Reclassification of the North Temperate Taxa Associated with Staphylinus Sensu Lato, Including Comments on Relevant Subtribes of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author SMETANA, ALEŠ Author DAVIES, ANTHONY text American Museum Novitates 2000 2000-02-02 3287 1 1 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282000%29287%3C0001%3AROTNTT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)287<0001:ROTNTT>2.0.CO;2 0003-0082 10110744 Miobdelus Sharp, 1889 TYPE SPECIES : Miobdelus brevipennis Sharp, 1889 . COMMENTS: Members of this genus share the following character states: ( 1 ) head with macrosetae and some of other setae originating in punctures expanded into round, shallow, smooth depressions ( fig. 125 ); ( 2 ) mandibular prostheca lanceolate, with moderately long setae along entire medial margin ( fig. 143 ); and ( 3 ) posterior basal line on first three visible abdominal tergites gently bisinuate ( fig. 126 ). Further character states include: palpifer with one long subapical and two shorter api­ cal setae; apical segments of maxillary and labial palpi moderately elongate, distinctly fusiform, with only that of labial palpus setose ( figs. 144, 145 ); postmandibular ridge absent; nuchal ridge present only dorsally, becoming obsolete well before base of infraorbital ridge laterally; dorsal disc of neck with umbilicate punctures without visible interspaces; pronotal epimeron small; long serial setae on mesosternum originating on edge of feeble, irregular, very broadly Ushaped ridge; mesosternal intercoxal process acute apically, margin finely beaded throughout ( fig. 60 ); acetabulum of middle coxae deeply depressed, nearly vertical behind projection; anterior metasternal projection with margins converging quite obtusely, apex very broadly rounded. The genus at present contains only one species, M. brevipennis from Japan . However, the genus in fact includes many undescribed species in Taiwan and in mainland China , all of which live mostly at higher mountain elevations. A review of these species is under preparation by the senior author.