Schistoglossa Kraatz, 1856

Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald & Savard, Karine, 2009, First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), ZooKeys 22 (22), pp. 45-79 : 47

Schistoglossa Kraatz, 1856

Schistoglossa Kraatz, 1856: 344 ; Benick and Lohse 1974: 81; Seevers 1978: 111; Moore and Legner 1975: 480, Ashe 2001; Smetana 2004: 416. Type species: Homalota viduata Erichson, 1837 .

Diagnosis. Schistoglossa may be distinguished from other athetines by the following combination of characters: body subparallel (Figs 1–8); head slightly narrower or nearly as broad as pronotum (Figs 1–8); eyes small, approximately two to three times shorter than the postocular region of head, tempora partially feebly carinate at base of head or carinae virtually obsolete; antennae approximately reaching posterior margin of elytra, articles 5–10 slightly transverse or slightly elongate (Figs 1–8);