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alcathous Puthz, 1984 , see: ogloblini Bernhauer, 1939 .

alcibiades Puthz, 1985a: 145 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Türkei: SW-Anatolien, Prov. Afyon, 4 km SW Dazkiri, 37°54′N, 29°47′E, 900 m).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 178 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkey.

alcinous Puthz, 1991d: 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: SE: Mt. Giluwe, 2500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

alexanderi Puthz, 1971 i: 1750 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Canada: Newfoundland: Aspen Brk. Cp.).

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

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 109 ( Stenus ; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 495 ( Stenus ; characters; Canada).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, Russia.

algiricus Puthz, 1994 g: 411 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; Type locality: Algerien: Teniet-el-Had [“Haad”], Massif de l’Ouarsenis).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria.

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

alienoides Puthz, 1981d: 115 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Formosa: Takesaki).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

alienus Sharp, 1874: 81 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Simabara ; Osaka).

— Sharp, 1889: 326 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 152 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Adachi, 1937: 53 ( Stenus ; characters; Izu-Oshima).

— L. Benick, 1941d: 276 ( Stenus ; China; Japan; Korea; Manchuria).

— Cameron, 1949b: 462 ( Stenus ; Japan).

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

— Puthz, 1970b: 29 ( Stenus ; China).

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

— Puthz, 1971u: 529, 532 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan; Manchuria; Taiwan).

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

— Puthz, 1974k: 434 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1981d: 118 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 230 ( Stenus ; Korea).

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

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

— Naomi, 1991a: 163 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— Watanabe, 1992 ( Stenus ; Okushiri-tô Island).

— J. Li, 1993: 24 ( Stenus ; China).

— Kanehisa and Tsumuki, 1996 ( Stenus ; pygidial secretions; Japan).

— Naomi, 1997f: 6 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Mongolia, Russia.

semenowi Eppelsheim, 1889a: 181 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kan-ssu: Amdo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 167 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1924: 250 ( Stenus ; characters; Siberia; China; Mongolia).

— L. Benick, 1941d: 276 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

— Puthz, 1972p: 402 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

— Puthz, 1974k: 434 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

subnudus Eppelsheim, 1893: 53 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ost-Sibirien, in der Nähe von Irkutsk, von Tunka bis Munku-Sardik im Sajan’schen Gebirge ).

pekinensis Csiki, 1901: 104 ( Stenus ; Type locality: China: Peking, ad ripam lacus Shih-chihhai ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 164 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1941d: 276 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

— Puthz, 1972p: 402 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

— Puthz, 1974k: 434 ( Stenus ; synonym of alienus ).

allardi Puthz, 1967 i: 232 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Congo: Katanga, Kolwezi, Zilo).

— Puthz, 1971: 266 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1972a: 4 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

alluaudi Fauvel, 1904e: 314 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Diego-Suarez; forêts au nord de

Fort Dauphin; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1972]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

— Puthz, 1972: 25 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Diego-Suarez , Madagascar; characters; Madagascar) .

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

almoranus Cameron, 1930 , see: almorensis Cameron, 1930 .

almorensis Cameron, 1930: 341 ( Stenus ; variety of viridescens ; Type locality: West Almora, Dhaub China).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168 ( Stenus ; variety of viridescens ).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; valid species).

— Puthz, 1980a: 29 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1991d: 1 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

almoranus Cameron, 1930: 458 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Almora : Dhaub China,

alt. 6000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 304 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; synonym of almorensis ).

— Puthz, 1991d: 1 ( Stenus ; synonym of almorensis ).

alorensis Puthz, 1969 , see: tenebricus Puthz, 1966 .

alpestris Heer, 1841 , see: ruralis Erichson, 1840 .

alpicola Fauvel, 1873: 78 [= 1873a: 236] ( Stenus ; Type locality: Rothorn; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967s]. Originally cited from Valais; Oberland, Rothhorn, au-dessus de Brienz; Hautes-Pyrénées; Suisse; Piémont).

— Rey, 1884: 228 [= 1884a: 76] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 571 ( Stenus ; characters; Alps of Switzerland, France, Italy; Pyrenees; Siberia; North America).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 167 ( Stenus ; New Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 152 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1921d: 142 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 20 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

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

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 328 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; France; Switzerland; Italy; Austria; Slovenia; Romania).

— Lohse, 1964: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1966f: 122 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1969: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971v: 106 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 267 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania).

— Puthz, 1980e: 365 ( Stenus ; Albania).

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 178 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Burakowski, Mroczkowski, and Stefańska, 2000: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog; Poland). - DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

altaicus Puthz, 1984a: 31 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: UdSSR: Altai-Gebirge: Umgebung des Dorfes Artybash nahe Teletzkoye-See).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

alticola Sharp, 1886: 652 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Quezaltenango 7500 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 274 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1971c: 17 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

alticola Bernhauer, 1915 , see: brunnipes Stephens, 1833 .

altifrons Rey, 1884, see: macrocephalus Aubé, 1863 .

altissimus Bernhauer, 1931 , see: pilus Schubert, 1911 .

altitudinis Scheerpeltz, 1976: 23 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Basislager Yarel bei Pangpoche, 4400 m).

— Puthz, 1986h: 13 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

altivagans Bernhauer, 1942c: 352 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality:

Monts Bambouto, 2000 m).

— Puthz, 1967j: 33 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

— Puthz, 1971: 256 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Cameroon).

— Puthz, 1986j: 303 ( Stenus ; characters; Cameroon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

alumnus Sharp, 1886: 654 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico, Mirador, Guanajuato; Guatemala, near the city, San Geronimo ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 269 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Guatemala.

alumoenus Rougemont, 1981b: 371 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Thailand: Wang Takrai Park, Nakhon Nayok Prov.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

alutaceipennis Bernhauer, 1929 , see: amaniensis Eichelbaum, 1913 .

alutipennis Bernhauer, 1926a: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mindanao: Surigao).

— L. Benick, 1929: 244 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Philippines).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1985: 95, 96 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

alutipennis Bernhauer, 1929 , see: amaniensis Eichelbaum, 1913 .

alutiventris Bernhauer, 1929 , see: subopacus Fauvel, 1907 .

alveolatus Casey, 1884: 78 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lake Tahoe , Nevada).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Canada.

amabilis Casey, 1884: 166 ( Areus ; Type locality: Delaware).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

amamiensis Naomi, 1988e: 36 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Japan: Kagoshima Pref.: Hatsuno, Amami-Ohshima Is.).

— Naomi, 1988h: 68 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

amaniensis Eichelbaum, 1913: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Systenus ; Type locality: Amani).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967i: 191 ( Stenus ; characters; Mali; Dahomey; Chad; Congo; Rhodesia) .

— Puthz, 1971: 202 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania; Angola).

— Hammond, 1975a: 12 ( Stenus ; Angola).

- DISTRIBUTION: Benin, Mali, Chad, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola.

alutipennis Bernhauer, 1929f: 106 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Kisantu).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; synonym of alutaceipennis ).

— L. Benick, 1933: 321 ( Stenus ; synonym of alutaceipennis ).

— Puthz, 1967i: 191 ( Stenus ; synonym of amaniensis ).

— Puthz, 1971: 202 ( Stenus ; synonym of amaniensis ).

alutaceipennis Bernhauer, 1929e: 123 ( Stenus ; replacement name for alutipennis Bernhauer ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1933: 302, 321 ( Stenus ; characters in key; notes).

— Puthz, 1967i: 191 ( Stenus ; synonym of amaniensis ).

— Puthz, 1967n: 185 ( Stenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1971: 202 ( Stenus ; synonym of amaniensis ).

amata Puthz, 1984: 103 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Peru: Huanuco:

Tingo Maria).

- DISTRIBUTION: Peru.

ambiguellus Naomi, 1998a: 101 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan:

Hyogo Pref.: Onzui Val.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

ambiguus L. Benick, 1929: 266 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Luzon, Manila). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971u: 533 ( Stenus ; Philippines).

— Puthz, 1974c: 165 ( Stenus ; Philippines).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

ambulator Sharp, 1886: 657 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Cubilguitz , San Geronimo, Dueñas).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 273 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

amenous Rougemont, 1983b: 628 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Burma: N.S.S., Wetwun Cascades, near Maymyo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

amicus Casey, 1884 , see: nimbosus Casey, 1884 .

amida Naomi, 1989 g: 164 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Tokushima amissus L. Benick, 1916: 250 ( Stenus ; replacement name for cylindricollis Sharp ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 279 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Belize.

cylindricollis Sharp, 1886: 664 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: British Honduras, R. Hondo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; synonym of ammissus).

amma Naomi and Nomura, 1990: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Ikeda City, Osaka-fu).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

amoenulus Puthz, 1981a: 9 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Vietnam: Berge

50 km Thai Nguyen , 300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Vietnam.

amoenus L. Benick, 1916: 249 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Annam, Phuc-Son ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1942a: 67 ( Stenus ; characters; China).

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

— Puthz, 1971o: 192, 212 ( Stenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 333 ( Stenus ; Burma).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 370 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1981a: 9 ( Stenus ; Vietnam; China).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 30 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

- DISTRIBUTION: China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan. rufoplagiatus Champion, 1924: 160 ( Hypostenus ; Type locality: Haldwani Division of Kumaon, on banks of the Deoba Nadi, Sudlimath).

— Cameron, 1930: 355 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

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

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

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

— Puthz, 1971o: 192 ( Stenus ; synonym of amoenus ).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 333 ( Stenus ; synonym of amoenus ).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 371 ( Stenus ; synonym of amoenus ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 9 ( Stenus ; synonym of amoenus ).

amor Puthz, 1971 t: 454 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Type locality: West Irian: Biak Island: Mangrowawa, 50–100 m).

— Puthz, 1994b: 52 ( Stenus ; characters; Ceram; Ambon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, New Guinea.

amphitrite Puthz, 1972 r: 511 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: West Irian: Nabire, s. Geelvink Bay).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

amplicornis Scheerpeltz, 1937b: 201 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bulgarien: Massiv des Jumruktschal, Zentral-Balkan, 1400–1800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bulgaria.

amplificatus L. Benick, 1921 , see: austini Casey, 1884 .

amplifrons Puthz, 1971: 154 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Congo: Kivu: contrs. S. Kahuzi, 2300 m). - DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

ampliventris J. Sahlberg, 1890: 7 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Helsingfors).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 51 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

— L. Benick, 1934: 23 ( Stenus ; characters; boreo-alpine species; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

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

— Puthz, 1991e: 158 ( Stenus ; discussion; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Austria; Italy; France).

