Tesnus lysholmi, Bernhauer, 1902

Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium IV. Staphylinine Group (Part 1) Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, Pseudopsinae, Solieriinae, Steninae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2440 (265), pp. 1807-2440 : 1807-2440

lysholmi Bernhauer, 1902 , see: hyperboreus J. Sahlberg, 1876 .

maai Puthz, 1976a: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Sabah: Tenompok).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

macellus Fauvel, 1878 g: 504 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Australie occidentale, King’s George Sound ; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1970e]).

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

— Puthz, 1969: 8 ( Stenus ; chracters; notes).

— Puthz, 1970e: 62 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters; Australia).

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

— Reid, 1997: 122 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

macer L. Benick, 1938 , see: astrictus L. Benick, 1938 .

machadoi Cameron, 1950f: 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Angola: Dundo: Luachimo River).

— Puthz, 1971: 134 ( Stenus ; characters; Angola; Congo).

— Hammond, 1975a: 9 ( Stenus ; notes; Angola).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Congo.

machulkai Hromádka, 1977: 4 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Kaukasus, Araxes, Ordubad).

— Puthz, 1980k: 34 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 161 ( Stenus ; valid species; notes; Georgia; Armenia; Azerbaijan).

— Assing, 1994: 108 ( Stenus ; aedeagus; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.

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

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

— Nakane and Sawada, 1960: A122 ( Stenus ; Yakushima Island).

— Watanabe, 1961: 350 ( Stenus ; Izu Islands).

— Puthz, 1970n: 304 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Watanabe and Shibata, 1972: 61 ( Stenus ; Yaku-shima Island).

— Puthz, 1980a: 32 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan; China).

— Naomi, 1988g: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Japan).

— Naomi and Takeda, 1991: 9 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Barrion, Litsinger, and Last, 1991: 1078 ( Stenus ; associated with rice agroecosystem).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, China.

chinensis Bernhauer, 1938: 28 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Nordwestl. China: Chinkiang ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 32 ( Stenus ; synonym of macies ).

duplex L. Benick, 1940: 560 ( Stenus ; replacement name for chinensis Bernhauer ).

— Puthz, 1970n: 304 ( Stenus ; synonym of macies ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 32 ( Stenus ; synonym of macies ).

macilentus Sharp, 1886: 647 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, near the city).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 170 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 267 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1949b: 566 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

mackayi Tottenham, 1953, see: subopacus Fauvel, 1907 .

macleayi Scheerpeltz, 1933, see: atrovirens Fauvel, 1878 .

macrocephalus Aubé, 1863: 38 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Saint-Raphaël).

— Fauvel, 1873: 101 [= 1873a: 259] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1874: 332 [= 1874b: 38] ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Scheerpeltz, 1993: 1160, cited cautus Fauvel as synonym of macrocephalus ; Fauvel attributed cautus to Erichson).

— Rey, 1884: 298 [= 1884a: 146] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1966d: 116 ( Stenus ; characters; France; Corsica; Italy).

— Puthz, 1966f: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971q: 243 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1972s: 260 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Bordoni, 1975h: 13 ( Stenus ; notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1982e: 84 ( Stenus ; France; Italy; Yugoslavia).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 143 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Dauphin, 1993: 180, 187 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: France, Italy, Slovenia.

altifrons Rey, 1884: 302 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Turin).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 43 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; aberration of vafellus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168 ( Stenus ; aberration of vafellus ).

— Szujecki, 1961: 8 ( Stenus ; aberration of vafellus ).

— Lohse, 1963: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; valid species; characters).

— Lohse, 1964: 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1966d: 120 ( Stenus ; synonym of macrocephalus ).

— Lucht, 1987: 97 ( Stenus ; checklist).

— Puthz, 1973b: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of macrocephalus ).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 143 ( Stenus ; synonym of macrocephalus ).

corsicus L. Benick, 1915: 228 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Corsica, Folelli ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; synonym of macrocephalus ).

macrophallus Puthz, 1984: 84 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bolivia:

Santa Cruz: Ayacucho).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

macros Puthz, 1965 , see: robustus L. Benick, 1914 .

maculatus W. J. MacLeay, 1873: 148 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Gayndah; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1970e]).

— Fauvel, 1877: 208 ( Stenus ; characters; Australia).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 504 ( Stenus ; characters; Australia).

— Lea, 1899: 545 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1920: 7 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Puthz, 1969: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1970e: 74 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; lectotype designation; characters; Australia).

— Puthz, 1972f: 110 ( Stenus ; Australia).

— Pace, 1977: 36 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Australia).

— Reid, 1997: 122 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

maculifer Cameron, 1930: 395 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; Type locality: Assam:

Naga Hills, Laimatak).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968j: 461 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1980d: 189 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 338 ( Stenus ; Kashmir; Vietnam; China; Burma).

— Puthz, 1981a: 18 ( Stenus ; Vietnam; China).

— Puthz, 1981b: 144 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 44 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1986k: 962 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

facialis L. Benick, 1940: 569 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: N. W. China: Tienmuschan).

— L. Benick, 1942a: 76 ( Stenus ; China).

— Puthz, 1968j: 461 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Puthz, 1980d: 189 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 338 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 18 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Puthz, 1986k: 962 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

cruentatus L. Benick, 1942: 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: NO-Burma: Kambaiti).

— Puthz, 1968j: 461 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Puthz, 1980d: 189 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 338 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 18 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of maculifer ).

maculiger Weise, 1875a: 367 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Griechenland).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 62 [= 1876: 247] ( Stenus ; synonym of laevigatus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 559 ( Stenus ; characters; Hungary; Croatia; Greece).

— Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Stenus ; Romania).

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

— L. Benick, 1917c: 54 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Bosnia; Herzegowina; Crimea; Dalamatia; Greece; Turkey; Carpathian region).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 17 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

— Fagel, 1955a: 84 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Szujecki, 1961: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 303 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Greece; Bulgaria; Bosnia Hercegovina; Serbia; Dalmatia; Hungary; Slovakia; Ukraine; Turkey; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1971v: 89 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 248 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania; Greece).

— Puthz, 1979j: 320 ( Stenus ; Turkey).

— Puthz, 1980e: 361 ( Stenus ; Albania).

— Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 146 ( Stenus ; notes; Ukraine).

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

— Schillhammer, 1994a: 291 ( Stenus ; Austria).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Turkey.

consanguineus L. Benick, 1915: 225 ( Stenus ; variety of maculiger ; Type locality: Krim, Jaila-Geb; Dalmatien, Ragusa vecchia; Bulgarien, Maglige; Sliven; Mazedonien, Athos).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 18 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; variety of maculiger ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; variety of maculiger ).

maculipes Heer, 1839 , see: stigmula Erichson, 1840 .

maculipes Grimmer, 1841 [Note: Nomen dubium], see: bimaculatus Gyllenhal, 1810 .

maculosus L. Benick, 1938 , see: abdominalis Fauvel, 1895 .

madagascariensis Bernhauer, 1912 , see: attenuatus Erichson, 1840 .

madecassa Fauvel, 1898c: 179 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suberbieville).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1972: 22 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 14 ( Stenus ; Madagascar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

madens L. Benick, 1938c: 279 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica).

— L. Benick, 1939: 633 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters;

Costa Rica: Hamburgfarm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

maderensis Puthz, 1980 m: 47 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Madeira:

Ribeira da Fundoa, bei Funchal).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madeira.

madridensis Hromádka, 1977, see: pygmaeus Perris, 1865 .

madurensis Puthz, 1970: 19 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Indien: Madura, Shembaganur).

— Puthz, 1984e: 578, 587 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

maeklini Duvivier, 1883 , see: calcaratus Scriba, 1864 .

magnepunctatus Puthz, 1972 r: 508 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Papua: Central: Bisianumu, NE of Pt. Moresby, 500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

magniceps Bernhauer, 1916 , see: nigricans Sharp, 1876 .

magnificus L. Benick, 1921c: 194 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; replacement name for lucens L. Benick ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971t: 450, 465 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1982a: 129, 132 ( Stenus ; notes; characters; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

smaragdinus L. Benick, 1916: 250 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Deutsch- Neu-Guinea, Rawlinson-Geb.).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; synonym of magnificus ).

lucens L. Benick, 1917b: 310 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; replacement name for smaragdinus L. Benick ; [preoccupied]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; synonym of magnificus ).

magnopunctatus Hammond, 1975a: 8 ( Stenus ; subspecies of jovino ; Type locality:

South Africa: Cape Province, Du Toits Kloof, c. 2400 ft.).

— Puthz, 1976b: 338 ( Stenus ; valid species; characters).

