First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) Author Klimaszewski, Jan Natural Resources Canada, Québec, Canada Author Webster, Reginald Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Charters Settlement, NB, Canada Author Savard, Karine Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec ,, Canada text ZooKeys 2009 2009-09-28 22 22 45 79 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.22.153 985a60d8-15f9-4a4d-a806-53f1e835651e 1313–2970 576535 0FF5A315-922A-4B94-AA36-30768EFAD607 Schistoglossa Kraatz, 1856 Schistoglossa Kraatz, 1856: 344 ; Benick and Lohse 1974: 81 ; Seevers 1978: 111 ; Moore and Legner 1975: 480 , Ashe 2001 ; Smetana 2004: 416 . Type species: Homalota viduata Erichson, 1837 . Diagnosis . Schistoglossa may be distinguished from other athetines by the following combination of characters: body subparallel (Figs 1–8); head slightly narrower or nearly as broad as pronotum (Figs 1–8); eyes small, approximately two to three times shorter than the postocular region of head, tempora partially feebly carinate at base of head or carinae virtually obsolete; antennae approximately reaching posterior margin of elytra, articles 5–10 slightly transverse or slightly elongate (Figs 1–8);