinctus Motschulsky, 1860: 555 ( Bledius ; Type locality: environs de Piatigorsk; Caucasus; bords du Volga méridional à la Station Gorskaja).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 84 ( Bledius ; characters; Sarepta).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 627 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres ).

— Cameron, 1930: 275 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres variety monachus ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres ).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 8 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres variety monachus ).

monachus Bernhauer, 1914d: 9 ( Bledius ; subspecies of verres ; Type locality: Corfu).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; variety of verres ).

— Cameron, 1930: 275 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; variety of verres ; characters; India).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres ).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 8 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; variety of verres ; characters; India).

monachus Cameron, 1930: 275 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ; variety of verres ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Siwaliks: Lachiwala. Kumaon: Ranikhet).

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

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of verres ).

verticalis Notman, 1921 , see: turgidus Casey, 1889 .

victoriae Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 137 ( Bledius ; replacement name for infans Blackburn ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 158, 332 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

infans Blackburn, 1891: 76 ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Australia: Victoria, Ovens River ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; synonym of victoriae ).

— Herman, 1986: 332 ( Bledius ; synonym of victoriae ).

vietus Normand, 1947a: 5 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Tunisie: Le Kef, au bord de l’oued Remel ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tunisia.

vilis Mäklin, 1878: 22 [= 1878a: 298] ( Bledius ; Type locality: Troitzskoj under 65 ° 45 ̍ N lat.).

— Mäklin, 1881: 38 ( Bledius ; characters; Troitzskoj under 65 ° 45 ̍).

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

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

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

— Bondroit, 1912c: 63 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

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

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

— Krogerus, 1925a ( Bledius ; characters).

— Krogerus, 1925 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1936: 8–9 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— V. Hansen, 1940: 584 ( Bledius ; characters).

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

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

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

— Palm, 1961a: 61 ( Bledius ; characters; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 266 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Finland; Norway; Holland; Germany).

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

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

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

— Herman, 1986: 196, 332 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

villosus Casey, 1889a: 57 ( Bledius ; annularis group; Type locality: California; [Note: See

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 137 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 103 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Idaho; Washington; Oregon).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 60, 120, 132 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters; natural history; lectotype designation; California; Oregon).

— Herman, 1986: 196, 332 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

viriosus Herman, 1983: 73 , 133 ( Bledius ; annularis group; [Note: Cited as viriosis at the head of the description but the intended spelling, viriosus , was cited on pages 4, 21, 74, 75, 77, 107, 133, and 145 (Article 24.2.3)]; Type locality: South Dakota: Pennington Co.: 5. 7 miles SSW Hill City, Spring Creek, 5500 feet. Also cited from Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Alaska, and Wisconsin).

— Herman, 1986: 196, 333 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 455 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

— Herman, 2001: 12 ( Bledius ; spelling corrected).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

vitaensis Bernhauer, 1938: 25 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality: Japan: Vita).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Shibata, 1976: 141 ( Bledius ; Japan).

— Herman, 1986: 196, 333 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

vitulus Erichson, 1840: 761 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Arabia; [Note: See lectotype designation by Gusarov, 1997]).

— Peyron, 1858: 430 ( Bledius ; Turkey).

— Wollaston, 1867: 253 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; Cape Verde Islands).

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

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

— Fauvel, 1886: 25 [= 1886a: 17] ( Bledius ; Egypt; Algeria).

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

— Fauvel, 1902b: 69 ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt; Canary Islands).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 137 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Rambousek, 1922: 1005 ( Bledius ; Ethiopia).

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

— Gridelli, 1930: 67 ( Bledius ; Libya).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1124 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1934: 50, 60 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; notes).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 39 ( Bledius ; Asia Minor; Cyprus; Spain).

— Cameron, 1951: 280 ( Bledius ; Egypt).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1960: 2 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Pakistan; Iran; Afghanistan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961: 3 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Iran).

— Coiffait, 1966b: 340 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Mauritania).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ).

— Fagel, 1970: 4 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; notes; Algeria; Tunisia; Egypt; Cyprus; Turkey).

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

— Herman, 1986: 151, 333 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

— Kashcheev, 1991: 112 [= 1992: 165] ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; Mediterranean region; North Africa; Canaries).

— Gusarov, 1997: 280 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; lectotype designation; Saudi Arabia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudia Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Europe.