— Puthz, 1994f: 407 ( Stenus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

maharaja Puthz, 1984e: 567 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kerala: Cardamom Hills, Valara Fall, à 46 km au sud-ouest de Munnar, 450–500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

mahatma Puthz, 1984e: 572 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Nilgiri Hills, O. Valley, 4500 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

maiko Naomi and Puthz, 1993: 306 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Shiga Pref.: Mt. Ibuki).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

major Mulsant and Rey, 1861 , see: canescens Rosenhauer, 1856 .

makak Puthz, 1970: 21 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Java occidentalis: Pengalengan, 4000 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

malabarensis Cameron, 1925a: 178 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; Type locality: Malabar near Bandung, 1600 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938: 11 ( Stenus ; Java).

— Puthz, 1981b: 149 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1998: 388 ( Stenus ; coniform paraglossae).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

malaisei L. Benick, 1942 , see: flavovittatus Champion, 1920 .

malawianus Puthz, 1971 , see: obconicus Fauvel, 1904 .

malefactor Puthz, 1991d: 8 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Neuguinea: Papua: Bulldog Road 12 km S.E. Edie Creek , 2800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

malignus L. Benick, 1926: 270 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sunda-Ins., Sumbawa).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1966: 12 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1969a: 68 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Rougemont, 1984: 239 ( Stenus ; Lombok).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

vicarius Puthz, 1969a: 68 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of malignus ; Type locality: Lombok, Sapit 2000 ft.).

malkini Sanderson, 1957: 258 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Idaho: Willow Flat For. Camp, Cub. Riv. Canyon, Wasatch Mts.).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

mallorcinus Puthz, 1967 , see: guttula P. W. J. Müller, 1821 .

mammops Casey, 1884: 97 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Trenton Falls, New York; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1974d]. Also cited from Cambridge , Massachusetts; Detroit , Michigan; Batchehwauung , Lake Superior ; Michipicoten River, Lake Superior ; Marquette , Michigan; Isle Royale , Lake Superior ; Fort Garland , Colorado;

Lake Quesnel, British Columbia).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 580 ( Stenus ; synonym of humilis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of humilis ).

— L. Benick, 1925: 75 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Fall, 1926: 147 ( Stenus ; Alaska).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1949b: 559 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; notes; valid species).

— Puthz, 1972b: 13 ( Stenus ; characters; Michigan).

— Puthz, 1972e: 103 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Puthz, 1974b: 111 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Trenton Falls , New York; notes) .

— Puthz, 1975g: 124 ( Stenus ; Quebec).

— Naomi, 1988f: 49 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Naomi, 1989f: 42 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

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

— J. Li, 1993: 26 ( Stenus ; China).

— Naomi and Puthz, 1994: 220 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 491 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

— Naomi, Kuranishi, Saito, and Maruyama, 2000: 108 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Kamchatka).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies, USA, Canada, Russia, China, Japan.

bulbicollis L. Benick, 1921d: 151 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kamtschatka, Bolscherjetsk ) .

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1149 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mammops ; characters).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; cited as valid species; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

rulomus Blackwelder, 1943: 212 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bahamas Islands : Nassau).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of mammops ).

mandli Puthz, 1983a: 65 ( Stenus ; Type locality: USSR: Transbaikalien: Werchne-Udinsk

[= Ulan Ude]).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

manegordensis Puthz, 1981, see: nodipes Puthz, 1972 .

mangpuensis Cameron, 1943 , see: salebrosus L. Benick, 1942 .

mantiqueira Puthz, 1981c: 185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Minas Gerais [Sul], Barreira de Piqueita, Sierra Mantiqueira, 1500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

maquilinganus Bernhauer, 1915e: 120 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Luzon: Laguna, Mount Maquiling).

— L. Benick, 1929: 243 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Philippines).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974c: 158 ( Stenus ; Philippines).

— Puthz, 1985: 96 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

marcidus L. Benick, 1938 , see: incognitus Sharp, 1886 .

margareti Rougemont, 1981: 99 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ethiopia: Bale Prov. : S of Omar, 1350 m, on bank of Wabe Gestro river, inside mouth of caves).

— Puthz, 1990i: 91 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

marginifer Puthz, 1981a: 17 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Vietnam: O-quy-ho).

- DISTRIBUTION: Vietnam.

marginiventris Puthz, 1991d: 42 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Khandbari District: Pass nordöstlich von Mangmaya, 2300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

mariae Hromádka, 1981a: 206 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: Pich.: 6600 16 km E. Tandapi).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

mariannae Puthz, 1971: 267 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Cameroun: Bamenda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

maritimus Motschulsky, 1845b: 356 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sitka).

— Mannerheim, 1852: 316 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Sitka).

— Casey, 1884: 73 ( Stenus ; characters; Alaska; British Columbia).

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

— L. Benick, 1921a: 112 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 255 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

marshalli Puthz, 1967 i: 210 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Natal: Frere).

— Puthz, 1971: 235 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

martae Hromádka, 1981a: 203 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: Pich.: 16 km SE Sta. Domingo, Tinalandia, 680 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

martensi Puthz, 1983e: 351 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Iran: ElbursGebirge, Masandaran, 11 km E. von Alasht, westl. Seitental des Talar, 1400 m).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 203 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iran.

masatakai Naomi and Nomura, 1990: 47 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Shimane Pref.: Urahikimi).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

mashonaensis Puthz, 1971 , see: semisericeus Cameron, 1929 .

mashunensis L. Benick, 1933 , see: pilus Schubert, 1911 .

masurianus Cameron, 1930: 388 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; Type locality: Dehra Dun District: Arni Gad).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968j: 463 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 305 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1981b: 147 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

matsaboryanus Jarrige, 1970: 55 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Madagascar: Mt. Tsaratanana, Matsabory en dessous de l’Andohanisambirano).

— Puthz, 1972: 11 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

matumbiensis Bernhauer, 1915d: 112 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: Inner-Matumbi).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967i: 237 ( Stenus ; characters; Congo; Kenya) .

— Puthz, 1967r: 1013 ( Stenus ; Cameroon).

— Puthz, 1971: 269 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania; Cameroon; Zaire; Central African Republic).

— Puthz, 1976c: 90 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

— Puthz, 1978a: 37 ( Stenus ; Ivory Coast).

— Puthz, 1982c: 193 ( Stenus ; Fernando Poo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, Congo Republic; Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.

katompeanus Bernhauer, 1932a: 86 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Katanga: Katompe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1178 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967i: 237 ( Stenus ; synonym of matumbiensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 269 ( Stenus ; synonym of matumbiensis ).

pauliani Bernhauer, 1942c: 352 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: N’Kongsamba, 800 m).

— Puthz, 1967n: 191 ( Stenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1968a: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1971: 269 ( Stenus ; synonym of matumbiensis ).

— Puthz, 1972a: 5 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; [Note: Manuscript submitted for publication in 1966 according to note at bottom of page] characters; Zaire).

leonensis Cameron, 1949a: 316 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sierra Leone: Freetown).

— Puthz, 1965: 552 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967n: 191 ( Stenus ; synonym of pauliani ).

— Puthz, 1971: 269 ( Stenus ; synonym of matumbiensis ). minusculus L. Benick, 1951: 211 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kamerun: Duala).

— Puthz, 1965: 552 ( Stenus ; synonym of leonensis ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 307 ( Stenus ).

— Puthz, 1967n: 191 ( Stenus ; synonym of pauliani ).

— Puthz, 1971: 269 ( Stenus ; synonym of matumbiensis ).

kalamboensis Puthz, 1967 i: 237 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of matumbiensis ; Type locality: Congo: Manyema, Mont Kalambo).

— Puthz, 1971: 270 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of matumbiensis ; characters; Congo).

matzenaueri Flesicher, 1909 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: intricatus Erichson, 1840 .

maurus Mannerheim 1830 , see: juno Paykull, 1789 .

maximiliani Scheerpeltz, 1933, see: bicolon Sharp, 1889 .

maximus Puthz, 1968 , see: brunnipes Stephens, 1833 .

medanensis Bernhauer, 1926, see: brevitarsis L. Benick, 1916 .

mediocris Puthz, 1979 g: 69 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Veracruz: Vega de Alatorre).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

medus Puthz, 1981 i: 702 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: U.D.S.S.R.: Armenien: Eghegnadsor [Tal der Arpa], Alajas [Dorf im Elegistal]. Also cited from Iran).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 211 ( Stenus ; notes; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Iran).

- DISTRIBUTION: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran.

megacephalus Cameron, 1929b: 448 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Selangor; Bukit Kutu ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1980a: 38 ( Stenus ; characters; Malay Peninsula).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 22 ( Stenus ; characters; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1983: 1 ( Stenus ; notes; Vietnam).

— Rougemont, 1987: 705 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus and Nestus ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1988: 655 ( Stenus ; Borneo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo.

siamensis Rougemont, 1981b: 363 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Thailand: Wang Takrai Park , Nakhon Nayok Prov.).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 22 ( Stenus ; synonym of megacephalus ).

