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propinquus Rey, 1884 , see: atratulus Erichson, 1839 .

proprius L. Benick, 1921c: 192 ( Stenus ; replacement name for longipennis Eppelsheim ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1163 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967a: 20 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1967s: 240 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Turkmenia; Afghanistan).

— Puthz, 1973i: 292 ( Stenus ; Tadjikistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.

longipennis Eppelsheim, 1888: 64 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Turcmenien).

— Eppelsheim, 1892: 341 ( Stenus ; Turkestan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1163 ( Stenus ; synonym of proprius ).

— Puthz, 1967a: 20 ( Stenus ; synonym of proprius ).

— Puthz, 1967s: 240 ( Stenus ; synonym of proprius ).

prospector Fauvel, 1907: 18 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Samburu).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968a: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1969: 27 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1969d: 302 ( Stenus ; Senegal; Upper Volta; Nigeria; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia).

— Puthz, 1971: 310 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Nigeria; Sudan; Kenya).

— Puthz, 1971k: 143 ( Stenus ; Malawi; Kenya; South Africa).

— Hammond, 1975a: 15 ( Stenus ; notes; Angola; Botswana; South West Africa; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1976c: 92 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

- DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Congo.

quadrispinus Bernhauer, 1915d: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: Daressalam).

— L. Benick, 1925: 78 ( Stenus ; characters; Zanzibar).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1965: 566 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Chad; Rhodesia; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1969: 27 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

— Puthz, 1969d: 302 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

— Puthz, 1971: 310 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

tristiculus Bernhauer, 1934 h: 499 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality:

N. W. Rhodesia: Namwala).

— Puthz, 1965: 566 ( Stenus ; synonym of quadrispinus ).

— Puthz, 1969: 27 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

— Puthz, 1969d: 302 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

— Puthz, 1971: 310 ( Stenus ; synonym of prospector ).

protector Fauvel, 1904 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

protensicollis Krása, 1941, see: confusus J. Sahlberg, 1876 .

providus Erichson, 1839a: 546 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berol.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Heer, 1839: 217 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 707 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Mannerheim, 1843a: 83 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Kolenati, 1846: 25 ( Stenus ; Transcaucasia).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 173 ( Stenus ; characters; Iberia; Lenkoran).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 726 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 196 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Wollaston, 1854: 598 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Madeira Islands).

— Thomson, 1857: 226 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Wollaston, 1857: 196 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; Madeira Islands).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 763 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Thomson, 1860: 216 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Fauvel, 1873: 84 [= 1873a: 243] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 129 [= 1873c: 22] ( Stenus ; Madeira).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 241 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 255 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Fauvel, 1878: 101 [= 1878a: 21] ( Stenus ; Algeria).

— Rey, 1884: 237 [= 1884a: 85] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 28 [= 1886a: 20] ( Stenus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 334 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 74 ( Stenus ; Barbary; Madeira).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 81 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 156 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1923a: 219 ( Stenus ; notes).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 397 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1163 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Normand, 1935: 364 ( Stenus ; Tunisia).

— Szujecki, 1961: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 325 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Holland; Belgium; France; Italy; Switzerland; Dalmatia; Albania; Bosnia Hercegovina; Romania; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Russia to Caucasus; Austria; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 113 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964d: 60 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Puthz, 1967: 4 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Portugal).

— Puthz, 1967h: 289 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Berol.).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 719 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Smetana, 1970: 56 ( Stenus ; distributional summary; Madeira).

— Korge, 1971a: 6 ( Stenus ; Turkey).

— Puthz, 1972s: 253 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania).

— Puthz, 1974j: 311 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Allen, 1978: 68 ( Stenus ; probably not from Britain).

— Puthz, 1979j: 323 ( Stenus ; Bulgaria).

— Puthz, 1980e: 363 ( Stenus ; Albania).

— Puthz, 1982e: 82 ( Stenus ; Italy; Yugoslavia).

— Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 140 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia; Georgia; Armenia).

— Whitehead, 1990d: 9 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Puthz, 1991f: 167 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Dauphin, 1991: 286 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 19 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

— Owen, 1997a: 149 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; comparative predatory behavior; use of labial apparatus).