— Puthz, 1991f: 174 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Dauphin, 1993: 182, 189 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

wagneri L. Benick, 1917a: 262 ( Stenus ; variety of ampliventris ; Type locality: Chorin- Teeröfen).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 51 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 337 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

— Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany).

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

— Puthz, 1991e: 150, 161 ( Stenus ; synonym of ampliventris ).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 130 ( Stenus ; synonym of ampliventris ).

distans Renkonen, 1935: 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Kirchspiel Ristiina in Mittelfinnland).

— Puthz, 1970q: 39 ( Stenus ; synonym of linnaniemii ).

— Puthz, 1991e: 161 ( Stenus ; synonym of ampliventris ).

linnaniemii Renkonen, 1936: 179 ( Stenus ; replacement name for distans Renkonen ).

— Palm, 1961a: 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1970q: 39 ( Stenus ; synonym of ampliventris ).

— Puthz, 1991e: 161 ( Stenus ; synonym of ampliventris ).

amurensis Eppelsheim, 1886: 43 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Blagowestschensk).

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

— Puthz, 1971j: 137 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1974b: 107 ( Stenus ; characters; Siberia).

— J. Li, 1993: 25 ( Stenus ; China).

— Naomi and Puthz, 1994: 219 ( Stenus ; notes; Japan).

— Naomi and Puthz, 1996: 160 ( Stenus ; notes; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan.

ananias Bondroit, 1912 , see: comma LeConte, 1863 .

anastomozans Casey, 1884 , see: laccophilus Casey, 1884 .

anatolicus Puthz, 1970a: 22 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Anatolia meridionalis: Pisidischer Taurus, Bozburun, 1600 –2000 m).

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

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

— Assing and Wunderle, 2001: 36 ( Stenus ; Cyprus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkey, Cyprus.

anchises Puthz, 1984: 99 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien:

Est. Salesopolis, S. P.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

anchisteus Puthz, 1971 , see: uluguruensis Bernhauer, 1915 .

ancoralis Puthz, 1965: 559 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tschad: Logoneufer bei Lai).

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

— Puthz, 1971: 315 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Chad; Mali).

— Puthz, 1976c: 92 ( Stenus ; Ghana).

ancorellus Rougemont, 1983c: 24 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Thailand:

Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Suthep).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand. ancorifer Puthz, 1968f: 180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Gabon: Makokou).

— Puthz, 1971: 315 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Gabon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Gabon. andalusicus Puthz, 1970 i: 115 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Spanien: Jaen:

La Fuensata, 1100 m).

— Outerelo, 1980a: 55 ( Stenus ; Spain).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain. andamanensis Puthz, 1981e: 297 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: A. Andaman:

Port Blair, Mt. Harriet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands. andreae L. Benick, 1932: 240 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pietermaritzburg).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1933: 302 ( Stenus ; characters in key).

— Puthz, 1967j: 44 ( Stenus ; characters; Natal).

— Puthz, 1971: 256 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa. andreas Puthz, 1998 h: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen:

N. Luzon: Ifugao, Banaue, Guihod, 16°54′57.4″ N, 121°05′11.4″ E).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines. andrewesi Fauvel, 1904a: 49 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Belgaum; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]. Originally cited from Dugeli).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 369 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1969: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; lectotype designation: Belgaum).

— Puthz, 1984e: 584 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

— Puthz, 1985: 90 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: India. andrewesianus 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: Nilgiri Hills [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1985).

— Puthz, 1985: 90 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; lectotype designation; [Note: Cited here as a new species with type locality as Indien: Nilgiri Hills; the name was validated earlier and the citation of “ holotype ” is a lectotypic designation]; characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India. anellus L. Benick, 1949, see: frontalis Erichson, 1840 . aneomus Rougemont, 1986: 285 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sarawak:

2nd Division, Skrang River at Morat).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia. anepsius Cameron, 1925 , see: abdominalis Fauvel, 1895 . angelinii Puthz, 1994: 842 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Italien: Sizilien:

Vendicari).

— Sparacio, 1995: 148 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Sicily).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Adorno, Ciceroni, and Zanetti, 1996: 54 ( Stenus ; notes; Sicily).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy. angolanus Puthz, 1971: 302 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Angola: 20 km E.

of Luanda).

anguinus Erichson, 1840: 740 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Orinoko; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz , 1967q]. Originally cited from Guyana Venezuelensis).

— Scriba, 1855: 300 ( Stenus ; Venezuela).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967q: 325 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Orinoko; characters).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; notes; Colombia; Bolivia; Guyana; Trinidad).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia.

fratellus L. Benick, 1949b: 570 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Columbia: Baranquilla).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; synonym of anguinus ).

angulatus L. Benick, 1950 , see: oscillator Rye, 1870 .

angulipennis Bernhauer, 1908d: 297 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Paraguay).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974a: 46 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay.

angustatus Stephens, 1833 , see: boops Ljungh, 1810 .

angusticeps Puthz, 1991d: 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: NW: Wisselmeren, Enarotadi, 1800–1900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

angustipennis Puthz, 1998 h: 123 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen: Mindanao: Bukidnon Province, 5 km N. of Malaybalay, 900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

angustipes Puthz, 1973 i: 295 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kaukasus: Krasnaja-Poljana).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 188 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

angusticollis Eppelsheim, 1895b: 405 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pegu).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 371 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Burma; Assam; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

— Puthz, 1976: 4 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 334 ( Stenus ; Burma).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 370 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 31 ( Stenus ; characters for two unnamed forms of angusticollis ; Thailand). — Puthz, 1983: 6 ( Stenus ; notes on variation; Vietnam; China; Indonesia).

— Biswas, 1986: 122 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia. angusticollis Bernhauer, 1927 , see: dentellus L. Benick, 1940 .

angustiventris Bernhauer, 1915, see: nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907 .

angustulus Heer, 1839 , see: impressus Germar, 1824 .

angustus Casey, 1884: 40 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Grimsby, Ontario; Tyngsborough , Massachusetts).

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

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

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

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 490 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

pettiti Casey, 1884: 42 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Grimsby, Ontario; middle States ).

indigens Casey, 1884: 55 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Waverly, Massachusett; Cambridge , Massachusetts).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 160 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of angustus ).

placidus Casey, 1884: 65 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 164 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of angustus ).

mendax Casey, 1884: 66 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Cambridge , Massachusetts).

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of angustus ).

tumicollis Casey, 1884: 100 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Detroit , Michigan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 164 ( Stenus ; synonym of placidus ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of angustus ).

anhuiensis J. Li, 1993: 154 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Not cited but presumably China).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

animatus Casey, 1884 , see: parallelopipedus Mäklin, 1852 .

annamita Fauvel, 1895 , see: melanarius Stephens, 1833 .

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

annularis Erichson, 1840: 735 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pensylvania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967q]).

— Casey, 1884: 168 ( Areus ; characters; Massachusetts; Nebraska; Michigan; Illinois; southern States ; Ontario) .

— Blatchley, 1910: 413 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 251 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington).

— Puthz, 1967q: 319 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters).

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

— Puthz, 1974: 11 ( Stenus ; Illinois; New Hampshire; Vermont; Massachusetts; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Michigan; Wisconsin; Iowa; Missouri; Nebraska; Kansas; Maryland; Virginia; Kentucky; Texas; Montana; Colorado; Arizona; Washington; Ontario; British Columbia).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 109 ( Stenus ; Canada).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

annulatus Crotch, 1867 , see: aceris Stephens, 1833 .

annulipes Heer, 1839: 225 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Genf).

— Heer, 1841: 579 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 779 ( Stenus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 1060 ( Stenus ; synonym of impressus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 597 ( Stenus ; synonym of impressus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; synonym of impressus ).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 131 ( Stenus ; characters; southern Europe; Switzerland; Germany).

- DISTRIBUTION: Switzerland, France, Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia.

audrasi Ochs, 1958: 276 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Lent, Ain, France).

— Puthz, 1966c: 296 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Hungary).

— Puthz, 1967c: 112 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland; Hungary; Yugoslavia).

— Puthz, 1971v: 108 ( Stenus ; synonym of annulipes ).

— Puthz, 1972s: 269 ( Stenus ; characters; Yugoslavia).

antennarius Bernhauer, 1916c: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Brasilien).

— L. Benick, 1928d: 37 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— L. Benick, 1949b: 567 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

— Hromádka, 1983a: 133 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1995e: 210 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

antenor Puthz, 1984: 104 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Amazonas: Reserva Ducke, 25 km NNE Manaus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

anthracinus Sharp, 1889: 326 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Oyama; Kashiwagi).

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

— L. Benick, 1924: 250 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan).

— Nakane, 1963: A239 ( Stenus ; Japan).

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

— Puthz, 1968b: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; notes; characters).

— Puthz, 1981d: 118 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

— Naomi, 1991a: 163 ( Stenus ; Japan).

— J. Li, 1993: 24 ( Stenus ; China).

— Kanehisa and Tsumuki, 1996 ( Stenus ; pygidial secretions; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, China.

yanoi Sawada and Nakane, 1954: 8 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Omogokei, Iyo, Shikoku).

— Puthz, 1973c: 49 ( Stenus ; synonym of anthracinus ).

anthrax Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 444 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Cordilières de Santiago).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 19 [= 1868: 24] ( Stenus ; characters; Chile).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 401 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Chile).

— Puthz, 1972g: 128 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Chile).

— Puthz, 1973g: 178 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1974m: 136 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Chile.

bolsonensis Scheerpeltz, 1972: 102 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Argentinien: Rio Negro, El Bolson, Mt. Piltriquitron, 1150 m).

— Puthz, 1974m: 136 ( Stenus ; synonym of anthrax ).

antillensis L. Benick, 1917b: 301 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Guadeloupe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 226 ( Stenus ; characters; Guadeloupe).

— Puthz, 1971: 16 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Puthz, 1973c: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1974a: 53 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

darlingtoni Blackwelder, 1943: 222 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Trinidad: St. Augustine ).

— Puthz, 1973c: 50 ( Stenus ; synonym of antillensis ).

aoi Naomi and Puthz, 1993: 305 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Fukui Pref.: Masudani, Imajo).

— Naomi, 1989d: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as rufescens [Note: Misidentification of aoi according to Naomi and Puthz, 1993]; notes; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

apertus L. Benick, 1940a: 330 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica: Hamburgfarm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon; La Caja, 8 km westl. San José).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

aphrodite Puthz, 1969e: 525 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Solomon Is., Guadalcanal, Hidden Valley ).