— Puthz, 1988: 655 ( Stenus ; synonym of megacephalus ).

megalops Casey, 1884: 161 ( Areus ; Type locality: Crescent City , Florida).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

megas Puthz, 1971: 71 ( Stenus ; subspecies of aethiopicus ; Type locality: Abyssinia:

Addis Abeba, ca. 8100 feet).

— Bernhauer, 1931d: 570 ( Stenus ; cited as “var.?” of fossulatus ; [Note: Misidentification of megas according to Puthz, 1971: 71] Abyssinia).

— Rougemont, 1981: 83 ( Stenus ; valid species; characters; discussion; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

megelytratus Puthz, 1971b: 4 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Colombia: Cundinamarca, road Sibaté to Aguadita, 2600 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

megops Sharp, 1886: 658 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Panama, Bugaba ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 271 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

melanarius Stephens, 1833: 299 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suffolk; New Forest ; Bristol).

— Stephens, 1839: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 150 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— Rye, 1864: 39 ( Stenus ; Kirby is author; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 96 [= 1873a: 254] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 54 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Fowler, 1888: 337 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 575 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Europe).

— Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Stenus ; Romania).

— Poppius, 1909: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Reitter, 1909: 158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Johansen, 1914: 503 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1915a: 226 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 52 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 399 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 39 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 91 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 333 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Siberia; China; Korea; Japan; Russia; Fennoscandia; Britain; widespread in central Europe; France to Poland-Russia; Italy; Croatia; Bosnia).

— Lohse, 1964: 120 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 62 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Puthz, 1967m: 77 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 720 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Puthz, 1971j: 138 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971v: 96 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 257 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Puthz, 1975g: 124 ( Stenus ; Quebec).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 247 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

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

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

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 145 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 168 ( Stenus ; notes; Georgia).

— Puthz, 1991f: 169 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

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

— Dauphin, 1993: 182, 190 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; China).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India,

Sri Lanka, Canada, USA.

cinerascens Erichson, 1839a: 539 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Germany; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Heer, 1839: 218 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 701 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 170 ( Stenus ; characters; Lenkoran; Iberia).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 725 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 195 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 150 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ). — G. Waterhouse, 1858: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 579 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 759 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 220 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 306 [= 1865b: 56] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 240 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 55 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Rey, 1884: 265 [= 1884a: 113] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 575 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 290 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: German.; synonym of melanarius ). gracilentus Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 578 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lardy).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 747 ( Stenus ).

— Rey, 1884: 283 [= 1884a: 131] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

nigripalpis Thomson, 1857: 224 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ringsjön).

— Thomson, 1860: 221 ( Stenus ; [Note: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162, erroneously cited this as the first reference]; characters; Scandinavia).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 55 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Rey, 1884: 266 [= 1884a: 114] ( Stenus ; synonym of cinerascens ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 575 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

verecundus Sharp, 1874: 81 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Japan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 168 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1941d: 281 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters; China). — Cameron, 1949b: 462 ( Stenus ; Formosa).

— Puthz, 1968c: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of melanarius ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971d: 21 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters; Taiwan).

— Puthz, 1971u: 532 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters; Taiwan).

— Puthz, 1972p: 402 ( Stenus ; Korea).

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

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 231 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1981d: 120 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Taiwan).

— Naomi and Takeda, 1991: 10 ( Stenus ; cited as vercundus; subspecies of melanarius ; notes; Japan).

— Naomi, 1991a: 165 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Japan).

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; China).

— Kanehisa and Tsumuki, 1996 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; pygidial secretions; Japan). rugulosus Rey, 1884: 268 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 575 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 29 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

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

notatus Rey, 1884: 255 [= 1884a: 103] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: montagnes du Lyonnais et à la Grande-Chartreuse).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 572 ( Stenus ; synonym of buphthalmus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 155 ( Stenus ; synonym of buphthalmus ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 28 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

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

annamita Fauvel, 1895: 207 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylan, Maturata; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]. Also cited from Bírmanie, Tienzo; Annam, Hue, Qui-Nhon; Tonkin). — Fauvel, 1904a: 47 ( Stenus ; Khandesh; Ceylan; Bírmanie; Annam; Tonkin). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; catalog). — Cameron, 1930: 341 ( Stenus ; characters; Burma; Assam; India; Ceylon; Sumatra; Annam). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1145 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1966: 5 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; notes; Timor). — Puthz, 1969: 2 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Maturata, Ceylan; characters; notes; Ceylon; Vietnam; India). — Puthz, 1971o: 212 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters; Ceylon). — Puthz, 1972m: 180 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Vietnam). — Puthz, 1973n: 1 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Ceylon). — Puthz, 1974c: 157 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Philippines). — Puthz, 1976: 4 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Nepal). — Puthz, 1978: 126 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; India). — Rougemont, 1980: 180 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Nepal). — Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters). — Puthz, 1981a: 5 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Vietnam; China). — Puthz, 1984e: 566, 582 ( Stenus ; subspecies of melanarius ; characters; India; Sri Lanka).

griseolus L. Benick, 1929: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Luzon: Pagsanjan; Balbalan; Laguna; Los Baños). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1966: 5 ( Stenus ; synonym of annamita ). — Puthz, 1969: 2 ( Stenus ; synonym of annamita ). — Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius annamita ). — Puthz, 1981a: 5 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius annamita ).

nigripes Cameron, 1930: 342 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Central Provinces: Rahatgaon, Hoshangabad). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1966: 5 ( Stenus ; synonym of annamita ). — Puthz, 1969: 2 ( Stenus ; synonym of annamita ). — Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius annamita ). — Puthz, 1981a: 5 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius annamita ).

walkeri Bernhauer, 1931c: 126 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Da-laen-saen in der Nähe von Nong-po). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1968c: 45 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanarius ).

orientalis Bernhauer, 1931c: 127 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; variety of walkeri ; Type locality: Nähe von Ta-maon). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168 ( Stenus ; variety of walkeri ).

peripherus Korge, 1971a: 24 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of melanarius ; Type locality: 1800 m, Pass nördlich Koyulhisar, in Luftline etwa 65 km südlich Ordu, Anatolia bor.).

melanchrus Puthz, 1971: 290 , 293 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Congo: Parc National de l’Upemba). — Puthz, 1972a: 11 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: Cited as a new species but preceded by the 1971 publication]; characters; Zaire). - DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

melanopus Marsham, 1802: 528 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Britain). — Stephens, 1833: 299 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — Stephens, 1839: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 45 (Stenus; notes; England). — Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 150 (Stenus; characters; notes). — Rye, 1864: 41 (Stenus; characters; habitat; England). — Fauvel, 1873: 98 [= 1873a: 256] (Stenus; characters; France; Europe; Algeria; Caramania;

Persia). — J. Sahlberg, 1876: 59 (Stenus; Finland). — Fauvel, 1878: 102 [= 1878a: 22] (Stenus; Algeria). — Fauvel, 1886: 29 [= 1886a: 21] (Stenus; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria). — Fowler, 1888: 336 (Stenus; characters; Britain). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region). — Fauvel, 1902b: 75 (Stenus; Barbary). — Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 82 (Stenus; Corsica). — Reitter, 1909: 158 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; Germany). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 (Stenus; catalog). — Johansen, 1914: 505 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; Denmark). — L. Benick, 1929a: 45 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters in key). — Portevin, 1929: 399 (Stenus; characters; France). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 (Stenus; subgenus Stenus; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II (Stenus; illustration of aedeagus). — Normand, 1935: 364 (Stenus; Tunisia). — Szujecki, 1961: 33 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 88 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Finland). — Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 417 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; Greece). — Horion, 1963: 339 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; Spain and Italy to Albania and Greece; France;

Belgium; Holland; Czech Republic; Poland; Denmark; Sweden; Finland; Germany; Austria). — Lohse, 1964: 116 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; central Europe). — Focarile, 1964: 63 (Stenus; Italy). — Puthz, 1966g: 146 (Stenus; note; New York). — Puthz, 1967: 4 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; Portugal). — Puthz, 1971v: 97 (Stenus; notes). — Puthz, 1972s: 259 (Stenus; Yugoslavia; Greece; Albania). — Puthz, 1972c: 49 (Stenus; introduced into New York). — Pope, 1977: 26 (Stenus; Britain). — Puthz, 1980e: 364 (Stenus; Balkans). — Anderson, 1984: 247 (Stenus; collecting notes; Ireland). — Lucht, 1987: 96 (Stenus; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; France;

Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 (Stenus; Canada). — Dauphin, 1993: 179, 187 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; characters; France). — Hromádka, 1993: 44 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; Czech Republic). — Outerelo, Palmer and Pons, 1995: 80 (Stenus; Mallorca). — Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 (Stenus; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Turkey, Iran, Canada, USA. nitidus Lacordaire, 1835: 450 (Stenus; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Paris). — Erichson, 1840: 703 (Stenus; characters; Sardinia; Spain; France). — Kiesenwetter, 1845: 224 (Stenus; notes; Germany; Spain; Sardinia; France). — P. Lucas, 1846: 122 (Stenus; notes; Algeria). — Leprieur, 1851: 194 (Stenus; characters). — Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 424 (Stenus; France). — Hardy, 1851: 45 (Stenus; synonym of melanopus). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 576 (Stenus; characters; France). — Thomson, 1857: 224 (Stenus; characters; Sweden). — Kraatz, 1857d: 756 (Stenus; characters; Germany). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 219 (Stenus; characters; Austria). — Kraatz, 1858b: 123 (Stenus; Greece). — Peyron, 1858: 431 (Stenus; Turkey). — Thomson, 1860: 225 (Stenus; characters; Scandinavia). — Rye, 1864: 41 (Stenus; synonym of melanopus).