— Jelínek, 1999: 155 ( Stenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Russia, Georgia, Armenia,

obscurus P. Lucas, 1846: 124 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Algeria: lac Tonga, aux environs du cercle de Lacalle). — Fauvel, 1873: 85 [= 1873a: 243] ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

rogeri Kraatz, 1857d: 764 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Oberschlesien). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 989 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Rye, 1864: 60 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — Wollaston, 1865: 512 ( Stenus ; habitat; notes; Madeira Islands). — Thomson, 1871: 379 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden). — Fauvel, 1873: 85 [= 1873a: 243] ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 246 ( Stenus ; characters). — Rey, 1884: 242 [= 1884a: 90] ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Fowler, 1888: 334 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; characters; middle Europe; southern Sweden). — Reitter, 1909: 156 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog). — Johansen, 1914: 493 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1165, cited providus as a synonym of rogeri ; Johansen did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Erichson]; characters; Denmark). — L. Benick, 1929a: 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus). — Szujecki, 1961: 26 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 78 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 323 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Holland; Belgium; France; Spain; Switzerland; Italy; Bosnia; Romania; Hungary; Slovakia; Czech Republic; Poland; Austria; Germany). — Lohse, 1964: 113 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe). — Smetana, 1964d: 60 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Czechoslovakia). — Puthz, 1967: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Portugal). — Puthz, 1972s: 253 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia). — Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; Britain). — Anderson, 1984: 249 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; collecting notes; Ireland). — Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 140 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Welch, 1993: 228 ( Stenus ; ovariole number and ovary structure). — Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

novator Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 74 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pyrénées orientales). — Fauvel, 1873: 85 [= 1873a: 243] ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Rey, 1884: 243 [= 1884a: 91] ( Stenus ; variety of rogeri ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; synonym of rogeri ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; synonym of rogeri ). — Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ). — Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

fortis Rey, 1884: 230 [= 1884a: 78] ( Stenus ; Type locality: environs de Lyon). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 158 ( Stenus ; catalog). — L. Benick, 1929a: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; variety of providus ; characters in key). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; variety of providus ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 27 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

— Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

simplex Rey, 1884: 236 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Turin).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 564 ( Stenus ; variety of clavicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 156 ( Stenus ; synonym of clavicornis ).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

— Cameron, 1930: 328 ( Stenus ; synonym of clavicornis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1166 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel I ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Bordoni, 1970: 23 ( Stenus ; aedeagus; ecological notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1971v: 90 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 253 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Bordoni, 1975c: 180 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1982e: 82 ( Stenus ; subspecies of providus ; Italy; Yugoslavia).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 19 ( Stenus ; subspecies of providus ; Italy).

— Bordoni, 1995: 78 ( Stenus ; subspecies of providus ; ecological notes; Italy).

subrugosus Rey, 1884: 243 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Provence).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 565 ( Stenus ; synonym of rogeri ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; synonym of rogeri ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 30 ( Stenus ; synonym of rogeri ).

— Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

deubeli L. Benick, 1913a: 204 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Siebenbürgen).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; variety of providus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; variety of providus ).

— Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

latus L. Benick, 1913: 153 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sardinien: Sedda de Pranu am Monte del Gennargentu und Sorgono ).

— L. Benick, 1917c: 55 ( Stenus ; characters; Sardinia; Morocco).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; variety of providus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; variety of providus ).

— Puthz, 1967f: 271 ( Stenus ; subspecies of providus ; Morocco).

— Puthz, 1974j: 313 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of providus ).

proximus Sharp, 1876 , see: parviceps Sharp, 1876 .

pruinosus L. Benick, 1938: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java:

K. O. Blawan, Idjen-Plateau 900 bis 1500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

psammophilus Puthz, 1981c: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Brazil:

Rio de Janeiro).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

pseudoater Bernhauer, 1938, see: lewisius Sharp, 1874 .

pseudobconicus Scheerpeltz, 1974, see: sybaris Puthz, 1971 .

pseudoboops Puthz, 1966c: 293 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Ungarn: bei Vörs).

— Puthz, 1966f: 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; notes).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 143 ( Stenus ; characters; Hungary; Austria).