— Puthz, 1971t: 455 ( Stenus ; characters; Solomon Islands).

apicalis Puthz, 1978a: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Cote d’Ivoire: Abidjan, Parc du Banco).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ivory Coast.

apicidens Puthz, 1987b: 402 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: Pichin., Nono-Tandayepa road, 1900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

appalachianus Puthz, 1988b: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tennessee, Sevier Co., Gatlinburg. Also cited from North Carolina).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

approximatus L. Benick, 1929: 100 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Mt. Polis, Luzon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

aquatalensis Bernhauer, 1916f: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: westliches Kolumbien in der Umgebung von Cali am Cauca, Rio Aquatal, 1800 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 281 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1974a: 48 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

aquilonalis Naomi and Puthz, 1997: 748 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Daisetsu Lake, Kamikawa. Also cited from Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Russia.

aquilonius L. Benick, 1921 , see: kamtschaticus Motschulsky, 1845 .

arabicola Puthz, 1967 , see: cameratus L. Benick, 1921 .

arabicus Saulcy, 1864: 657 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ammân).

— Fauvel, 1873: 112 [= 1873a: 270] ( Stenus ; synonym of canescens ).

— Rey, 1884: 366 [= 1884a: 214] ( Stenus ; synonym of canescens ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; synonym of canescens ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 81, 86 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; valid species; characters; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Turkey; Armenia?).

— Puthz, 1975b: 229 ( Stenus ; Israel).

— Scheuern, 1982: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; Syria).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 176 ( Stenus ; notes; Armenia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel.

arabicus Bernhauer, 1940 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

arachnipes Bernhauer, 1902 , see: barbatus Nietner, 1857 .

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938: 41 ( Stenus ; Java).

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

— Puthz, 1998: 393 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes; Vietnam).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, Vietnam.

araeocerus L. Benick, 1933, see: Dianous .

araxis Ryvkin, 1990: 213 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Armeniia, Megrinskii r-n, bliz sel. Vagravar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Armenia.

arborarius Puthz, 1999: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Uganda: District Masindi, Budongo Forest near Sonso, 1°45′ N, 31°35′ W).

arcanifer Puthz, 1998 h: 128 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Philippinen: Mindanao: Davao Province, 25 km W of New Bataan, 1200 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

archboldi Puthz, 1972 r: 481, 516 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: This citation preceded the intended original description]; Type locality: New Guinea: Morobe District: Cromwell Mountainas, Mount Ulur Camp, 7800 ft.).

— Puthz, 1973e: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; [Note: Cited as a new species but previously validated]; characters; New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1991d: 33 ( Stenus ; Papua New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1982a: 141 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

arctulus Hochhuth, 1849 , see: incanus Erichson, 1839 .

arcuatus Rey, 1884, see: morio Gravenhorst 1806 .

arculus Erichson, 1840: 744 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pensylvania).

— Casey, 1884: 188 ( Areus ; characters; Michigan; Nebraska; middle States; District of Columbia; Canada; Massachusetts; Texas).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

— Puthz, 1967q: 329 ( Stenus ; characters; New Jersey).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 109 ( Stenus ; Canada).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Canada.

acunculifer Puthz, 2000: 181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien:

18 km NE Oriximina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

ardoricola Puthz, 1972 o: 311 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Arizona:

Santa Cruz Co., Nogales. Also cited from Mexico).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

arenarius L. Benick, 1938c: 272 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica).

— L. Benick, 1939: 35 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters;

Costa Rica: Ramal, Parismina, Santa Clara; Hamburgfarm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

arens Peyerimhoff, 1929 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

areolatus L. Benick, 1929b: 94 , 97 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Bergamasker Alpen, Mte. Arera).

— L. Benick, 1917c: 61 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185, cited liechtensteini L. Benick and hypsidromus L. Benick as a synonyms of areolatus ; Benick did not describe the species as new, he attributed them to Bernhauer and Ganglbauer respectively]; characters; notes; Alps).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 82 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968l: 90 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1993: 111 ( Stenus ; spermatheca).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

argentatus Puthz, 1965 , see: irroreus Fauvel, 1904 .

argentellus Thomson, 1857 , see: palposus Zetterstedt, 1838 .

argenteus G. Waterhouse, 1855 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: palposus Zetterstedt, 1838 .

argentifer Bernhauer, 1912f: 180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Gabun: Libreville).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1965: 557 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Gabon). — Puthz, 1967n: 191 ( Stenus ; Congo). — Puthz, 1967r: 1014 ( Stenus ; Cameroon). — Puthz, 1971: 316 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Gabon; Cameroon). - DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Gabon, Cameroon.

argentinus Bernhauer, 1921c: 101 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Argentinien: Prov. Buenos Aires). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog). — Puthz, 1974a: 48 ( Stenus ; characters). - DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

argus Gravenhorst, 1806: 231 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Not cited). — Gyllenhal, 1827: 504 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153, cited opticus Gyllenhal as a synonym of argus Gravenhorst ; Gyllenhal did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst]; characters; Sweden). — Mannerheim, 1830: 43 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden). — Mannerheim, 1831: 457 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 430 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland). — Erichson, 1839a: 552 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Heer, 1839: 220 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland). — Erichson, 1840: 714 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Hochhuth, 1849: 173 ( Stenus ; characters; Caucasus). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 727 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Leprieur, 1851: 196 ( Stenus ; characters). — Rosenhauer, 1856: 74 ( Stenus ; Andalusia). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 583 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Thomson, 1857: 227 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Kraatz, 1857d: 770 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Thomson, 1860: 224 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia). — Rye, 1864: 63 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — Fauvel, 1873: 104 [= 1873a: 262] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Caucasus). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 241 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Seidlitz, 1875: 256 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region). — J. Sahlberg, 1876: 59 ( Stenus ; Finland). — Rey, 1884: 312 [= 1884a: 160] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France). — Fowler, 1888: 344 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 580 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Palaearctic region; North America). — Reitter, 1909: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Germany). — Blatchley, 1910: 410 ( Stenus ; characters; Indiana). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; catalog). — Johansen, 1914: 508 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Denmark). — Bernhauer, 1926g: 2 ( Stenus ; Kamchatka region). — L. Benick, 1929a: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key). — Portevin, 1929: 400 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus). — Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 134 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Portugal). — Szujecki, 1961: 35 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 92 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 344 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; Poland; Baltic States; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Romania; France; Belgium; Holland; Bosnia; Italy; Germany; Austria). — Lohse, 1964: 118 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; central Europe).

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

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

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

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Reid, 1985a: 260 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; England).

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

— Puthz, 1991f: 171 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Allen, 1992: 252 ( Stenus ; Scotland).

— Dauphin, 1993: 180, 188 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

decipiens Leprieur, 1851: 198 , 201 ( Stenus ; Type locality: environs de Lille).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 588 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 779 ( Stenus ).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of argus ).

austriacus Bernhauer, 1899: 26 ( Stenus ; variety of argus ; Type locality: Stockerau).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; variety of argus ).

— L. Benick, 1917c: 56 ( Stenus ; variety of argus ; notes).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; variety of argus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; variety of argus ).

— Szujecki, 1961: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; aberration of argus ; characters; Poland). argutus Puthz, 1972 s: 279 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Rossia meridionalis: Sarepta. Also cited from Turkey).

— Coiffait, 1978d: 166 ( Stenus ; Turkey).

— Puthz, 1983e: 360 ( Stenus ; notes; Caucasus).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 213 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ukraine, Russia, Turkey.

argyraspides Puthz, 1988a: 290 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Türkei: Bulghar- Dagh, Anatolie).

- DISTRIBUTION: Turkey.

argyrodines Puthz, 1988a: 288 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: “ Andalousie ”).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain.

argyroprata Puthz, 1988a: 289 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Zypern: Umgebung Limassol).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cyprus.

argyrorhytes Puthz, 1989f: 173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Spanien: Sierra Guadarrama, Mte. Cañal bei Villalba).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain.

argyrostoma Stephens, 1833 , see: fuscipes Gravenhorst, 1802 .

argyrothrix Puthz, 1971: 136 ( Stenus ; Type locality: République Centrafricaine: Dar-Banda méridionale, Krébédjé [Fort Sibut]).

- DISTRIBUTION: Central African Republic.

argyrotoxus Puthz, 1988a: 287 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Iles Canaries: Canaria, nord-ouest de l’Isleta).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canary Islands.

ariadne Puthz, 1977a: 111 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kreta: Minotha ).

ariolus Erichson, 1840: 742 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Columbia; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967q]).

— Fauvel, 1877a: xxv ( Stenus ; synonym of cupreus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 173 ( Stenus ; synonym of cupreus ).

— L. Benick, 1917b: 300 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 276 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967q: 326 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

arisanus Cameron, 1949b: 462 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Formosa: Arisan).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

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

armatus Sharp, 1886: 661 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to

6000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 278 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1977b: 148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Panama).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

armeniacus Puthz, 1967 s: 248 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: U.d. S.S.R.: Armenien: Evevan, Schlucht des Rasdan).

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

— Puthz, 1971l: 171 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 178 ( Stenus ; notes; Turkmenistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan.

armillatus L. Benick, 1938, see: laetulus Casey, 1884 .

arnoldii Ryvkin, 1988a: 334 [= Ryvkin, 1989a: 46] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: USSR: Kirgiziia, Kyzyl-Ungiur).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kyrgyzstan.

arthriticus Puthz, 1984: 81 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Süd-Paraguay: Colonia Hohenau ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay.

articulipenis Rougemont, 1981b: 378 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Thailand: Mae Sa Cascades, Chieng Mai Prov.).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 39 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

— Rougemont, 1987: 706 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Tesnus ”; Thailand).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

artipennis L. Benick, 1938a: 149 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien, São Paulo).

— Puthz, 1974a: 57 ( Stenus ; characters; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

artus Casey, 1884 , see: punctatus Erichson, 1840 .

ascanius Puthz, 1984: 100 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bolivien: S. C.: Ayachucho. Also cited from Paraguay).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Paraguay.

ascendens Fauvel, 1907: 18 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kilimandjaro, région des cultures).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967i: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1967j: 14 ( Stenus ; Rwanda).

— Puthz, 1976b: 342 ( Stenus ; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1978a: 40 ( Stenus ; Ivory Coast).

— Rougemont, 1981: 116 ( Stenus ; characters; discussion; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau.

ruandae Bernhauer, 1943b: 281 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ruanda: Astrida).

— Puthz, 1965: 539 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1967i: 227 ( Stenus ).

— Puthz, 1971: 299 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Rwanda; Guinea; Zaire; Zambia; Southern Rhodesia; Angola).

— Hammond, 1975a: 14 ( Stenus ; notes; characters; Angola).

— Puthz, 1976b: 342 ( Stenus ; synonym of ascendens ).

— Rougemont, 1981: 117 ( Stenus ; notes).

dundoensis Cameron, 1950f: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Angola: Dundo: Dundundu River).