— Fauvel, 1873: 98 [= 1873a: 256] ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 239 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 59 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Rey, 1884: 256 [= 1884a: 104] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

tythus Schaufuss, 1882a: 621 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Menorca).

— Eppelsheim, 1894b: 12 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 305 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ; notes).

cribrellus Rey, 1884: 261 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Montpellier).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 ( Stenus ; synonym of foraminosus ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 75 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of foraminosus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1147 ( Stenus ; variety of atratulus ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of melanopus ).

melanostolus Puthz, 1971, see: grandipennis L. Benick, 1933 .

memmius Puthz, 1995e: 217 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien:

S. J. D’aliança-GO, Rio Farias).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

mendax Casey, 1884 , see: angustus Casey, 1884 .

mendax Fagel, 1960 , see: impressus Germar, 1824 .

mendeboensis Rougemont, 1981: 88 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ethiopia: Bale Prov. : Dinshu, 3200 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

mendicoides Puthz, 1964, see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

mendicus Erichson, 1840: 702 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lusitania).

— Leprieur, 1851: 195 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Rosenhauer, 1856: 74 ( Stenus ; Cadiz).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 747 ( Stenus ; Spain).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; western Mediterranean region; France).

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

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

— Fauvel, 1907: 17 ( Stenus ; note; Kenya).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 33 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— L. Benick, 1932b: 3 ( Stenus ; Morocco).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 134 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal).

— Horion, 1963: 349 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Italy; Palestine; Austria; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 114 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1965d ( Stenus ; characters; Spain; France; Greece; Italy; Morocco; Algeria).

— Puthz, 1967: 5 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal).

— Puthz, 1967h: 294 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971: 46, 60, 63 (Stenus; characters; key to subspecies; notes; phylogeny and biogeography).

— Puthz, 1971v: 97 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 260 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Hammond, 1975a: 5 ( Stenus ; discussion of geographical races).

— Rougemont, 1981: 81 ( Stenus ; discussion).

— Lucht, 1987: 97 ( Stenus ; checklist).

— Dauphin, 1993: 178, 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Madagascar.

oreophilus Fairmaire, 1859: 43 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Hautes-Pyrénées).

— Fauvel, 1873: 80 [= 1873a: 238] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Spain; Portugal; Corsica; Sicily; Algeria; Morocco).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 62 [= 1876: 247] ( Stenus ; Sardinia).

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

— Rey, 1884: 290 [= 1884a: 138] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 74 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 33 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; variety of oreophilus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; variety of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

relucens Rey, 1884: 292 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Algérie).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 162 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 29 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

protector Fauvel, 1904e: 311 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Madagascar: Suberbieville; Pays Androy; bassin de la Tarasy. Senegal: Podor. Congo: Boma, Matadi; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1971, but two localities seem to be cited]. Also cited from).

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

— Puthz, 1971: 57 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; lectotype designation: [Note: Two localities seem to be listed]; characters; Madagascar; Mali; Congo).

— Puthz, 1972: 2 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 12 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Madagascar).

azeganus Fauvel, 1905a: 137 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Abyssinie: Hamacen, Azega, 2500 m; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1971]. Also cited from Abyssinie: d’Asmara à Keren).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967t: 131 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1969: 4 ( Stenus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 58 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; lectotype designation: Azéga, 2500 m, Ethiopia; characters; Ethiopia).

senegalensis Bernhauer, 1912f: 180 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ht. Senegal).

— L. Benick, 1926: 265 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

— Puthz, 1967r: 1010 ( Stenus ; Cameroon).

— Puthz, 1968a: 34 ( Stenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1968f: 175 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1969d: 301 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; notes; Senegal; Mali).

— Puthz, 1971: 52 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; characters; Mali; Senegal; Ivory Coast; Central African Republic; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo; Kenya; Rhodesia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 88 ( Stenus ; variety of mendicus ; [Note: Misidentification: According to Hammond, 1975: 5, the specimen from Livingston identified as mendicus variety pretoriensis is mendicus senegalensis ]; Northern Rhodesia).

— Hammond, 1975a: 3 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes; characters; Angola; Botswana; Mali).

— Puthz, 1976c: 89 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Ghana).

— Rougemont, 1981: 81 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes Ethiopia).

— Rougemont, 1983: 110 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Upper Volta).

kraussei L. Benick, 1913: 155 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sardinien, Sorgono ).

— Bernhauer, 1915j: 270 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1160 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

arens Peyerimhoff, 1929: 54 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Mouidir: gorges de Tahount-Arak, au bord de l’oued).

— Peyerimhoff, 1931: 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Algeria).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1145 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Jarrige, 1958: 96 ( Stenus ; notes; characters; Algeria).

— Coiffait, 1966b: 339 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Mauritania).

— Puthz, 1967t: 132 ( Stenus ; notes; Aden; Yemen).

— Puthz, 1971: 51 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; characters; Senegal; Chad; Egypt; Arabia; Yemen; Aden).

— Puthz, 1980c: 112 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes; Saudi Arabia; also listed from Senegal, Mauretania, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, and Yemen).

— Rougemont, 1981: 79 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Ethiopia).

— Rougemont, 1983: 110 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Niger).

gerardi Bernhauer, 1932a: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Boma; Matadi).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1155 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971: 52 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus senegalensis ).

mortuorum Bernhauer, 1933b: 55 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Eritrea: Adi Caie ).

— Puthz, 1967t: 131 ( Stenus ; synonym of azeganus ).

— Puthz, 1969: 4 ( Stenus ; synonym of azeganus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 58 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus azeganus ).

separatus L. Benick, 1933: 311 ( Stenus ; variety of mendicus ; Type locality: Südafrika: Zumbody; Grahamstown).

— Puthz, 1971: 57 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; characters; South Africa).

— Puthz, 1971k: 137 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; South Africa).

collarti Cameron, 1933: 38 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Nizi : Blukwa).

— Cameron, 1950g: 20 ( Stenus ; Belgian Congo).

— Puthz, 1967j: 22 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire; Uganda; Kenya).

— Puthz, 1971: 54 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; characters; Belgian Congo).

— Janák, 1998: 93 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Uganda).

sequens Cameron, 1933: 39 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Leopoldville ).

— Puthz, 1971: 52 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus senegalensis ).

arabicus Bernhauer, 1940b: 631 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Arabien: Hedjas).

— Puthz, 1967t: 132 ( Stenus ; synonym of arens ).

— Puthz, 1971: 51 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 79 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

tuniseus Krása, 1941: 117 , 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: El Kef, Tunis).

— Puthz, 1971: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

— Puthz, 1998f: 149 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus ).

franzi Puthz, 1964a: 247 (Stenus; subgenus Nestus; [Note: According to a handwritten notation in a copy of the article sent to me by Volker Puthz the figures attributed to para-

mendicus on page 251 are franzi ]; Type locality: Tschadgebiet: Fort Lamy, Ufergebiet des Chari).

— Puthz, 1969d: 310 ( Stenus ; synonym of senegalensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 52 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus senegalensis ).

paramendicus Puthz, 1964a: 249 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; [Note: According to a handwritten notation in a copy of the article sent to me by the author the figures attributed to franzi on page 248 are paramendicus]; Type locality: Tschadseeufer bei Bol, Tschadgebiet).

— Puthz, 1967t: 132 ( Stenus ; synonym of arens ).

— Puthz, 1969d: 302 ( Stenus ; notes; Senegal).

— Puthz, 1971: 51 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 79 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

mendicoides Puthz, 1964a: 253 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; replacement name for arabicus Bernhauer, 1940 ).

— Puthz, 1967t: 132 ( Stenus ; synonym of arens ).