— Puthz, 1991e: 161 ( Stenus ; Germany; Austria; Yugoslavia).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 131 ( Stenus ; Germany).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

pinguis Krása, 1941: 117 , 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Umgebung von Budapest).

— Puthz, 1970n: 305 ( Stenus ; synonym of hypoproditor ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 152 ( Stenus ; synonym of hypoproditor ).

— Puthz, 1998f: 148 ( Stenus ; synonym of pseudoboops ).

pseudocoeruleus Puthz, 1970e: 70 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Australia: Cairns. Also cited from New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1972f: 109 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Reid, 1997: 123 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia, New Guinea.

pseudofossulatus Scheerpeltz, 1960b: 74 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Afghanistan).

— Puthz, 1967a: 20 ( Stenus ; synonym of proprius ).

— Puthz, 1967s: 240 ( Stenus ; synonym of proprius ).

— Puthz, 1993c: 150 ( Stenus ; valid species; characters; Afghanistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan.

pseudogracilis Puthz, 1971, see: reticulatus L. Benick, 1920 .

pseudogutta Puthz, 1968: 5 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Columbien: Las Tibayes, Terra templ.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

pseudojunceus Puthz, 1967 q: 323 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Caracas).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

pseudoleptopus L. Benick, 1929: 259 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Butao, Luzon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

pseudopictus Cameron, 1943: 4 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum).

— Puthz, 1978: 130 ( Stenus ; India).

— Puthz, 1981b: 150 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

pseudopubescens A. Strand, 1940, see: umbratilis Casey, 1884 .

pseudoravus Puthz, 1967 i: 240 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Congo: Haut-Uelé, Abimva. Also cited from Ivory Coast).

— Puthz, 1971: 291 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Congo; Ivory Coast).

— Puthz, 1976c: 91 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

— Puthz, 1978a: 39 ( Stenus ; Ivory Coast).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo.

pseudoscaber Puthz, 1968 j: 468 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kashmir: Gulmarg).

— Puthz, 1978: 130 ( Stenus ; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

pseudotropicus Bernhauer, 1926a: 129 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Luzon: Mt. Makiling).

— L. Benick, 1929: 257 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Philippines).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

pterobrachys Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 639 ( Stenus ; replacement for brevipennis Mäklin ). — Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Fauvel, 1873: 126 [= 1873a: 284] ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 599 ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Fall, 1926: 147 ( Stenus ; Alaska).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 249 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 110 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

brevipennis Mäklin, 1852: 318 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: insula Sitkha).

— Fauvel, 1869: 492 ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Rey, 1884: 359 [= 1884a: 207] ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 599 ( Stenus ; synonym of montivagus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 184 ( Stenus ; synonym of pterobrachys ).

— L. Benick, 1921a: 116 ( Stenus ; characters).

puberulus Sharp, 1874: 83 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mitzuyama ; Nagasaki).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968b: 43 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; China; Korea; Japan).

— Puthz, 1972p: 403 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1974e: 159 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1974k: 438 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 232 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Naomi, 1989f: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

— Naomi, 1991a: 166 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— J. Li, 1993: 24 ( Stenus ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam.

fukiensis L. Benick, 1942a: 65 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Fukien: Kwangtseh; Shaowu, 500 m).

— Puthz, 1968b: 43 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1980a: 30 ( Stenus ; subspecies of puberulus ; characters; China; Vietnam).

— Puthz, 1981a: 4 ( Stenus ; subspecies of puberulus ; Vietnam).

— Puthz, 1981d: 120 ( Stenus ; subspecies of puberulus ; characters; Taiwan; Vietnam).

eurous Puthz, 1980a: 30 ( Stenus ; subspecies of puberulus ; Type locality: Formosa: Takezaki near Mt. Ari [Note: Type locality taken from Puthz, 1981d]).

— Puthz, 1981d: 120 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of puberulus ; [Note: Cited as new but characters were given for it in a key the previous year]; characters; holotype from Formosa: Takezaki near Mt. Ari).

sasajii Naomi, 1988f: 43 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Japan: Fukui Pref.:

Mt. Dôsai, Ono City).

