Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 27 No. 2, Fall 2008


 

Little beetles and big headaches, or how to understand one of the most successful groups of terrestrial beetles in Canada (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)


Jan Klimaszewski
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre,
1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada G1V 4C7


General information and editorial notes


News and Notes

BSC 2008 Curation Blitz at the Canadian Museum of Nature

Biological Survey of Canada symposium at the ESC annual meeting

Summary of the Scientific
Committee meeting  

Project Update: The BSC's BioBlitz program

Little beetles and big headaches

Arthropod inventory work in Labrador


Arctic Corner

Northern Insect Survey

Selected future conferences



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Table 3. Major publications on Candian aleocharine genera (in alphabetic order).

 

Taxon

Currently recognized species in Canada

Species described as new to science

Type of contribution

Reference

Region of Canada

Aleochara

29

6

Taxonomic revision, faunistic review

Klimaszewski 1984, Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002

All

Aleodorus

3

-

Taxonomic revision

Hoebeke 1985

All

Alfocalea

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Aloconota

2

1

Taxonomic review

Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002

Western

Anatheta

2

-

Taxonomic review

Ashe and Gusarov 2003

Eastern

Atheta

67

21

Taxonomic revision, faunistic review

Gusarov 2003a, Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002, Klimaszewski et al. 2005a, 2006b, 2007a, 2008a, Majka et al. 2006a, Majka and Klimaszewski 2008a, b, Majka et al. 2008

All

Autalia

3

-

Taxonomic revision

Hoebeke 1988, Hoebeke and Ashe 1994

All

Betocalea

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Boreophilia

12

3

Taxonomic revision

Lohse et al. 1990

All

Boreostiba

2

-

Taxonomic revision

Lohse et al. 1990

All

Clusiota

2

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2008a

All

Cordalia

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Hoebeke 1985

Eastern

Cratarea

1

-

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2007b

All

Cypha

2

1

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2008a

All

Dalotia

1

-

Taxonomic revision, faunistic review

Gusarov 2003a, Klimaszewski et al. 2007b

All

Deinopsis

3

2

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski 1979

All

Devia

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003a

All

Dochmonota

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003a

All

Drusilla

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003a

All

Earota

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2002b, Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002, Klimaszewski et al. 2005a

All

Emmelostiba

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003a

Western

Euvira

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Majka 2006

Eastern

Falagria

2

-

Taxonomic revision

Hoebeke 1985

All

Gennadota

2

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Peck 1986, Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004, Majka et al. 2006b

Eastern

Geostiba

2

1

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2002a

Eastern

Gnypeta

18

6

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2008b

All

Goniusa

3

1

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003d, Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004b, 2006

Western

Gymnusa

7

3

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski 1979

All

Holobus

1

1

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski and Winchester 2002

Western

Homalota

1

-

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2007b, Klimaszewski et al. 2007b

All

Hoplandria

3

1

Taxonomic revision

Génier 1989

All

Hydrosmecta

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Lohse et al. 1990

All

Hylota

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2006a

All

Ilyobates

1

-

Faunistic review

Assing 1999, Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b

Eastern

Isoglossa

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Leptusa

9

3

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2004

All

Liogluta

4

3

Taxonomic revision

Lohse et al. 1990

All

Lypoglossa

3

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2004

All

Megaocalea

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Meotica

2

-

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2007b, Majka and Klimaszewski 2008b

Eastern

Metocalea

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Myllaena

8

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski 1982

All

Myrmecocephalus

3

1

Taxonomic revision

Hoebeke 1985

All

Myrmoecia

3

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2005b, Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2006

All

Nehemitropia

1

1

Taxonomic revison

Klimaszewski et al. 2007b

All

Neothetalia

5

2

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Neotobia

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Ashe 1992

Eastern

Ocalea

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

Western

Oxypoda

39

8

Taxonomic revision, faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2006a, 2008a

All

Paradilacra

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003a

All

Paragoniusa

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Maruyama and Klimaszewski 2004a, 2006

Western

Parocalea

2

2

Taxonomic revision

Lohse et al. 1990, Klimaszewski and Pelletier 2004

All

Pella

5

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2005b

All

Placusa

8

4

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2001

All

Platyusa

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2005b

Eastern

Psammostiba

2

1

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003b

Western

Seeviersiella

1

1

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2003c

All

Silusa

6

1

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2003

All

Strophogastra

1

1

Faunistic review

Klimaszewski et al. 2005a

Eastern

Tachyusa

6

2

Taxonomic revision

Paśnik 2006

All

Tarphiota

3

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2006b

Western

Tinotus

3

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2002

All

Tropimenelytron

2

2

Taxonomic revision

Gusarov 2002c

All

Zyras

1

-

Taxonomic revision

Klimaszewski et al. 2005b

All





 

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