— Puthz, 1971: 51 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 79 ( Stenus ; synonym of mendicus arens ).

alienigenus Puthz, 1964: 229 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Israel: Saffurije).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes).

orientis Puthz, 1967 t: 133 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Type locality: Mesopotamia).

— Puthz, 1971: 50 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes).

decellei Puthz, 1971: 54 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Type locality: Congo: Kalundwe, N.E. Gandajika, rivière Luala).

pretoriensis Puthz, 1971: 56 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Type locality: South Africa: Transvaal: Umgebung Pretoria).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 88 ( Stenus ; variety of mendicus ; South Africa; Northern Rhodesia).

— Hammond, 1975a: 5 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; notes; characters; South Africa).

naivashaensis Puthz, 1971: 59 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Type locality: Kenya: Naivasha).

galla Rougemont, 1981: 80 ( Stenus ; subspecies of mendicus ; Type locality: Ethiopia:

Shoa Prov.: Flooded plain at west end of Koka artificial lake, ca. 1900 m).

mendosus Puthz, 1971e: 20 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Connecticut: Groton).

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

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 491 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Canada.

meracus L. Benick, 1942, see: pilicornis Fauvel, 1895 .

mercator Sharp, 1889: 333 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Junsai , Niigata).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

— L. Benick, 1942a: 68 ( Stenus ; China; Japan).

— Nakane, 1963a: 86 ( Stenus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— Puthz, 1966e: 306 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1968b: 45 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1971u: 532 ( Stenus ; China).

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

— Puthz, 1974k: 439 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1979h: 122 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 233 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Naomi and Takeda, 1991: 12 ( Stenus ; Japan).

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

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Korea, China, Russia.

azureus Krása, 1945: 46 , 47 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Simbirsk, Siberia).

— Puthz, 1966e: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of mercator ).

— Puthz, 1998f: 149 ( Stenus ; synonym of mercator ).

krasai Puthz, 1965f: 28 ( Stenus ; replacement name for azureus Krása ).

— Puthz, 1966e: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of mercator ).

merens Ryvkin, 1987b: 263 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: USSR: Krasnojarsk Region, W-Sajan, River Us valley, near 900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

merhabalis Rougemont, 1981: 109 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ethiopia: Begemder Prov. : Angereb river, Gondar, 2150 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

meridionalis Casey, 1884: 185 ( Areus ; Type locality: Florida).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 700 ( Stenus ; Florida).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

merkli Puthz, 1992c: 107 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Korea: Ryanggang Prov., 31 km on Paekdu-san road, NW of Samjiyon, 2000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Korea.

merumontis Puthz, 1971: 74 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Tanganyika Terr.: Mt. Meru, Olkokola , versant N.O., 2900 m, tête de source, savane à Hagenia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

mestiza Puthz, 1984: 136 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: El Triunfo, 60 km E of Guayaquil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

metallescens Bernhauer, 1911a: 404 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Argentinien, Prov. Buenos Aires). — L. Benick, 1928d: 49 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

— L. Benick, 1949b: 572 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Argentina).

— Puthz, 1974a: 63 ( Stenus ; characters; Argentina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

metallicoides Puthz, 1968: 6 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Morelia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

metallicus Erichson, 1840: 709 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Puerto Cabello , Columbiae [ Venezuela]; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967q]).

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

— L. Benick, 1917b: 295 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 261 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967q: 312 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

methnerianus Bernhauer, 1937 , see: kaguruensis Bernhauer, 1915 .

methodii Ryvkin, 1988 , see: noctivagus Casey, 1884 .

metkovichensis Bernhauer, 1936, see: ochropus Kiesenwetter, 1858 .

mexicanus Sharp, 1886: 644 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico, Cordova , Las Vigas).

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

— L. Benick, 1938c: 263 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1939: 18 ( Stenus ; characters; Mexico).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

meyeri L. Benick, 1928c: 458 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pah Trap, Kalabit country, 3000 ft., N. Sarawak).

— L. Benick, 1931: 138 (Stenus; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1973d: 73 ( Stenus ; characters; Borneo).

— Puthz, 1988: 673 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Borneo).

— Herman, 2001: 33 ( Stenus ; synonymic note).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo.

meyeri L. Benick, 1928c: 244 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Poh Trop, Borneo).

— Herman, 2001: 33 ( Stenus ; synonym of meyeri ).

meyeri L. Benick, 1928 , see: meyeri L. Benick, 1928 .

micans Sharp, 1886 , see: capucinus Boheman, 1858 .

michaelensis Last, 1970: 355 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: New Guinea:

Mount Michael).

— Puthz, 1971t: 449, 459 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

microcephalus Bernhauer, 1926 , see: fistulosus L. Benick, 1925 .

micropterus Eppelsheim, 1880: 465 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suramgebirge).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 60 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Fagel, 1967a: 367 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Caucasus).

— Puthz, 1983e: 358 ( Stenus ; characters; Georgia).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 194 ( Stenus ; notes; Georgia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia.

micros Solsky, 1874: 196 ( Stenus ; Type locality: ad Maracandam).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1970l: 207, 211 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Turkestan; Turkmenia).

— Assing, 1994: 108 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan.

micuba Hromádka, 1982: 134 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: China: Chinkiang, Nordwestl. Also cited from Japan).

— Naomi, 1990b: 48 ( Stenus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: China, Japan.

midas Puthz, 1972 r: 495 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Eastern Highlands: Kassam, 1350 m, 48 km E. of Kainantu).

— Puthz, 1982a: 133 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

mikado Hromádka, 1979f: 117 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Japan: Sendai, Oschiu).

— Naomi, 1988f: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Japan).

— Naomi, 1989f: 40 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

— Naomi, 1991a: 165 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Ito, 1992: 63 ( Stenus ; Yakushima Island).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

nomurai Naomi, 1988f: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Iwaubetsu, Shiretoko).

— Naomi, 1989f: 40 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

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

mikawanis Naomi, 1997 , see: nakanei Hromádka, 1982 .

miles Puthz, 1981c: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Manaus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

militaris Casey, 1884 , see: colonus Erichson, 1840 .

milleporus Casey, 1884, see: sectilifer Casey, 1884.

millepunctus Fauvel, 1904a: 49 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Nilghiris).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 368 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

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

— Puthz, 1967a: 19 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1969: 16, 23 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

— Puthz, 1984e: 585 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

milloti Jarrige, 1966: 122 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Grande Comore:

forêt de la Grille, battage).

— Puthz, 1971: 328 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1972: 12 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 13 ( Stenus ; Comoro Islands).

- DISTRIBUTION: Comoros, Madagascar.

mimicus Puthz, 1984e: 584 ( Stenus ; [Note: This name was cited as “in press” but it was published with characters and a locality before the intended original description]; Type locality: West Ghats: Belgaum; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1985]).

— Puthz, 1985: 91 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; lectotype designation; [Note: Cited as a new species with type locality: Indien: Belgaum; the name was validated earlier]; characters; India). - DISTRIBUTION: India.

mimus L. Benick, 1931 , see: abdominalis Fauvel, 1895 .

mindanaoensis Puthz, 1974c: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen: Mindanao: Davao Province, E. slope of Mt. McKinley, 3400 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

minimus Puthz, 1968 , see: rorellus Fauvel, 1907 .

minor Casey, 1884 , see: pudicus Casey, 1884 .

minusculus L. Benick, 1951 , see: matumbiensis Bernhauer, 1915 .

minutissimus Motschulsky, 1860: 557 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Verhnje Oudinsk en Daourie). — Hochhuth, 1862: 81 ( Stenus ; characters; Dauria).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967m: 81 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentified as pilosiventris according to Puthz, 1971j: 140]; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1968g: 206, 208 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; notes).

— Puthz, 1971j: 140 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Mongolia.

minutus Hochhuth, 1849 , see: formicetorum Mannerheim, 1843 .

miriventris Puthz, 1985: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Thailand:

Doi Aneka/Chiangmai. Also cited from Cambodia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

mirus Fauvel, 1904e: 313 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mahanoro).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971: 327 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1972: 26 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

misael Bondroit, 1912 , see: planifrons Rey, 1884 .

miscellus L. Benick, 1925 , see: phyllobates Penecke, 1901 .

miser Puthz, 1985: 82 , 100 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Thailand: Chiangmai, Fang).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

miserandus Ryvkin, 1987, see: lagopodis Ryvkin, 1987.

mitra Puthz, 1986 h: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Chantara District: Panch Pokhari, 14,600 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

miwai Bernhauer, 1943a: 174 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Formosa: Arisan). — Puthz, 1968b: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1971d: 23 ( Stenus ; characters; Taiwan).

— Puthz, 1971u: 532 ( Stenus ; characters; Taiwan).