— Naomi, 1989f: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

— Naomi and Puthz, 1994: 218 ( Stenus ; synonym of puberulus ).

pubescens Stephens, 1833: 297 ( Stenus ; Type locality: London; Norfolk; Suffolk; near Bristol; Devonshire ).

— Stephens, 1839: 410 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; notes; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 149 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Rye, 1864: 88 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 113 [= 1873a: 271] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 130 [= 1873c: 23] ( Stenus ; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1874: 332 [= 1874b: 38] ( Stenus ; Austria).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 64 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Fowler, 1888: 352 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 587 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; north and middle Europe).

— Poppius, 1909: 20 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 184 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 513 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1924: 256 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 93 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 401 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1196 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel IV ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— L. Benick, 1941a ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1941e: 136 ( Stenus ; characters; variation).

— Jenkins, 1960 ( Stenus ; method of returning to banks of a pool; Britain).

— Szujecki, 1961: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 108 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 376 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Finland; Sweden; Britain; Denmark; France to Poland-Russia; Italy; Bosnia; Hungary; Slovakia; Czech Republic; Poland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 123 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 722 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Puthz, 1971v: 104 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 264 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Puthz, 1972d: 88 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 248 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Lucht, 1987: 97 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark).

— Puthz, 1991f: 175 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Welch, 1993: 228 ( Stenus ; ovariole number and ovary structure).

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

— Hromádka, 1993: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 19 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 492 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

— Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; comparative predatory behavior; use of labial apparatus).

— Jelínek, 1999: 160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

— Betz, 1999 ( Stenus ; inventory and discussion of feeding, reproduction, grooming, resting, protection behavior).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mongolia, Canada, USA.

laevior Stephens, 1833: 297 ( Stenus ; Type locality: London ; Suffolk; Norfolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 410 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 46 ( Stenus ; synonym of binotatus ).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 149 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 587 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 184 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

laevis Stephens, 1833: 297 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Stephens, 1839: 410 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 149 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 587 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 184 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of pubescens ).

subimpressus Erichson, 1839a: 561 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berol.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Berlin).

pudicus Casey, 1884: 117 ( Stenus ; Type locality: White Fish Point, Lake Superior).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971q: 244, 248, 253 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; synonyms; Ontario; Michigan; Massachusetts; Illinois; Kentucky; Virginia).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 492 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

minor Casey, 1884: 118 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971q: 248 ( Stenus ; synonym of pudicus ).

juvencus Casey, 1884: 123 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

— Blatchley, 1910: 410 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971q: 248 ( Stenus ; synonym of pudicus ).

enodis Casey, 1884: 126 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Veta Pass , Colorado).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 574 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Puthz, 1971q: 248 ( Stenus ; synonym of pudicus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 168 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

sibyllinus L. Benick, 1921b: 117 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Nord-Amerika, Georgia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1165 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971q: 248 ( Stenus ; synonym of pudicus ).

pueblanus Bernhauer, 1910b: 365 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexiko: Puebla).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 270 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1939: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Mexico).

— Puthz, 1972o: 318 ( Stenus ; Arizona; Mexico).

— Puthz, 1974a: 67 ( Stenus ; characters; Arizona).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica, Mexico, USA.

livens L. Benick, 1938c: 270 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica).

— L. Benick, 1939: 27 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters; Mexico: Chapingo, Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule im Tale von Mexico, 2240 m).

— Puthz, 1972o: 318 ( Stenus ; synonym of pueblanus ).

pugetensis Casey, 1884 , see: tahoensis Casey, 1884 .

pulchellulus Puthz, 1994f: 402 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Nigeria: Zaria, Samaru. Also cited from Ivory Coast).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Ivory Coast.

pulchellus Puthz, 1971: 238 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Nigeria: Ife,

Oyo Province. Also cited from Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Congo.

pulcher Motschulsky, 1860a: 71 ( Stenus ; Type locality: montagnes de Noura-Ellia à Ceylan).