— Puthz, 1965: 539 ( Stenus ; synonym of ruandae ).

— Puthz, 1967i: 227 ( Stenus ; synonym of ruandae ).

— Puthz, 1971: 299 ( Stenus ; synonym of ruandae ).

guineanus Cameron, 1950e: 429 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Portuguese Guinea: Contubo-el).

— Puthz, 1967i: 227 ( Stenus ; synonym of ruandae ).

— Puthz, 1971: 299 ( Stenus ; synonym of ruandae ).

asiaticus Bernhauer, 1940b: 630 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Nord-Persien : Iran, Elbursgebirge ; Kleinasien : Alem Dagh , Goek Dagh, Sabandja).

— Jarrige, 1971: 498 ( Stenus ; cited as longipes ; Iran; [Note: Misidentification of asiaticus according to Puthz (personal communication)]).

— Puthz, 1979j: 319 ( Stenus ; notes; Turkey).

— Scheuern, 1982: 41 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Syria).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 148 ( Stenus ; notes; Iran, Turkmenistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan.

asper L. Benick, 1932: 238 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Pietermaritzburg).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1933: 301 ( Stenus ; characters in key).

— Puthz, 1971: 188 ( Stenus ; characters; South Africa; South Rhodesia).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zimbabwe.

asperatus Sharp, 1886: 659 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Cahabon 1000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 272 ( Stenus ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1939: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Costa Rica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala, Costa Rica.

aspericollis Rougemont, 1983c: 39 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Tesnus ”; Type locality: Thailand: Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Pui, 1300 m).

— Rougemont, 1987: 706 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Tesnus ”; Thailand).

- DISTRIBUTION: Thailand.

asperrimus L. Benick, 1933a: 114 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Java, Ardja-Sari, Preanger

“Verz. Kerkhoven”).

— L. Benick, 1938: 34 ( Stenus ; Java).

— Puthz, 1991d: 33 ( Stenus ; Java).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

asphaltinus Erichson, 1840: 695 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Tyrol).

— Heer, 1841: 576 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 575 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Baudi, 1857: 109 ( Stenus ; characters; Italy).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 748 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; Austria).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 219 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Rye, 1864: 36 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; England).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 305 [= 1865b: 55] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Fauvel, 1873: 78 [= 1873a: 236] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Sardinia).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 238 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Rey, 1884: 206 [= 1884a: 54] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 332 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 569 ( Stenus ; characters; middle Europe; Italy; Sardinia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 80 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 155 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 19 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 395 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 121 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Italy).

— Szujecki, 1961: 18 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 307 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Britain; Belgium; Holland; Switzerland; France; Iberian Peninsula; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Dalmatia; Bosnia Hercegovina; Romania; Hungary; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Poland?; Austria; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1967h: 287 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Bordoni, 1970: 22 ( Stenus ; ecological notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1972s: 249 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Bordoni, 1975c: 179 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1976j: 190 ( Stenus ; distribution in Germany).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

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

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

— Dauphin, 1991: 281 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

socius Rey, 1884: 208 ( Stenus ; Type locality: grotte de Saint-Fons, Herault).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 569 ( Stenus ; variety of asphaltinus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of alphaltinus).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 19 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; variety of asphaltinus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; variety of asphaltinus ).

— Szujecki, 1961: 7 ( Stenus ; variety of asphaltinus ).

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

assamensis Cameron, 1930 , see: Dianous .

assecla Puthz, 1970 , see: celebensis Cameron, 1942 .

assequens Rey, 1884: 309 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Provence).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 40 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

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

— Puthz, 1973b: 25 ( Stenus ; valid species; notes).

— Puthz, 1974b: 112 ( Stenus ; Siberia). — Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Muona, 1979: 28 ( Stenus ; Finland; Russia; Sweden; Norway; Denmark).

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

— Puthz, 1980k: 34 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Bordoni, 1982b: 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; collected from moss; ecological notes; Italy). — Ryvkin, 1990: 159 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia; Georgia).

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

— M. Hansen, Kristensen, Mahler, and Pedersen, 1991: 107 ( Stenus ; Denmark).

— Silfverberg, 1992: 20 ( Stenus ; Finland; Russia; Sweden; Norway; Denmark).

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

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; cited as asseguens; Czech Republic; Slovakia). — Assing, 1994: 108 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 33 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Terlutter, 1995: 41 ( Stenus ; cited as assequenz; Germany).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— M. Hansen, 1996: 102 ( Stenus ; checklist; Denmark).

— M. Hansen, Palm, Pedersen, and Runge, 1998: 71 ( Stenus ; Denmark).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 130 ( Stenus ; characters; Holarctic; central Europe).

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

— Assing, 2001: 75 ( Stenus ; collected from xerothermous site; Germany).

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

latior Rey, 1884: 309 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Beaujolais).

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

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

— Puthz, 1973b: 25, 27 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

pusio Casey, 1884: 82 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Cambridge , Massachusetts; Canada;

Lake Superior).

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

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

— Puthz, 1971v: 92 ( Stenus ; valid species; notes).

— Puthz, 1970l: 207 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; characters).

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

— Bordoni, 1975c: 180 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Puthz, 1979j: 323 ( Stenus ; cited as valid species; notes; Turkey).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

nanulus Casey, 1884: 83 ( Stenus ; Type locality: British Columbia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 163 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Fall, 1926a: 61 ( Stenus ; Alaska).

— Sanderson, 1957: 256 ( Stenus ; synonym of nanus ).

— Puthz, 1971v: 92 ( Stenus ; synonym of pusio ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

simillimus L. Benick, 1949a: 99 ( Stenus ; Type locality: cited from many localities in Germany, Bohemia, Mähren, Croatia, Balkan region, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Cyprus, Turkey, Turkmenia ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 121 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Italy).

— Szujecki, 1961: 27, 28 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 97 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 352 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Turkey; southern Siberia; Poland; Slovakia; Britain; Italy; Sardinia; Croatia; Bosnia Hercegovina; Bulgaria; Greece; Germany; Austria).

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

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

— Puthz, 1970l: 207 ( Stenus ; synonym of pusio ).

— Puthz, 1971v: 92 ( Stenus ; synonym of pusio ).

— Puthz, 1972s: 256 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania; Bulgaria; Turkey).

— Bordoni, 1975c: 180 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Puthz, 1979j: 323 ( Stenus ; synonym of pusio ).

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

— Drugmand, 1988: 61 ( Stenus ; cited as simillinus; Belgium).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 141 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 160 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens , cited as asseguens).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

— Assing and Puthz, 1998: 130 ( Stenus ; synonym of assequens ).

kaszabi Puthz, 1967 o: 231 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of simillimus ; Type locality: Archangaj aimak, Changaj Gebirge, zwischen Somon Ichtamir und Somon Culuut, 20 km W von Ichtamir, 2150 m).

— Puthz, 1970l: 207 ( Stenus ; subspecies of pusio ; characters; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971j: 139 ( Stenus ; subspecies of simillimus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971v: 92 ( Stenus ; subspecies of pusio ).

assimilis Stephens, 1833 , see: brunnipes Stephens, 1833 .

assimulatus Puthz, 1971: 231 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Angola: 20 km E. of Luanda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

assingi Puthz, 1998c: 239 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Indien: Goa: Canacona distr., Cartigao Sanctuary, 100 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

astrictus L. Benick, 1938: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: G. Raoeng, “Bajoekidoel”, 450–700 m).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

macer L. Benick, 1938: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: Batoerraden, G. Slamet).

— Puthz, 1980k: 36 ( Stenus ; synonym of astrictus ).

asturicus Puthz, 1967 g: 537 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Reinosa).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain.

asyura Naomi, 1988 i: 75 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Yamanashi Pref.: Jigokudani, Mt. Yatsu).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

ater Mannerheim, 1830: 42 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Austria).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 456 ( Stenus ; Austria).

— Erichson, 1839a: 534 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 216 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 696 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Grimm, 1845: 135 ( Stenus ; with Formica sanguinea ; Germany).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 122 ( Stenus ; notes; Algeria).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 724 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 194 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 424 ( Stenus ; France).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 575 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 749 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 81 ( Stenus ; Russia). — Rye, 1864: 37 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; England). — Fauvel, 1865a: 306 [= 1865b: 56] ( Stenus ; habitat; France). — Bedel, 1870: 92 ( Stenus ; characters). — Fauvel, 1873: 89 [= 1873a: 247] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Caucasus; Algeria). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 239 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Solsky, 1874: 195 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan). — Seidlitz, 1875: 254 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region). — J. Sahlberg, 1876: 47 ( Stenus ; Finland). — Fauvel, 1878: 100 [= 1878a: 21] ( Stenus ; Algeria). — Rey, 1884: 211 [= 1884a: 59] ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Fauvel, 1886: 28 [= 1886a: 20] ( Stenus ; Morocco; Algeria). — Fowler, 1888: 332 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain). — Eppelsheim, 1892: 341 ( Stenus ; Turkestan). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 561 ( Stenus ; characters; Palaearctic region). — Fauvel, 1902b: 75 ( Stenus ; Barbary). — Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 81 ( Stenus ; Corsica). — Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Stenus ; Romania). — Reitter, 1909: 155 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; catalog). — L. Benick, 1913: 153 ( Stenus ; characters; Sardinia). — Johansen, 1914: 490 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Denmark). — L. Benick, 1929a: 23 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key). — Portevin, 1929: 396 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — L. Benick, 1932b: 2 ( Stenus ; Morocco). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel I ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus). — Normand, 1935: 363 ( Stenus ; Tunisia). — C. Koch, 1941: 55 ( Stenus ; Morocco). — Schatzmayr, 1943: 113 ( Stenus ; Albania). — Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 121 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Italy). — Szujecki, 1961: 22 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 75 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 311 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Britain; Denmark; Norway; Finland; Russia;

Austria; Germany). — Lohse, 1964: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe). — Smetana, 1964d: 59 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Czechoslovakia). — Focarile, 1964: 61 ( Stenus ; Italy). — Sawada, 1966: 258 ( Stenus ; Afghanistan [Note: According to Puthz (personal communication)

this is probably mongolicus ]). — Puthz, 1967: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Portugal). — Szujecki, 1968a: 719 ( Stenus ; Poland). — Weinreich, 1968: 189–201 ( Stenus ; characters of egg, larva, and pupa). — Bordoni, 1970: 22 ( Stenus ; ecological notes; Italy). — Puthz, 1971v: 89 ( Stenus ; notes). — Puthz, 1972s: 250 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Greece). — Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain). — Puthz, 1980e: 362 ( Stenus ; Albania). — Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland;

France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 140 ( Stenus ; characters). — Ryvkin, 1990: 153 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan). — Puthz, 1991f: 166 ( Stenus ; Belorussia). — Dauphin, 1991: 284 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France). — Welch, 1993: 228 ( Stenus ; ovariole number and ovary structure).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Jelínek, 1999: 154 ( Stenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

— Marchal and Chardonnet, 2000: 71 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Herman, 2001: 32 ( Stenus ; synonymic note).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Europe, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.

ater Lacordaire, 1835: 447 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Paris).