— Puthz, 1981b: 148 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1981d: 121 ( Stenus ; Taiwan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

mixtus Puthz, 1967 j: 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: massif Ruwenzori, Bomboka près Kyandolire, 1650 m).

— Puthz, 1971: 259 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

miyama Naomi, 1988 , see: pudefactus Ryvkin, 1987 .

mjobergi L. Benick, 1928 , see: flavidulus Sharp, 1889 .

mjobergi L. Benick, 1928 , see: flavidulus Sharp, 1889 .

moctezuma Puthz, 2000b: 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Tlaxcala: 6. 8 km N Tlaxco, Hwy 119, 2850 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

modestus P. Lucas, 1846 , see: similis Herbst, 1784 .

modicus Puthz, 1968 k: 205 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kenya: Mt. Elgon,

E side 2900 m).

— Puthz, 1971: 331 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

mohelianus Jarrige, 1966: 123 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Comores: Mohéli, Fomboni).

— Puthz, 1971: 328 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1972: 15 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1992a: 13 ( Stenus ; Comoro Islands).

- DISTRIBUTION: Comoros, Madagascar.

mombassanus Bernhauer, 1934f: 206 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mombassa, 36 km. S. Lubero).

— Puthz, 1965: 542 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967i: 228 ( Stenus ; characters; Mombasa; Tanzania; Kivu ) .

— Puthz, 1967j: 13 ( Stenus ; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1971: 271 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Congo; Tanzania).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania, Congo.

mon Rougemont, 1981b: 366 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Thailand: River Kwae Noi ,

at Ban Soi Yok, 14°27′N, 98°51′E).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 23 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

monachus Bernhauer, 1905 , see: picipes Stephens, 1833 .

mongkuti Rougemont, 1987: 708 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hypostenus ”; Type locality: Thailand: Chanthaburi, Khao Sabap Nat. Park, 150–300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

mongolicus Eppelsheim, 1889a: 183 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kan-ssu: Amdo).

— Eppelsheim, 1892: 341 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as affaber , a misidentification of mongolicus according to Puthz, 1966e: 296]; Turkestan).

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

— Gridelli, 1934: 69 (Stenus; cited as ater; [Note: Misidentification of mongolicus according to Puthz, 1966e: 296] Karakorum region).

— Puthz, 1965a: 169 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1966e: 296 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; notes; notes; central Asia; Kashmir; Tibet; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1967d: 139 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1969c: 215 ( Stenus ; Afghanistan).

— Coiffait, 1970d: 144 ( Stenus ; Uzbekistan).

— Coiffait, 1979d: 553 ( Stenus ; Afghanistan).

— Puthz, 1980a: 37 ( Stenus ; characters; Turkey; Georgia; Turkestan; Uzbekistan; Tadzhikistan; Kirghizia; Kazachistan; Siberia; China; Tibet; Iran; Afghanistan; India).

— Puthz, 1986k: 958 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkey, Georgia, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, China, India, Pakistan.

auliensis Bernhauer, 1902a: 247 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Aulie Ata, Turkestan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1922c: 161 ( Stenus ; notes; Siberia; Mongolia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1147 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961h: 251 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Afghanistan).

— Puthz, 1966e: 296 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1967d: 139 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

parilis Luze, 1904: 88 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Seravschan: Fl. Magian; Kschtut: Artutsch, Kumar; Darch; Boschara; Pachut; Postigau; Jagnob: Ansob, Varsaut; Buchara: Kitab). — Bernhauer, 1905b: 596 ( Stenus ; synonym of auliensis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; synonym of auliensis ).

— Puthz, 1966e: 296 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1967d: 139 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

caporiaccoi Bernhauer, 1934 i: 86 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Shigar, Shigar-Tal, 220 m; Juno, Shigar-Tal, 2300 m; Chokpiong, Braldo-Tal, 2600 m; Askole, Braldo-Tal, 3100 m). — Puthz, 1966e: 296 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1967d: 139 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

afghanicus Scheerpeltz, 1961b: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Afghanistan: Farah).

— Puthz, 1967d: 139 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of mongolicus ).

monomerus Fauvel, 1895: 214 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bírmanie: Carin Cheba, 900–1100 m; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]. Also cited from Bírmanie: Pegou, Palon ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1921a: 368, 401 ( Stenus ; cited as monomeros; characters; Singapore).

— Cameron, 1930: 380 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Burma; Malay Peninsula).

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

— Puthz, 1969: 24 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; lectotype designation: Carin Chebà, 900–

1100 m; characters).

— Puthz, 1978: 128 ( Stenus ; India).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 23 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Thailand).

— Rougemont, 1987: 707 (Stenus; subgenus Hypostenus; Thailand).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore.

monstrabilis Puthz, 1967 j: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mont Hoyo,

1280 m).

— Puthz, 1971: 259 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

monstrosicollis Bernhauer, 1915 h: 218 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: Preanger).

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

— L. Benick, 1933a: 109 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1968e: 99 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

capreolus L. Benick, 1938: 34 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: Tjibodas, Gedeh; G. Tangkoeban Prahoe 4000–5000 Voet, Preanger).

— Puthz, 1968e: 99 ( Stenus ; synonym of monstrosicollis ).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of monstrosicollis ).

nigrotibialis L. Benick, 1938: 36 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: Batoeraden G. Slamat; K. O. Blawan, Idjan-Plateau 900 bis 1500 m).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of monstrosicollis ).

furcatus L. Benick, 1938: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: G. Tangkoeban Prahoe 4000–5000 Voet, Preanger).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of monstrosicollis ).

monstrosipennis L. Benick, 1951, see: kitondoensis Cameron, 1950 .

montalbanensis Bernhauer, 1912 , see: cylindricollis Boheman, 1858 .

montandoni L. Benick, 1929, see: humilis Erichson, 1839 .

montanellus Bernhauer, 1937 , see: dodwensis Eichelbaum, 1913 .

montanus Casey, 1884 , see: sibiricus J. Sahlberg, 1880 .

montenegrinus Puthz, 1972 s: 272 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Montenegro: Ubli).

- DISTRIBUTION: Yugoslavia.

monticelli O. Costa, 1839, see: cordatus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

monticola Casey, 1884 , see: immarginatus Mäklin, 1853 .

montigenus Puthz, 1976: 21 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: West-Nepal:

Gebiet von Jumla, Mahidoelepass, 5200 m).

— Puthz, 1986h: 14 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

montium Puthz, 1967 j: 27 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: massif Ruwenzori, Kalonge, 2060 m, riv. Katauleko, affl. Butahu).

— Puthz, 1971: 259 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

montivagans Cameron, 1943: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum, Tiger Hill, altitude 8500– 10,000 feet).

— Puthz, 1976: 7, 26 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Puthz, 1978: 125, 132 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal.

montivagus Heer, 1841: 578 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Salève, Pittons 4200′).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 180 ( Stenus ; characters; Caucasus).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 594 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 791 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1873: 126 [= 1873a: 284] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Italy).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 64 [= 1876: 249] ( Stenus ; Germany; Hungary).

— Rey, 1884: 358 [= 1884a: 206] (Stenus; subgenus Mesostenus; characters; France).

— Reitter, 1909: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1915b: 116 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1917: 184 ( Stenus ; characters in key).

— L. Benick, 1925: 84 ( Stenus ; notes).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 80 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 404 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1193 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 59 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 394 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; France; Belgium; Italy; Switzerland; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Romania; Austria; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 129 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1971v: 107 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux).

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

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 51 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

montosus Puthz, 1976: 14 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Ting Sang La über Barabise, 3400 m).

— Puthz, 1981b: 149 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

morio Gravenhorst, 1806: 230 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Brunsvigae).

— Erichson, 1839a: 537 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 218 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 700 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 725 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 195 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 577 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 757 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 220 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 123 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Rye, 1864: 38 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 99 [= 1873a: 257] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 240 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— Rey, 1884: 278 [= 1884a: 126] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 338 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 574 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Palaearctic region;

North America).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 82 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Stenus ; Romania).

— Reitter, 1909: 158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany).

— Blatchley, 1910: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 502 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark).

— Notman, 1920: 17 ( Stenus ; New York).

— L. Benick, 1922c: 162 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

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

— L. Benick, 1924: 254 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 400 (Stenus; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

— L. Benick, 1949b: 558 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; notes; New Jersey).

— Szujecki, 1961: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 87 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Korge, 1962a: 73, 75 ( Stenus ; cited as mendicus ; [Note: Misidentification of morio according to Puthz, 1965e: 98] characters; notes; Germany).

— Horion, 1963: 335 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Britain; widespread in central Europe; Portugal- Spain to Italy and Greece; Bosnia Hercegovina; Serbia; Bulgaria).

