Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
Author
Gusarov, Vladimir I.
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Zootaxa
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Leptusa
(
Boreoleptusa
)
canonica
Casey, 1906
(Figs.
401–405 in
Pace 1989
)
Leptusa canonica
Casey, 1906: 351
.
Leptusa tricolor
Casey, 1906: 351
.
Leptusa caseyi
Fenyes, 1907: 61
(replacement name for
Le.
tricolor
Casey, 1906
,
nec
Scriba, 1870
).
Leptusa nebulosa
Casey, 1911a: 199
.
Leptusa iowensis
Casey, 1911a: 200
.
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
caseyi
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as valid species).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
tricolor
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as synonym of
Le.
caseyi
).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
canonica
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as synonym of
Le.
caseyi
).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
nebulosa
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as synonym of
Le.
caseyi
).
Leptusa
(
s. str.
)
iowensis
:
Fenyes, 1920: 123
(as synonym of
Le.
caseyi
).
Leptusa
(
Boreoleptusa
)
canonica
:
Pace, 1989: 82
(as valid species).
Leptusa tricolor
:
Pace, 1989: 82
(as synonym of
Le.
canonica
).
Leptusa caseyi
:
Pace, 1989: 82
(as synonym of
Le.
canonica
).
Leptusa nebulosa
:
Pace, 1989: 82
(as synonym of
Le.
canonica
).
Leptusa iowensis
:
Pace, 1989: 82
(as synonym of
Le.
canonica
; misspelled as
iowaensis
).
Type material.
Lectotype
of
Leptusa canonica
(designated by
Pace (1989))
:
♂
, “·Miss.[issipi, Vicksburg]”, “
canonica
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39583” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “
vidit
R. Pace
1981” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Leptusa tricolor
(here designated):
♀
, “
Iowa
City
,
Wickham
”, “
tricolor
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39580” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Lectotype
of
Leptusa nebulosa
(here designated):
♀
, “DURY, Cin.[cinnati]
Ohio
”, “
nebulosa
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39581” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (
NMNH
).
Holotype
of
Leptusa iowensis
:
♀
, “
Iowa
City
,
Wickham
”, “
iowensis
Csy.
”, “TYPE USNM 39582” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925”, “
Leptusa canonica
Cas. Det. R. Pace 1981
” (
NMNH
).
Diagnosis.
See
Pace (1989)
.
Discussion.
The synonymy of
Le.
canonica, Le.
tricolor
,
Le.
nebulosa
and
Le.
iowensis
is confirmed.
Leptusa obscura
Blatchley, 1910
, which was synonymized with
Le.
canonica
by Casey (1989), is a valid species (see below).
Distribution.
Leptusa canonica
is known from
Mississippi
,
Ohio
and
Iowa
.