— Herman, 2001: 32 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater Mannerheim ).

punctipennis Thomson, 1860: 214 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Gottland).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 245 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 561 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

— Bernhauer, 1900: 49 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

— Puthz, 1967h: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

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

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

adjectus Rey, 1884: 214 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 561 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 153 ( Stenus ; synonym of ater ).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 23 ( Stenus ; variety of ater ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; variety of ater ).

— Szujecki, 1961: 7 ( Stenus ; variety of ater ).

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

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

testaceipes L. Benick, 1915: 225 ( Stenus ; aberration of ater ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Mähren, Prossnitz; Ostrau; Bosnien, Stambulcic und Celic; Herzegowina, Jablanica; Spanien, Sevilla; Marokko).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 23, 26 ( Stenus ; aberration of ater ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1146 ( Stenus ; aberration of ater ).

ater Lacordaire, 1835 , see: ater Mannerheim, 1830 .

aterrimus Erichson, 1839a: 549 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Berlin; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Also cited from Paris).

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

— Erichson, 1840: 712 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany; France).

— Märkel, 1841: 218 ( Stenus ; with ants).

— Grimm, 1845: 135 ( Stenus ; with Formica rufa ; Germany).

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

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 583 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 767 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Thomson, 1867: 196 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Thomson, 1867a: 45 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Fauvel, 1873: 77 [= 1873a: 235] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Germany; Austria; Switzerland).

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

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

— Solsky, 1874: 197 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan).

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

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

— Rey, 1884: 226 [= 1884a: 74] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

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

— Johansen, 1914: 498 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 19 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 396 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

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

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 19 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 74 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway).

— Horion, 1963: 308 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Siberia; Turkestan; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Finland; Russia; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Romania; Bosnia; Istria; Italy; Sardinia; Switzerland; France; Belgium; Holland; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe).

— M. Dvořák, 1965: 88 ( Stenus ; Slovakia).

— Puthz, 1967h: 287 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Berlin) .

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

— Puthz, 1971v: 89 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 249 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

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

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

— Dauphin, 1991: 282 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France).

— Janák and Vysoky, 1992: 135 ( Stenus ; collected with Formica pratensis ; Bohemia).

— Franc, 1993: 307 ( Stenus ; synoecious myrmecophile; Slovakia).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Jelínek, 1999: 154 ( Stenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Uzbekistan.

athletes Puthz, 1971: 256 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tanzania: Ukerewe Island).

— Rougemont, 1981: 106 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania, Ethiopia.

athleticus Puthz, 1968d: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of convergens ; Type locality: Äthiopien: Gamo-Province, Mount Tola, Gughé Highlands).

— Puthz, 1971: 305 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of convergens ; characters; Ethiopia).

— Rougemont, 1981: 120 ( Stenus ; valid species; characters; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

atlantis Peyerimhoff, 1921, see: leprieuri Cussac, 1851 .

atomarius Casey, 1884 , see: pumilio Erichson, 1839 .

atratulus Erichson, 1839a: 540 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Germania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Heer, 1839: 219 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

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

— Hochhuth, 1849: 171 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

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

— Hardy, 1851: 44 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; England).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 579 ( Stenus ; cited as atratulus [Note: Misidentified according to Fauvel, 1873a: 257]; characters; France).

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

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

— Kraatz, 1858b: 123 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Thomson, 1860: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 81 ( Stenus ; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1873: 98 [= 1873a: 256] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Caucasus; Iran).

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

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

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 55 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Rey, 1884: 269 [= 1884a: 117] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 339 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

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

— Fauvel, 1902b: 76 ( Stenus ; Algeria).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 82 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

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

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

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

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

— L. Benick, 1923a: 220 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

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

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

— Bernhauer, 1936: 2 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Palm, 1961a: 92 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 121 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Italy).

— Szujecki, 1961: 37 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 337 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; central and southern Europe).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 395 ( Stenus ; Sicily).

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

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

— Puthz, 1967f: 272 ( Stenus ; Morocco).

— Puthz, 1967h: 293 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Germania) .

— Puthz, 1967l: 48 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1968g: 198 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

— Puthz, 1969g: 642 ( Stenus ; notes; characters).

— Puthz, 1970p: 173 ( Stenus ; characters; aedeagus; Greece).

— Puthz, 1971v: 97 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972s: 259 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Albania).

— Bordoni, 1975c: 181 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Italy).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Puthz, 1980e: 364 ( Stenus ; Albania).

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

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 144 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia, Azerbaijan).

— Puthz, 1991f: 170 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Dauphin, 1993: 182, 189 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Azerbaijan.

foraminosus Erichson, 1840: 703 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Germania).

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

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 580 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

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

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

— Rey, 1884: 259 [= 1884a: 107] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 576 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Austria; France).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 158 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

— Horion, 1963: 338 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; cited as valid species; Austria; Germany; Italy).

— Puthz, 1966f: 119 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; cited as valid species; notes).

— Puthz, 1967h: 293 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972k: 151 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

hispanicus Motschulsky, 1849: 85 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Espagne).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 159 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968g: 198 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

longipennis Rey, 1884: 268 [= 1884a: 116] ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: environs de Frejus, Var).

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

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

externus Rey, 1884: 272 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Italie).

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

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

propinquus Rey, 1884: 272 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Lyon).

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

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

tenuis Rey, 1884: 272 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Lyon).

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

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

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

scrupulus Bondroit, 1912a: 415 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sardaigne).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

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

— Puthz, 1969g: 642 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

lindbergi Renkonen, 1945: 54 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Eckerö, Torp).

— Palm, 1961a: 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Finland).

— Puthz, 1967l: 48 ( Stenus ; characters; synonym of atratulus ).

— Puthz, 1969g: 642 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

— Puthz, 1970q: 39 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 170 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

— Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; synonym of atratulus ).

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

atrocoeruleus L. Benick, 1951 , see: bifrons C. Waterhouse, 1877 .

atrocyaneus Puthz, 1984: 135 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kolumbien:

Valle Pichinde, 5000 feet).

atrolucens Puthz, 1984: 134 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ecuador: Pastaza Puyo, 16 km W).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador.

atromicans Puthz, 1972 n: 254 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bolivia: L.P.,

24 km W. Coripata).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

atroviolaceus Puthz, 1987c: 396 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Neuguinea- West, Provinz Tel, 2300 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

atrovirens Fauvel, 1878 g: 503 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Australie orientale: Queensland,

Wide Bay).

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

— Puthz, 1969: 3 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— Puthz, 1970e: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Australia).

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

— Reid, 1997: 119 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

similis W. J. MacLeay, 1873: 149 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Gayndah).

— Fauvel, 1877: 209 ( Stenus ; characters; Australia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1159 ( Stenus ; synonym of macleayi).

— Puthz, 1970e: 61 ( Stenus ; synonym of atrovirens ).

macleayi Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1159 ( Stenus ; replacement name for similis MacLeay ).

— Puthz, 1970e: 61 ( Stenus ; synonym of atrovirens ).

attenuatus Erichson, 1840: 738 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Madagascar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1965: 495 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Madagascar).

— Puthz, 1967h: 302 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971: 329 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1972: 21 ( Stenus ; characters; Madagascar).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, Comoros.

madagascariensis Bernhauer, 1912f: 181 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Madagaskar).

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

— Puthz, 1965: 495 ( Stenus ; synonym of attenuatus ).

— Puthz, 1972: 21 ( Stenus ; synonym of attenuatus ).

audax J. Sahlberg, 1900: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Lapponia: Kyrö ad ostium fluminis Ivalojoki).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Palm, 1961a: 113 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Norway; Finland).

— Puthz, 1972d: 84, 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; notes; characters).

— Lundberg, 1972: 173 ( Stenus ; Sweden).

— Puthz, 1974b: 112 ( Stenus ; notes; Siberia).

— Clayhills, 1991: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; habitat; distribution; Finland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Norway, Finland, Russia.

audrasi Ochs, 1958 , see: annulipes Heer, 1839 .

augur Erichson, 1840: 709 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Columbia; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967q]).

— Fauvel, 1901: 74 ( Stenus ; Colombia; Venezuela).

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

— Puthz, 1967q: 313 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, Venezuela.

augustinus Blackwelder, 1943 , see: sagax Sharp, 1886 .

auliensis Bernhauer, 1902 , see: mongolicus Eppelsheim, 1889 .

aureolus Fauvel, 1875a : XVII [= 1875b: 219] ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mydlanka, S. W. Baikal, Ussuri Sibér. or.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967s]. Originally cited from Mydcanka).

— Eppelsheim, 1893: 53 ( Stenus ; Baikal region).

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

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

— Puthz, 1967s: 241 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; lectotype designation: Mydlanka, S. W. Baikal, Ussuri Sibér. or.; characters; Baikal; Siberia; Kamchatka).

— Puthz, 1969: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971j: 142 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Ryvkin, 2000a: 360, 363 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Far Eastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Mongolia.

fluviatilis L. Benick, 1921d: 140 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kamtschatka, Bolscherjetsk ;

Fl. Amur, Nikolajewsk).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1154 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967s: 241 ( Stenus ; synonym of aureolus ).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 49 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

— Ryvkin, 2000a: 360 ( Stenus ; synonym of aureolus ).

aureosetulus L. Benick, 1924, see: secretus Bernhauer, 1915 .

aureosetosus Puthz, 1976: 18 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Zentral-Nepal: Kloster Fulung, 3500 m).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

aurichalceus Champion, 1920 , see: Dianous .

auricomus Puthz, 1968: 7 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Morelia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

auriger Eppelsheim, 1893: 57 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ost-Sibirien, in der Nähe von Irkutsk, von Tunka bis Munku-Sardik im Sajan’schen Gebirge ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

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

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967o: 232 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1971j: 141 ( Stenus ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1972d: 80, 88 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters; Siberia).

— Puthz, 1974e: 160 ( Stenus ; Korea).

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

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 234 ( Stenus ; Korea).

— Puthz, 1991c: 107 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; Korea).

— J. Li, 1993: 26 ( Stenus ; China).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea.

auropubescens Schubert, 1909: 296 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: südöstliches Mexico, Gegend von Jalapa, nördlich vom Pic d’Orizaba).