— Lohse, 1964: 117 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1964: 229 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Focarile, 1964: 63 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Puthz, 1965d ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

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

— Puthz, 1967m: 81 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971j: 139 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971v: 96 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 257 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania; Greece; Bulgaria).

— Puthz, 1972b: 12 ( Stenus ; characters; Michigan).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Puthz, 1979j: 325 ( Stenus ; Bulgaria).

— Puthz, 1980e: 364 ( Stenus ; Albania).

— Puthz, 1982e: 84 ( Stenus ; Italy; Yugoslavia).

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia; Georgia).

— Puthz, 1991f: 169 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

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

— Dauphin, 1993: 182, 189 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; China).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

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

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 130 ( Stenus ; characters; Holarctic).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

— Jelínek, 1999: 156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, Canada, USA. aequalis Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 154 [= 1862: 138] ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bugey).

— Fauvel, 1873: 99 [= 1873a: 257] ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Rey, 1884: 281 [= 1884a: 129] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

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

— Bondroit, 1913a: 379 ( Stenus ; variety of morio ).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; variety of morio ; characters in key).

— Focarile, 1964: 63 ( Stenus ; variety of morio ; Italy).

— Puthz, 1973b: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

inaequalis Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 156 [= 1862: 140] ( Stenus ; Type locality: environs de Cluny).

— Rey, 1884: 263 [= 1884a: 111] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

luculentus Casey, 1884: 122 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Stockton , California).

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

haplus Casey, 1884: 125 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

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

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

— Puthz, 1967m: 81 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

subgriseus Casey, 1884: 127 ( Stenus ; Type locality: California; British Columbia). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 574 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

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

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

— Sanderson, 1957: 258 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Idaho; Washington; Oregon).

— Puthz, 1967m: 81 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

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

dives Casey, 1884: 127 ( Stenus ; Type locality: northern California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 157 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

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

terricola Casey, 1884: 128 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lake Tahoe , Nevada).

— Fall, 1901: 71 ( Stenus ; California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 168 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

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

indistinctus Casey, 1884: 130 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

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

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

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 163 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

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

albipilus Rey, 1884: 275 [= 1884a: 123] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality:

à Pompignane et Fonfroide, près Montpellier).

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

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

— Puthz, 1973b: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

arcuatus Rey, 1884: 282 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: environs d’Aix en Savoie).

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

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

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

— Puthz, 1973b: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of morio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 167 ( Stenus ; cited as arquatus; synonym of morio ).

moritzi Bernhauer, 1908d: 297 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Venezuela).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 272 (Stenus; characters).

— Puthz, 1974a: 65 ( Stenus ; characters; Colombia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela, Colombia.

moroensis Puthz, 1972 r: 517 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Madang, Finisterre Mts., Moro Camp, 5550 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

morosus Cameron, 1930 , see: abdominalis Fauvel, 1895 .

morosus Cameron, 1930: 339 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Simla Hills: Fagu; Kotgarh. Chakrata district: Konain, alt. 7000 to 8000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 304 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1971: 16 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1986k: 963 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

morrisoni Blackwelder, 1943 , see: cupreus Laporte, 1835 .

morsei † Scudder, 1900: 70 ( Bledius ; fossil; Type locality: Florissant , Colorado) .

— Handlirsch, 1907: 728 ( Bledius ; catalog; Miocene; Colorado).

— Wickham, 1913: 4 ( Stenus ; transferred from Bledius ).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

mortuorum Bernhauer, 1933 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

morulus Baudi, 1870 , see: piscator Saulcy, 1864 .

morvani Rougemont, 1986a: 266 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Dumahan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

mrazi L. Benick, 1938a: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Brasilien,

São Paulo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

mucronatus Sharp, 1886: 644 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Panama, Peña Blanca 3000 to

4000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 261 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1939: 14 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

mucronatus Champion, 1920 , see: crenicollis Eppelsheim, 1895 .

muelleri Bernhauer, 1933b: 56 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Eritrea: Dintorni di Adi Caié).

— Puthz, 1968d: 84 ( Stenus ; subspecies of convergens ; characters; Ethiopia).

— Puthz, 1971: 305 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of convergens ; characters; Ethiopia).

— Rougemont, 1981: 118 ( Stenus ; valid species; characters; notes; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast.

primevalis Cameron, 1949a: 314 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality:

Côte d’Ivoire: Mt. Tonkoui, alt. 900–1200 m).

— Puthz, 1967i: 216 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1971: 309 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ivory Coast).

— Rougemont, 1981: 118 ( Stenus ; synonym of muelleri ).

mulanjemontis Puthz, 1986 j: 299 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Malawi: Southern Region: Mount Mulanje: Chisepo-shelter, 2150 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malawi.

muluensis Rougemont, 1986: 284 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Sarawak:

4th Division, Gn. Mulu N.P., 2200–2300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

mundulus Casey, 1884: 129 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Thurston County, Washington Territory). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 256 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington). — Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

murphyanus Bernhauer, 1917 , see: bilentigatus Casey, 1884 .

muscorum Fairmaire and Brisout, 1859: 42 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Hautes-Pyrénées).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 308 [= 1865b: 58] ( Stenus ; synonym of glacialis ).

— Baudi, 1870: 396 ( Stenus ; synonym of glacialis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 593 ( Stenus ; synonym of glacialis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 181 ( Stenus ; synonym of glacialis ).

— Puthz, 1966f: 122 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971v: 110, 111, 113 ( Stenus ; characters; found only in Pyrenees; other European records refer to parcior limonensis).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 147 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: France, Spain.

musicola Cameron, 1930: 339 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Simla Hills: Kotgarh, alt. 7000 feet). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 304 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1975: 196 ( Stenus ; Bhutan).

— Puthz, 1976: 11 ( Stenus ; characters; Nepal).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan.

mussardi Puthz, 1971 o: 202 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Central: Horton Plains, 2100 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

mussauensis Puthz, 1970 , see: piliferus Motschulsky, 1857 .

mutchleri Blackwelder, 1943 , see: bakeri Bernhauer, 1910 .

mutgo Puthz, 1984: 112 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Capitao Vasconselos, on Rio Tuatuari, Upper Xingu Basin Mato Grosso).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

mysterialis Puthz, 1984b: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Taiwan: Kwantzeling, Tainan Hsien, 250 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

mysticus Sharp, 1889: 330 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Nikko).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968b: 42 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters).

— Naomi, 1988g: 62 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

mzymtaensis Fagel, 1967a: 360 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Caucasus occ.: Krasnaja Poljana).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 193 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

naevius Bernhauer, 1922, see: notipennis Fauvel, 1891 .

nagasakianus Bernhauer, 1936, see: cephalotes Sharp, 1889 .

naias Puthz, 1969 g: 643 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Type locality: Neu Guinea: Ighibirei).

— Puthz, 1971t: 448, 453 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Papua).

— Puthz, 1982a: 120 ( Stenus ; characters; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907: 19 (Stenus; Type locality: Nairobi; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967k]. Also cited from Kijabe, Rift Valley).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1951: 191 ( Stenus ; notes; synonyms).

— Puthz, 1967i: 212 ( Stenus ; characters; Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Congo; Tanzania; Transvaal ) .

— Puthz, 1967k: 12 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Nairobi ; Kenya) .

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971: 236 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Kenya; Angola; South Africa).

— Puthz, 1971k: 138 ( Stenus ; Rhodesia).

— Puthz, 1972a: 4 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire).

— Hammond, 1975a: 12 ( Stenus ; Angola; South Africa).

— Rougemont, 1981: 103 ( Stenus ; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

angustiventris Bernhauer, 1915d: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: West Usambara; Arusha-Ju).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1951: 192, 193 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1967k: 12 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 236 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 103 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

zuluanus Bernhauer, 1934h: 501 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Zululand: Eshowe).

— Puthz, 1967k: 12 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 236 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 103 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

terringtoni Tottenham, 1953b: 489 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kilimanjaro: Weru Weru Gorge, 4500 ft.).

— Puthz, 1967k: 12 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1969: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 236 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 103 ( Stenus ; synonym of nairobiensis ).

naivashaensis Puthz, 1971 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

nakanei Hromádka, 1982: 132 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan:

Kinki Distr., Asuka).

— Naomi, 1990a: 2 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan).

— Naomi, 1997d: 606 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

mikawanis Naomi, 1997d: 606 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of nakanei ;

Type locality: Japan: Aichi Pref.: Mennoki Pass).

namazu Hromádka, 1979, see: rugipennis Sharp, 1874 .

nanulus Casey, 1884 , see: assequens Rey, 1884 .

nanus Stephens, 1833: 301 ( Stenus ; Type locality: London ; in the west of England; [Note: See lectotype designation by Kevan and Allen, 1962]).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 233 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163, cited circularis Gravenhorst, 1806 , as a synonym of nanus but Gravenhorst attributed the species to his 1802 work]; characters).