— Bernhauer, 1902b: 42 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 49 ( Stenus ; Kanara; Ceylan; Burma; Java).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1916: 249 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Cameron, 1930: 350 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971o: 191, 212 ( Stenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Puthz, 1973n: 1 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

pulcherrimus Puthz, 1970: 10 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Indien:

Niligiri Hills).

— Puthz, 1984e: 567, 582 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

pulchrior Puthz, 1971f: 47 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Indien: Calcutta).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 374 ( Stenus ; notes; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1981a: 9 ( Stenus ; China).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 25 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1993c: 145 ( Stenus ; synonym of ornatus ).

— Herman, 2001: 54 ( Stenus ; valid name for species).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Thailand, Malaysia.

ornatus Cameron, 1929b: 449 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Selangor: The Gap).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 54 ( Stenus ; synonym of pulchrior ).

pulchripes Solsky, 1867 , see: hospes Erichson, 1840 .

pulchritogatus Puthz, 1991d: 14 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Burma

[ India post.]: Pegu).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

pulchrivestis Puthz, 1991d: 13 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tonkin [ Vietnam]: Yen Bay [nordwestlich von Hanoi]).

- DISTRIBUTION: Vietnam.

pullatus Puthz, 1967 j: 18 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Abyssinia: Gamo Prov., summit of Mt. Gughé, c. 12,000 ft.).

— Puthz, 1971: 77 ( Stenus ; characters; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

pullus Puthz, 1967 j: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: massif Ruwenzori, Mahungu, 3280 m, gîte Ruwenzori).

— Puthz, 1971: 77 ( Stenus ; characters; Congo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

pulvinatus L. Benick, 1938c: 277 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica).

— L. Benick, 1939: 628 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters;

Costa Rica: Hamburgfarm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

pumilio Erichson, 1839a: 558 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berol.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Erichson, 1840: 718 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 727 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 197 ( Stenus ; cited as humilio; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 584 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 222 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 775 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1860: 219 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 82 ( Stenus ; Russia).

— Rye, 1864: 64 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; England).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 307 [= 1865b: 57] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Baudi, 1870: 396 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1873: 91 [= 1873a: 249] ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1874: 331 [= 1874b: 37] ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 242 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 253 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 53 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Reitter, 1909: 157 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 510 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1923a: 221 ( Stenus ; notes).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— L. Benick, 1949: 127 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Szujecki, 1961: 31 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 97 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Szujecki, 1963a: 32 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 354 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Baltic States; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Italy; Switzerland; France; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 115 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964d: 62 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Puthz, 1967h: 296 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Berol.).

— Puthz, 1972s: 255 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Puthz, 1972e: 105 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Lucht, 1987: 97 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; Benelux; Denmark).

— Drugmand, 1988: 62 ( Stenus ; Belgium).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 141 ( Stenus ; Holarctic).

— Puthz, 1991f: 168 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Dauphin, 1993: 179, 185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 19 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 489 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, USA, Canada.

atomarius Casey, 1884: 84 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit, Michigan; Cambridge , Massachusetts).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 578 ( Stenus ; synonym of pumilio ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 165 ( Stenus ; synonym of pumilio ).

— L. Benick, 1925: 78 ( Stenus ; variety of pumilio ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1164 ( Stenus ; variety of pumilio ).

— L. Benick, 1949: 127, 130 ( Stenus ; subspecies of pumilio ; notes).

punctatissimus Stephens, 1833 , see: clavicornis Scopoli, 1763 .

punctatus Erichson, 1840: 744 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pensylvania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967q]).

— LeConte, 1850: 220 ( Stenus ; Lake Superior).

— Casey, 1884: 189 ( Areus ; characters; Michigan; Lake Superior ; Pennsylvania; Long Island; New Jersey; Massachusetts; District of Columbia) .

— Blatchley, 1910: 414 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920a: 180 ( Stenus ; New York).

— Puthz, 1967q: 329 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters).

— Puthz, 1974: 11 ( Stenus ; Illinois; Maine; New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Michigan; Wisconsin; Iowa; Missouri; Nebraska; Kansas; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia; Kentucky; Alabama; Mississippi; Louisiana; Texas; Montana; Utah; Ontario).

— Puthz, 1974d: 165 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 110 ( Stenus ; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 494 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).