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

— L. Benick, 1938c: 264 ( Stenus ; characters).

austini Casey, 1884: 28 ( Stenus ; Type locality: New Hampshire, White Mts.; Lake Superior [ Marquette , Michipicoten River, Gargantua , Isle Royale ]; British Columbia).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 167 ( Stenus ; New Mexico).

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

— Notman, 1919a: 95 ( Stenus ; Ontario).

— Fall, 1926: 147 ( Stenus ; Alaska).

— Sanderson, 1957: 267 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

amplificatus L. Benick, 1921a: 114 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kenai).

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of austini ).

australicus Blackburn, 1891a: 788 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mountains of Victoria; near Wandiligong ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1969: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1969e: 528 ( Stenus ; characters; Australia).

— Puthz, 1970e: 64 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Australia).

— Reid, 1997: 120 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

austriacus Bernhauer, 1899 , see: argus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

autumnalis Naomi, 1997a: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Japan: Tokushima Pref.: Mt. Kootsu, Yamakawa-cho).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

awajinis Naomi, 1997 , see: ignorabilis Naomi, 1997.

axayacatl Puthz, 2000b: 123 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Oaxaca: 21 [km?] N Villa Diaz Ordaz, 3100 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

azarias Bondroit, 1912 , see: biguttatus Linné, 1758 .

azeganus Fauvel, 1905 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

azurescens L. Benick, 1929: 274 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mt. Polis, Luzon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

azureus Krása, 1945 , see: mercator Sharp, 1889 .

azureus L. Benick, 1929 , see: Dianous .

bacchus Puthz, 1972 r: 519 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Eastern Highlands: Wanatabe Valley near Okapa, ca. 5000 feet).

— Puthz, 1982a: 142 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

badaganus Puthz, 1984e: 576 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Madras: Nilgiri Hills, Ootacamund, 2150–2200 m).

— Puthz, 1990e: 249 ( Stenus ; discussion of species complex).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

baicalensis Puthz, 1968e: 96 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Baikal-See).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Monoglia.

bajulus Sharp, 1886: 653 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Guatemala, near the city, Zapote ).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 269 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

bakeri Bernhauer, 1910b: 364 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kuba: Havana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog). Benick, 1938c: 269 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 213 ( Stenus ; characters; Cuba).

— Puthz, 1973c: 50 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1974a: 48 ( Stenus ; characters; Cuba).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

mutchleri Blackwelder, 1943: 218 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Cuba: 7 kilometers north of Vinales ).

— Puthz, 1973c: 51 ( Stenus ; synonym of bakeri ).

bakeri Bernhauer, 1914 , see: egregius L. Benick, 1921 .

balfourbrownei Puthz, 1967e: 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Cameroun: Mt. Cameroon, Onyanga, 5400 ft.).

— Puthz, 1971: 223 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Cameroon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

baliensis Rougemont, 1984: 230 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bali: Lake Buayan ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

balnearius Rougemont, 1981: 104 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ethiopia: Shoa Prov. : Ambo,

2150 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

baloghi Puthz, 1967 n: 186 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kindamba, Méya, Louolo river).

— Puthz, 1967i: 194 ( Stenus ; characters; Congo).

— Puthz, 1968a: 34 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Congo).

— Puthz, 1971: 202 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Congo; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1972a: 4 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo Republic, Congo.

bandarensis Bernhauer, 1926a: 127 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sumatra: Oosehr Bandar).

— Cameron, 1930d: 327 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Sumatra).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1173 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1985: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Sumatra; Sarawak; Singapore; Java).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia.

banghaasi L. Benick, 1929: 88 , 91 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Mt. Polis, Luzon; Balbalan, Luzon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1981b: 154 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

banosanus Bernhauer, 1914 , see: piliferus Motschulsky, 1857 .

bansengi Rougemont, 1986: 287 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sarawak: Skrang River at Morat).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

baranowskii Puthz, 2001: 21 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Oaxaca:

11 km N Oaxaca City, 1950 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

barbarae Hromádka, 1979e: 183 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Iran b. occ: Hashtpar, Talysch-Geb.).

— Puthz, 1980k: 38 ( Stenus ; notes).

hromadkai Puthz, 1979f: 57 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Iran: Guilan: Pareh-Sar, 37°37′N, 49°03′E).

— Puthz, 1980k: 38 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbarae ).

barbatus Nietner, 1857: 381 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Colomb.).

— Kraatz, 1859: 163 ( Stenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1921b: 119 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Cameron, 1930: 373 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

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

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

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

— Puthz, 1973n: 2 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

arachnipes Bernhauer, 1902b: 42 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Haputala).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1919: 362 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbatus ).

— Cameron, 1930: 373 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbatus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbatus ).

— Puthz, 1971o: 192 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbatus ).

serpens L. Benick, 1922a: 4 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylon, Kandy ).

— Cameron, 1930: 374 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1954: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Ceylon).

— Puthz, 1971o: 192 ( Stenus ; synonym of barbatus ).

barbiellini Bernhauer, 1908d: 298 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: S. Paulo) .

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974a: 49 ( Stenus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

barndti Puthz, 1971: 127 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sudan: Provinz Bahr el Ghazal, 7°30′N, 27°30′O).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan.

barnevillei Bedel, 1870 , see: longitarsis Thomson, 1851 .

bartolozzii Puthz, 1992a: 6 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Madagaskar: Dint. Ambanja).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

basalis Curtis, 1840 , see: fornicatus Stephens, 1833 .

basara Naomi, 1988 i: 76 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Yamanashi Pref.: Aokigahara, Mt. Fuji).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

basicornis Kraatz, 1859: 163 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Kraatz, 1859: 164 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentified as bispinus according to Puthz, 1985: 78]; characters; India orientalis).

— Bernhauer, 1902b: 41 ( Stenus ; cited as bispinus ; [Note: Misidentification of basicornis according to Puthz, 1985]; Ceylon).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 365 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1954: 111 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Ceylon).

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

— Puthz, 1973n: 1 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

— Puthz, 1976: 4 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

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

— Puthz, 1984e: 584 ( Stenus ; characters; Sri Lanka; India; Nepal; Burma; Thailand; Malaysia; Indonesia; Vietnam; China).

— Puthz, 1985: 87, 100 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Sri Lanka; India; Nepal; Burma; Thailand; Malaysia; Java; Sumatra; Vietnam; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China.

vestitus L. Benick, 1926: 271 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sumatras O.-K., Lau Rakit, 300 m; Siantar, Simpang Raja, 900 m).

— Cameron, 1930d: 326 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Sumatra).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1184 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938: 34 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1980k: 37 ( Stenus ; subspecies of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1985: 87 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

peniculus L. Benick, 1938: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Java: G. Tangkoeban Prahoe 4000–5000 Voet, Preanger).

— Puthz, 1985: 87 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

siwalikensis Cameron, 1943: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Siwaliks: Lachiwala).

— Puthz, 1980k: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 7 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1985: 87 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

subtropicus Cameron, 1949b: 464 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: China: Hainan Island: Ta Hau).

— Puthz, 1971u: 533 ( Stenus ; might be eastern subspecies of basicornis ; China; Vietnam).

— Puthz, 1980k: 37 ( Stenus ; subspecies of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 7 ( Stenus ; subspecies of basicornis ; Vietnam).

— Puthz, 1985: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of basicornis ; characters).

eberti Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 81, 107 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Rapti-Tal, 300 m).

— Puthz, 1980k: 37 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1981a: 7 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 25 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

— Puthz, 1985: 87 ( Stenus ; synonym of basicornis ).

basilanus Puthz, 1974 , see: samarensis Bernhauer, 1926 .

basilewskyi Puthz, 1965: 534 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kivu: Terr. Masisi, Lacs Mokoto, 1800 m).

— Puthz, 1967i: 220 ( Stenus ; Rwanda; Kivu).

— Puthz, 1967j: 14 ( Stenus ; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1971: 224 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire; Rwanda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Rwanda.

batangluparensis Rougemont, 1986: 288 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Sarawak: 2nd Division, Skrang River at Morat).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

batesi Sharp, 1876: 375 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Tapajos).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

bauerinae Puthz, 1965: 553 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Tschad: Strasse Moundou-Baibokum).

— Puthz, 1968a: 36 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Congo).

bechyneae Hromádka, 1983: 115 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Brazil: 18 km NE Orixima).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

beckeri L. Benick, 1941d: 278 ( Stenus ; Type locality: China: Wassuland, Bez. Sankiangkou, W. Szechuan, Niuto-Shan 2400 m).

— Puthz, 1967s: 244 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

beesoni Cameron, 1930: 346 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Chakrata district: Sainj, Manjgaon and Khedar Khuds ; Bangar. Mussoorie district . Assam: Naga Hills , alt. 5000 to

7500 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1169 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968j: 454 ( Stenus ; characters).

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

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

— Rougemont, 1981a: 332 ( Stenus ; Burma).

— Rougemont, 1981b: 366 ( Stenus ; Thailand).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand.

beieri Scheerpeltz, 1931 , see: picipes Stephens, 1833 .

belemicus Hromádka, 1983a: 132 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Type locality: Brazil: Para faz. Pirelli, Belem).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

belesis Tottenham, 1956 , see: aberrans L. Benick, 1951 .

belli Fauvel, 1904a: 47 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Nilghiris; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 396 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1969: 32 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; lectotype designation: Nilgiri Hills; characters). — Puthz, 1981b: 144 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1984e: 575, 586 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

— Puthz, 1998: 393 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Vietnam).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Vietnam.

bellus Puthz, 1977a: 113 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Frankreich: Isère, Vercors, entrée grotte de la Ture, 1200 m, einige Kilometer nördlich von Autrans).

- DISTRIBUTION: France.

benefactor Ryvkin, 1985a: 853 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Primorskii Krai, Sudzukhinskii zapovednik).

— Naomi, 1998a: 103 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; synonymic notes; Japan; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Japan.

kanmiyai Naomi, 1988d: 31 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Japan: Oita Pref.: Chôjabaru).

— Naomi, 1998a: 103 ( Stenus ; synonym of benefactor ).

bengle Hromádka, 1980a: 49 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: India: Kashmir, Srinagar, 5000 ft.).

— Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

benicki Bondroit, 1912 , see: trivialis Kraatz, 1857 .

benicki Bernhauer, 1923 , see: spinosus L. Benick, 1921 .

benickiellus Puthz, 1967 s: 234 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Rumänien: Sinaia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Romania.

beppuensis Bernhauer, 1939, see: distans Sharp, 1889 .

berenice Puthz, 1985: 81 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Burma: Tenasserim, Tavoy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

bergrothi L. Benick, 1921, see: kongsbergensis Munster, 1911 .

bernhaueri Poppius, 1908 , see: subarcticus Poppius, 1908 .

bernhaueri Cameron, 1925 , see: bicolon Sharp, 1889 .

bernhauerianus Jakobson, 1909: 483 ( Stenus ; replacement name for indubius Bernhauer ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

indubius Bernhauer, 1905b: 583 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Aulie-Ata in Russisch-Zentralasien).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; synonym of bernhauerianus ).

turkestanicus Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 178 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; replacement name for indubius Bernhauer ).