— Stephens, 1839: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 46 ( Stenus ; notes; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 156 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

— Fauvel, 1873: 82 [= 1873a: 240] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Algeria; Cyprus; Caucasus).

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

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

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 578 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Palaearctic region; North America).

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

— Poppius, 1905: 10 ( Stenus ; Orkney Islands).

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

— Poppius, 1909: 17 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 506 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1924: 255 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 35 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

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

— Renkonen, 1941: 103 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Finland).

— A. Strand, 1942: 73 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Normand, 1947a: 7 ( Stenus ; Tunisia).

— Sanderson, 1957: 256 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia).

— Larsson and Gígja, 1959: 79 ( Stenus ; biological notes; Iceland).

— Szujecki, 1961: 27, 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Kevan and Allen, 1962: 215 ( Stenus ; notes; characters; lectotype designation: [Note: Locality not cited]).

— Horion, 1963: 351 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; widespread in northern and central Europe; Portugal; Italy; Bosnia; Corfu).

— Lohse, 1964: 114 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1967: 6 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal).

— Puthz, 1967m: 81 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1967b: 101 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 720 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Puthz, 1970l: 207 ( Stenus ; characters; not cited from North America).

— Puthz, 1971v: 94 ( Stenus ; Switzerland).

— Korge, 1971a: 6 ( Stenus ; Turkey).

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

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

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

— Anderson, 1984: 247 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 158 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia; Georgia).

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

— Dauphin, 1993: 178, 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 130 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Jelínek, 1999: 157 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

— Assing, 2001: 75 ( Stenus ; collected from xerothermous site; Germany).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Tunisia, Iceland, Europe, Russia, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia.

declaratus Erichson, 1839a: 557 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berol.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Heer, 1839: 222 (Stenus; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 717 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

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

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

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 425 ( Stenus ; France).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 156 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 585 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 228 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

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

— Kraatz, 1857d: 774 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 123 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Thomson, 1860: 229 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 81 ( Stenus ; Caucasus).

— Fauvel, 1873: 82 [= 1873a: 240] ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

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

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

— Rey, 1884: 307 [= 1884a: 155] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 342 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1949a: 98 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Hungary; Romania; Italy; Balkan region; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; England; Ireland; Turkmenia; Transbaikal).

— Szujecki, 1961: 8 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

— Palm, 1961a: 97 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Kevan and Allen, 1962: 215 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

— Lohse, 1964: 114 ( Stenus ; synonym of declaratus ).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 62 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; Italy).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

naraini Makhan, 1995 see: capillaceus L. Benick, 1917 .

nasutus Sharp, 1886: 648 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Panama, San Miguel in the Pearl Islands). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 170 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 267 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1949b: 567 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

natalensis Bernhauer, 1934 h: 500 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Natal: Frere; mouth of Umkomaas River; Van Reenen).

— Puthz, 1971: 278 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

neboissi Puthz, 1970e: 63 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Type locality: Australia: Qld: Cairns). — Reid, 1997: 123 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

nebulo Puthz, 2000: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Prov. “Matto Grosso”).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

nebulosus L. Benick, 1949b: 575 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Rio Itapacura bei São Bento, Mun. São Lourenço da Mata, Staat Pernambuco).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

necessarius L. Benick, 1922 , see: japonicus Sharp, 1874 .

nefas Puthz, 1984b: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Taiwan: Kwantzeling, Tainan Hsien, 250 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

neglectus Casey, 1884: 59 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Grimsby, Ontario; Illinois; Nebraska).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1972b: 12 ( Stenus ; characters; Michigan).

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

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 490 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

neglectus Gerhardt, 1899 , see: excubitor Erichson, 1839 .

nepalensis Puthz, 1972 u: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Wald oberhalb Durumtali, am Aufstieg zum Ting Sang La, 2200–2300 m).

— Puthz, 1976: 8, 26 ( Stenus ; characters of male; Nepal).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

neptunus Puthz, 1969 g: 650 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Neu Guinea: Papua: Mondo, 5000 ft.).

— Puthz, 1972r: 482, 510 ( Stenus ; characters; Papua).

— Puthz, 1991d: 32 ( Stenus ; Papua).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

nereis Puthz, 1971 t: 457 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Madang District: Finisterre Mts., Naho River Valley, Moro, 1700 m).

— Puthz, 1982a: 125 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

netolitzkyi Bernhauer, 1908 , see: humilis Erichson, 1839 .

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

— L. Benick, 1939: 623 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters;

Costa Rica: Hamburgfarm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon).

— Puthz, 1977b: 156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Costa Rica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

nigellus L. Benick, 1942: 20 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: NO-Burma: Kambaiti, 7000 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

niger Mannerheim, 1830 , see: carbonarius Gyllenhal, 1827 .

nigerensis Puthz, 1968, see: depilis L. Benick, 1951 .

nigerrimus Cameron, 1945c: 709 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: South Africa: Simon’s Town).

— Puthz, 1971: 142 ( Stenus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

nigrescens Puthz, 1972 r: 521 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Madang:

Gogol River).

— Puthz, 1982a: 142 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

nigricans Sharp, 1876: 371 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Para).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 176 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974a: 62 ( Stenus ; characters; Brazil; Surinam; Peru).

- DISTRIBUTION: Surinam, Brazil, Peru.

magniceps Bernhauer, 1916f: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Para).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974a: 62 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigricans ).

nigricolor Puthz, 1998 h: 135 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philipinen: Palawan: Port Barton, 150 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

nigricoloratus Puthz, 1998 h: 137 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sulawesi S.O.: Kendari airport, 30 km W of Kendari).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

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

nigrificatus Puthz, 1987b: 399 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: Pichin., Quito-St. Domin Tandapi, 1500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

nigripalpis Thomson, 1857 , see: melanarius Stephens, 1833 .

nigripes Cameron, 1930 , see: melanarius Stephens, 1833 .

nigripes Trella, 1932 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: fossulatus Erichson, 1840 .

nigripontis Puthz, 2000: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Amazonas: Ponta Negro near Manaus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

nigrita Puthz, 1973d: 77 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Borneo: Pengaron).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo.

nigritulus Gyllenhal, 1827: 502 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suecia).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 43 ( Stenus ; Finland; Russia).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 457 ( Stenus ; Finland; Russia).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 429 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland).

— Runde, 1835: 16 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Zetterstedt, 1838: 71 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; Lapland).

— Heer, 1839: 222 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 719 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 728 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— Hardy, 1851: 46 ( Stenus ; notes; England).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 586 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 229 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

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

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

— Thomson, 1860: 229 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

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

— Rye, 1864: 87 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

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

— Fauvel, 1873: 106 [= 1873a: 264] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Algeria; Cyprus; Crete; Caucasus).

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

— Seidlitz, 1875: 258 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 62 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Fauvel, 1878: 102 [= 1878a: 22] ( Stenus ; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Rey, 1884: 323 [= 1884a: 171] ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 29 [= 1886a: 21] ( Stenus ; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 345 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 583 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Europe).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 76 ( Stenus ; Barbary).

— Reitter, 1909: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 171 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 524 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 12 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters in key; Europe; North Africa; Caucasus; Siberia).

— Portevin, 1929: 405 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1171 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 39 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 101 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Raianu, 1963: 84 ( Stenus ; Romania).

— Horion, 1963: 364 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Russia; Fennoscandia; Britain; France; Bosnia; Greece; Italy; Spain; Portugal; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 120 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1967: 6 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal).

— Puthz, 1967f: 273 ( Stenus ; North Africa).

— Puthz, 1968g: 205 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; [Note: North African records refer to brunnipes maximus according to Puthz (personal communication)]).

— Puthz, 1972s: 262 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Uhlig and Vogel, 1981: 99 ( Stenus ; ecological note; Germany).

— Anderson, 1984: 247 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

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

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 145 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 171 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Jelínek, 1999: 157 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

— Herman, 2001: 34 ( Stenus ; synonymic note).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

nigritulus Zetterstedt, 1828: 91 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Lapponia Tornensis; Wittangi Lapponiae).

— Herman, 2001: 24 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

unicolor Stephens, 1833: 286 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Battersea-field; London ; Suffolk; Norfolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 415 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

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

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 155 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Fowler, 1888: 345 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 583 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 171 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

campestris Erichson, 1839a: 559 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berol.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Heer, 1839: 222 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 719 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 728 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 586 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 229 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

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

— Kraatz, 1857d: 776 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Thomson, 1860: 230 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Baudi, 1870: 396 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Fauvel, 1873: 106 [= 1873a: 264] ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

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

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 62 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Rey, 1884: 323 [= 1884a: 171] ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 583 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 171 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1171 ( Stenus ; synonym of nigritulus ).