— L. Benick, 1921c: 193 ( Stenus ; synonym of bernhauerianus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; synonym of bernhauerianus ).

besucheti Puthz, 1971 o: 209 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Central: Horton Plains, 2100 m).

— Puthz, 1973n: 2 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

bhutanus Puthz, 1975: 189 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bhutan: Tongsa).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bhutan.

biblicus Puthz, 1971a: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Israel: Nazareth).

— Puthz, 1979f: 56 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Israel.

bicallosus L. Benick, 1928 , see: kamerunensis L. Benick, 1920 .

bicara Naomi, 1988 i: 79 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Japan: Tochigi Pref.: Chûzenji, Nikko).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

bicolon Sharp, 1889: 328 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Oyayama; Miyanoshita).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1186 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968b: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Naomi, 1988h: 70 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia. posticus Fauvel, 1895: 209 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Bírmanie: Carin Asciuii Ghécu, 1400– 1500 m; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1969]. Also cited from Bírmanie, Carin Cheba, 900–1100 m).

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

— Cameron, 1930: 392 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; Burma).

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

— Sawada, 1965a: 147 ( Stenus ; Formosa).

— Puthz, 1969: 38 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; lectotype designation: Carin Asciuii Ghecù, 1400–1500 m; characters).

— Rougemont, 1981a: 343 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Burma).

— Puthz, 1981b: 152 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; [Note: Misidentified as bicolon javanicus according to Rougemont, 1986a: 268, who listed it as a new synonym but Puthz did not describe the subspecies as new, he cited Bernhauer as the author]; characters).

— Rougemont, 1983c: 52 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Thailand).

— Puthz, 1983: 10 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Vietnam; Malaysia).

— Puthz, 1984b: 108 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Taiwan).

javanicus Bernhauer, 1915 h: 216 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Java: Nongkodjadjar).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1191 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938: 10 ( Stenus ; Java).

— Puthz, 1968e: 100 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971u: 534 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Bali).

— Rougemont, 1984: 233 ( Stenus ; subspecies of bicolon ; Bali).

bernhaueri Cameron, 1925a: 177 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Malabar near Bandung, 1600 m; Tjibodas).

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

— Puthz, 1968e: 100 ( Stenus ; synonym of bicolon javanicus ).

— Puthz, 1971u: 534 ( Stenus ; synonym of bicolon javanicus ).

maximiliani Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; replacement name for bernhaueri Cameron ).

— Puthz, 1968e: 100 ( Stenus ; synonym of bicolon javanicus ).

— Puthz, 1971u: 534 ( Stenus ; synonym of bicolon javanicus ).

bicoloripes Cameron, 1926a: 282 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ganda-Buku, Belgian Congo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1174 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1956: 223 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Urundi).

— Puthz, 1965: 514 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967i: 213 ( Stenus ; characters; Congo; Urundi) .

— Puthz, 1971: 233 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Burundi.

bicoloripes Bernhauer, 1929 , see: kisantuanus Bernhauer, 1929 .

bicornis Puthz, 1972 l: 170 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Macedonia: Djevdjelija. Also cited from Turkey).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 148 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Macedonia, Turkey.

bicuspis Puthz, 1983: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Vietnam: Mt. Lang Bian, 1500–2000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Vietnam.

bidentatus Champion, 1920 , see: kraatzi Bernhauer, 1911 .

bidenticollis Puthz, 1984b: 106 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Taiwan: Kwantzeling, Taiwan Hsien, 250 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

bidenticulatus Puthz, 1969c: 216 ( Stenus ; subspecies of intricatus ; Type locality: Nord- Afghanistan: Prov. Mazari-Sharif: Mazar-i-Sharif. Also cited from Lenkoran and the Caucasus).

— Puthz, 1971v: 90 ( Stenus ; subspecies of intricatus ; notes).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Iran, Azerbaijan.

bierigi Puthz, 1977b: 148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica: Chitaria).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

bifenestratus L. Benick, 1926: 278 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Westaustralien).

— Puthz, 1969: 39 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1970e: 72 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Australia).

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

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

— Reid, 1997: 120 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

bifoveolatus Gyllenhal, 1827: 500 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suecia).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 43 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 457 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 427 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland).

— Stephens, 1833: 295 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Stephens, 1839: 414 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

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

— Hochhuth, 1849: 178 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 729 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 198 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 592 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 231 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 224 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 781 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1860: 234 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Rye, 1864: 89 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 117 [= 1873a: 275] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Lapland; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1874: 333 [= 1874b: 39] ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 244 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Solsky, 1874: 198 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 256 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

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

— Rey, 1884: 384 [= 1884a: 232] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 354 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 590 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; north and middle Europe).

— Reitter, 1909: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 515 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Denmark).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 86 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 402 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1186 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 53 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 381 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Britain; Russia; Baltic States; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Romania; Italy; Switzerland; France; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964d: 67 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Czechoslovakia).

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

— Puthz, 1972s: 265 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972d: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Puthz, 1973o: 129 ( Stenus ; characters; aberrant female; Britain).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 244 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland;

France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 175 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia).

— Puthz, 1991f: 172 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

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

— Jelínek, 1999: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Caucasus.

nitidus Stephens, 1833: 300 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Battersea-fields; Suffolk; Devonshire). — Stephens, 1839: 411 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

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

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 152 ( Stenus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 354 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 590 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

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

phaeopus Stephens, 1833: 288 ( Stenus ; Type locality: London; Suffolk; Devonshire ).

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

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidus ).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 147 ( Stenus ; synonym of rusticus ).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 590 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

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

plancus Erichson, 1840: 723 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Saxon, Mark.; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Also cited from Anglia).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 729 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 198 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Hardy, 1851: 47 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidus ).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 152 ( Stenus ; synonym of nitidus ).

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 591 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 223 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 781 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Fauvel, 1873: 117 [= 1873a: 275] ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 243 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Rey, 1884: 384 [= 1884a: 232] ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 354 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 590 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1186 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967h: 300 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Saxon, Mark.; synonym of bifoveolatus ). — Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifoveolatus ).

bifrons C. Waterhouse, 1877: 25 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Zambesi, S. E. Africa).

— Fauvel, 1907: 19 ( Stenus ; Nairobi; White Nile; Ethiopia; Zambese; Congo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1951: 191 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1965: 515 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zambesi).

— Puthz, 1967i: 206, 213 ( Stenus ; characters; Ivory Coast; Egypt; Ethiopia) .

— Puthz, 1971: 233 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zambesi).

— Puthz, 1971k: 138 ( Stenus ; South Africa).

— Rougemont, 1981: 102 ( Stenus ; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, “Zambezi”,

South Africa.

atrocoeruleus L. Benick, 1951: 195 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ost-Afrika: Kondoa). — Puthz, 1967i: 206 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ). — Puthz, 1971: 233 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ). — Rougemont, 1981: 102 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ).

furvus L. Benick, 1951: 190 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ost-Afrika: Sigital). — Puthz, 1965: 519 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters). — Puthz, 1967h: 306 ( Stenus ). — Puthz, 1967i: 206 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ). — Puthz, 1971: 233 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ). — Rougemont, 1981: 102 ( Stenus ; synonym of bifrons ).

biguttatus Linné, 1758: 422 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Europa). — Linné, 1760: 232 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden). — Linné, 1767: 685 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Europe). — O. Müller, 1776: 99 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Fabricius, 1777: 241 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Goeze, 1777: 719 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Schrank, 1781: 235 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Austria). — Fabricius, 1781: 336 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Herbst, 1784: 149 ( Staphylinus ; Germany). — Fourcroy, 1785: 170 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France). — Fabricius, 1787: 221 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Villers, 1789: 415 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France). — Gmelin, 1790: 2028 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Fabricius, 1793: 527 ( Staphylinus ; characters). — Panzer, 1795: 355 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany). — Olivier, 1795:(43): 5 ( Paederus ; characters). — Panzer, 1796b: 17 ( Staphylinus ; characters; illustration). — Schrank, 1798: 643 ( Staphylinus ; characters; notes). — Fabricius, 1801: 602 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic Sea). — Turton, 1802: 513 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Baltic shores). — Gravenhorst, 1802: 154 ( Stenus ; characters). — Latreille, 1804: 352 ( Stenus ; characters). — Ljungh, 1804: 62 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden). — Ljungh, 1804: 63 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 cited bipustulatus Ljungh as a synonym of biguttatus ; Ljungh did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Linné]; characters; Sweden). — Gravenhorst, 1806: 226 ( Stenus ; characters). — Latreille, 1806: 294 ( Stenus ; characters). — Gyllenhal, 1810: 464 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden). — Gyllenhal, 1810: 465 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ). — Leach, 1815: 91 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe). — Samouelle, 1819: 173 ( Stenus ; characters). — Curtis, 1827: pl. 164 ( Stenus ; England). — Zetterstedt, 1828: 86 ( Stenus ; characters; Lapland). — Guérin-Méneville, 1829: pl. 9, fig. 8 ( Stenus ; illustration). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 422 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 422 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ). — Griffith and Pidgeon, 1832: 294 ( Stenus ; characters). — Lacordaire, 1835: 443 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Runde, 1835: 14 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a mis-

— Zetterstedt, 1838: 69 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; Lapland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 529 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Erichson, 1839a: 530 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Heer, 1839: 213 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Heer, 1839: 213 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Stephens, 1839: 409 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 690 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

— Erichson, 1840: 590 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Laporte, 1840: 185 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Dufour, 1843: 36 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 31 ( Stenus ; notes; Paris).

— Westwood, 1845: 50 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— Kolenati, 1846: 24 ( Stenus ; Caucasus; Transcaucasus).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 168 ( Stenus ; characters; Lenkoran).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 723 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 194 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Hardy, 1851: 43 ( Stenus ; notes; England).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 145 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 573 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 219 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 742 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 742 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 218 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Peyron, 1858: 431 ( Stenus ; Turkey).

— Thomson, 1859: 28 (type species of Stenus ).

— Thomson, 1860: 227 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 80 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Rye, 1864: 9 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; England).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 304 [= 1865b: 54] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Hochhuth, 1872: 153 ( Stenus ; notes; Ukraine).

— Fauvel, 1873: 74 [= 1873a: 231] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe; Caramania; Caucasus; Siberia).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 238 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 252 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 61 ( Stenus ; Finland).

— Rey, 1884: 184 [= 1884a: 32] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Rey, 1884: 185 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Fowler, 1888: 328 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 557 ( Stenus ; characters; Palaearctic region).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 558 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

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

— Poppius, 1909: 10 ( Stenus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Reitter, 1909: 154 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited as bipustulatus Ljungh , but Ljungh’s use was a misidentification]; synonym of biguttatus ).

— Penecke, 1912: 236 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Johansen, 1914: 486 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Denmark).

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

— L. Benick, 1925: 73s ( Stenus ; notes; Tennessee [Note: Erroneous locality according to Puthz (personal communication)]). — L. Benick, 1929a: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key). — Portevin, 1929: 394 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel I ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus). — Aleksandrov, 1934: 150 ( Stenus ; China). — Szujecki, 1961: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 72 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 300 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Caucasus; Siberia; northern China; Japan; widespread in Europe). — Lohse, 1964: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe). — Puthz, 1967: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Portugal). — Szujecki, 1968a: 718 ( Stenus ; Poland). — Weinreich, 1968: 189–201 ( Stenus ; characters of egg, larva, and pupa). — Bordoni, 1970: 22 ( Stenus ; ecological notes; Italy). — Puthz, 1972s: 247 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia; Bulgaria). — Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain). — Puthz, 1980e: 360 ( Stenus ; Albania). — Frank, 1982: 16 ( Stenus ; list of parasites). — Andersen, 1982: 65 ( Stenus ; natural history; Norway). — Reid, 1985a: 260 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; England). — Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Naomi, 1988g: 56, 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; [Note: Misidentified as szechuanus according to Naomi, 1997f: 5]; characters; Japan). — Ryvkin, 1990: 147 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia, Georgia, Armenia). — Naomi, 1991a: 163 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentified as szechuanus according to Naomi, 1997f: 5]; Japan). — Puthz, 1991f: 166 ( Stenus ; Belorussia). — Dauphin, 1991: 279 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France). — Hromádka, 1993: 44 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic). — Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy). — Jelínek, 1999: 154 ( Stenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic). — Naomi and Puthz, 1996: 160 ( Stenus ; notes; Japan). — Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus). — Naomi, 1997f: 5, 6 ( Stenus ; notes; characters; Japan). — Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; comparative predatory behavior; use of labial apparatus). - DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, China, Japan.

bipustulatus Thomson, 1857: 220 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Lärketorp i Östergöthland). — Thomson, 1860: 228 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; variety of biguttatus ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; synonym of biguttatus ).

thomsoni Jakobson, 1908: 479 ( Stenus ; replacement name for bipustulatus Thomson ). — L. Benick, 1929a: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; aberration of biguttatus ; characters in key). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; aberration of biguttatus ). — Szujecki, 1961: 7 ( Stenus ; aberration of biguttatus ).

azarias Bondroit, 1912: 262 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Italie). — L. Benick, 1921c: 191 ( Stenus ; synonym of biguttatus variety bipustulatus ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; synonym of biguttatus ).

bihamatus Puthz, 1971 o: 195 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Northern: Murunkan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

biharmontis Puthz, 1991 g: 237 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Bihargebirge: Cucurbeta).

- DISTRIBUTION: Romania.

bilentigatus Casey, 1884: 19 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Virginia).

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 157 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

murphyanus Bernhauer, 1917a: 1 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Nord-Carolina: Murphy).

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

— Puthz, 1974a: 70 ( Stenus ; may be conspecific with bilentigatus ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 157 ( Stenus ; synonym of bilentigatus ).

bilineatus J. Sahlberg, 1871a: 412 ( Stenus ; Type locality: lacus Wuontisjärvi).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 61 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 22 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key; Scandinavia; Finland; Siberia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Palm, 1961a: 77 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Norway; Finland).

— Puthz, 1966e: 296 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters).

— Huggert and Ulefors, 1971: 58 ( Stenus ; notes; Sweden).

— Puthz, 1973i: 291 ( Stenus ; Russia) .

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

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

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 43 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Finland, Russia, Canada, USA.

corvus Casey, 1884: 72 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lake Labache, British Columbia; Fort Tejon , California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 157 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1919a: 95 ( Stenus ; Ontario).

— Fall, 1926a: 60 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Alaska, Yukon Territory).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1153 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 257 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Idaho).

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of bilineatus ).

tacomae Casey, 1884: 34 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Thurston County, Washington Territory ).

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

— Puthz, 1974d: 159 ( Stenus ; synonym of bilineatus ).

bilunatus Puthz, 1984b: 108 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Taiwan: Tsaoshan near Taipei, 150–300 m).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

bimaculatoides Scheerpeltz, 1969b: 23 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Aspromonte in Calabrien, Süd-Italien).

— Puthz, 1970p: 169 ( Stenus ; notes; Italy).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy.

bimaculatus Gyllenhal, 1810: 466 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Suecia).

— Gravenhorst, 1802: 154 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154,

cited juno Gravenhorst as a synonym of bimaculatus ; Gravenhorst attributed the species to Paykull]; characters).

— Marsham, 1802: 526 ( Staphylinus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911:

154, listed biguttatus Marsham as a synonym of bimaculatus ; Marsham attributed it to Linné];

characters; Britain). — Zetterstedt, 1828: 87 ( Stenus ; characters; Lapland). — Stephens, 1833: 301 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — C. Sahlberg, 1832: 422 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland). — Runde, 1835: 15 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Lacordaire, 1835: 441 ( Stenus ; synonym of juno ). — Zetterstedt, 1838: 69 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; Lapland). — Erichson, 1839a: 532 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Heer, 1839: 215 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland). — Stephens, 1839: 409 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — Erichson, 1840: 692 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe). — Laporte, 1840: 185 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 724 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Leprieur, 1851: 194 ( Stenus ; characters). — Hardy, 1851: 44 ( Stenus ; notes; England). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 574 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Thomson, 1857: 221 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden). — Kraatz, 1857d: 746 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Redtenbacher, 1857: 219 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Thomson, 1860: 212 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia). — Rye, 1864: 11 ( Stenus ; characters; England). — Fauvel, 1873: 83 [= 1873a: 241] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 238 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria). — Seidlitz, 1875: 253 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region). — J. Sahlberg, 1876: 47 ( Stenus ; Finland). — Rey, 1884: 201 [= 1884a: 49] ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Fowler, 1888: 329 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 560 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe). — Reitter, 1909: 155 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 154 ( Stenus ; catalog). — Johansen, 1914: 488 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Denmark). — L. Benick, 1922c: 161 ( Stenus ; Mongolia). — L. Benick, 1924: 250 ( Stenus ; Siberia). — L. Benick, 1929a: 31 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key). — Portevin, 1929: 395 ( Stenus ; characters; France). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog). — Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel II ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus). — Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 121 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Italy). — Szujecki, 1961: 15 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Poland). — Palm, 1961a: 73 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 328 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Siberia; Mongolia; France to Poland-Russia;

Denmark; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; France; Italy; Balkans; Austria; Germany). — Lohse, 1964: 110 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; central Europe). — Szujecki, 1968a: 719 ( Stenus ; Poland). — Puthz, 1972s: 250 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia). — Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain). — Frank, 1982: 16 ( Stenus ; list of parasites). — Anderson, 1984: 244 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland). — Lucht, 1987: 96 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland;

France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Nowosad, 1990: 63 ( Stenus ; collected from mole nest; notes; Poland). — Ryvkin, 1990: 156 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia, Armenia). — Puthz, 1991f: 166 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

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

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Kölsch and Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; ultrastructure and function of adhesion-capture apparatus; Germany).

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

— Jelínek, 1999: 154 ( Stenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

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

— Kölsch, 2000: 465 ( Stenus ; ultrastructure of glands and production and function of secretion of adhesive capture apparatus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Armenia, Mongolia.

maculipes Grimmer, 1841: 33 ( Stenus ; [Note: Nomen dubium; preoccupied]; Type locality: Steiermark).

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

— Weise, 1876: 178 ( Stenus ; synonym of bimaculatus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 560 ( Stenus ; synonym of bimaculatus ).

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

bimaculosus Stephens, 1839: 409 ( Stenus ; replacement name for binotatus Stephens ).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 145 ( Stenus ; synonym of binotatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 155 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Britain.

binotatus Stephens, 1833: 303 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: London ; Norfolk).

— Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 145 ( Stenus ; notes).

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

bimucronatus Champion, 1923 , see: crenicollis Eppelsheim, 1895 .

binaghii Puthz, 1970c: 52 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Italien: Lazio, canneti del Lago di Fondi).

— Puthz, 1972d: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy.

binominatus L. Benick, 1951, see: trepidus C. Waterhouse, 1877 .

binotatus Ljungh, 1804: 66 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Smolandiae).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 229 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 474 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Curtis, 1827: pl. 164 ( Stenus ; England).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 427 ( Stenus ; characters; Finland).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 42 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 456 ( Stenus ; Finland; Sweden).

— Runde, 1835: 16 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 448 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Westwood, 1838a: 17 (characters; type species).

— Zetterstedt, 1838: 70 ( Stenus ; characters; habitat; Lapland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 561 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 223 ( Stenus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 721 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

— Laporte, 1840: 185 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 122 ( Stenus ; notes; Algeria).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 728 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

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

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 587 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 230 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 223 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 779 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1860: 232 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

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

— Fauvel, 1873: 114 [= 1873a: 272] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 243 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 256 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

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

— Rey, 1884: 370 [= 1884a: 218] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 588 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Europe).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 82 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

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

— L. Benick, 1917c: 58 ( Stenus ; notes; Germany).

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

— L. Benick, 1929a: 92 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

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

— L. Benick, 1917c: 58 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1186 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

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

— L. Benick, 1941e: 135 ( Stenus ; characters; variation).

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

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

— Szujecki, 1961: 49 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 109 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 376 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; widespread in northern and central Europe; Portugal; Spain; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Bosnia Hercegovina; Serbia; Bulgaria; Greece; Ukraine; Georgia; Germany; Austria).

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

— Focarile, 1964: 61 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Puthz, 1967: 7 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Portugal).

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

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

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

— Puthz, 1972d: 86 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters; Europe; Caucasus; Asia Minor; Syria; Siberia).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Frank, 1982: 16 ( Stenus ; list of parasites).

— Anderson, 1984: 244 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Ádám, 1987: 135, 142 ( Metastenus ; collecting notes; Hungary).

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

— Ryvkin, 1990: 176 ( Stenus ; notes; Georgia; Russia).

— Puthz, 1991f: 172 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

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

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 16 ( Stenus ; Italy).

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

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

— Jelínek, 1999: 159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).