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Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium. I. Introduction, History, Biographical Sketches, and Omaliine Group, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (265), pp. 1067-1806 : 1067-1806

crenulatus Stierlin, 1867 , see: unicornis Germar, 1825 .

cribratus Sharp, 1889: 413 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Japan: Nikko ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Shibata, 1976: 134 ( Bledius ; Japan).

— Herman, 1986: 173, 302 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

cribricollis LeConte, 1877 , see: fenyesi Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911 .

cribricollis Heer, 1839: 210 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Switzerland: Geneva, Arve River; Aigle). — Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 606 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 834 ( Bledius ; synonym of rufipennis ).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ; synonym of rufipennis ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 209 [= 1873: 51] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Spain; Algeria; Caucasus).

— Fauvel, 1873b: 128 [= 1873c: 22] ( Bledius ; Russia).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 250 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Fauvel, 1878: 99 [= 1878a: 19] ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 614 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 27 [= 1886a: 19] ( Bledius ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 621 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe; Mediterranean region).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 263 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Stierlin, 1900: 394 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; Morocco; Tunisia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 75 ( Bledius ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 167 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Everts, 1922: 141 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution; characters).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Porta, 1926: 46 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 413 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— C. Koch, 1938b: 137 ( Bledius ; notes).

— West, 1942: 145 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— L. Benick, 1943: 95 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Kocher, 1958: 108 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959a: 201 ( Bledius ; Albania).

— Palm, 1961a: 55 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Horion, 1963: 278 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Turkey; Caucasus; Holland; Switzerland; France; Spain; Corsica; Sicily; Italy; Dalmatia; Albania; Bosnia; Macedonia; Romania; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Russia; Denmark; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 97 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Smetana, 1975c: 162 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

— Frank, 1982: 11 ( Bledius ; list of parasites).

— Herman, 1986: 173, 303 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 35 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Dauphin, Laguerre, Tamisier, and Teissier, 1997: 20 ( Bledius ; France).

— Staniec, 1999b: 52 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland).

— Staniec, 2000: 33 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Iraq, Mongolia.

rufipennis Erichson, 1840: 770 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Austria).

— Heer, 1841: 576 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Kiesenwetter, 1844: 354 ( Bledius ; notes).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 734 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 606 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 229 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 834 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Jacquelin du Val, 1868: 76 ( Bledius ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 209 [= 1873: 51] ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 615 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 621 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

— Herman, 1986: 303 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

dissecticollis Roubal, 1918: 9 ( Bledius ; variety of cribricollis ; Type locality: Ca. occ. Krasnaja Poljana).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; variety of cribricollis ).

— Herman, 1986: 303 ( Bledius ; synonym of cribricollis ).

cubensis Blackwelder, 1943: 115 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Cuba: Cayamas ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 156, 303 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

curticornis Fauvel, 1900b: 68 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Congo: Kinchassa ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 303 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mali, Congo.

curtipennis Bernhauer, 1921d: 172 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Argentinien: Prov. Tucuman).

— Bernhauer, 1927e: 233 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 156, 303 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

montanus Bernhauer, 1921d: 172 ( Bledius ; variety of curtipennis ; Type locality: Argentina: Prov. Jujuy).

— Bernhauer, 1927e: 233 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; variety of curtipennis ).

— Herman, 1986: 303 ( Bledius ; synonym of curtipennis ).

curvicornis Sharp, 1889: 412 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Japan: Niigata).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 347 ( Bledius ; subgenus Pucerus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Hasegawa and Kanie, 1992: 19 ( Bledius ; seashore collection; Japan).

— J. Li, 1993: 22 ( Bledius ; cited as curvecornis; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: China, Japan, Korea.

cuspidatus LeConte, 1877 , see: flavipennis LeConte, 1863 .

dama Motschulsky, 1857 , see: bicornis Germar, 1823 .

dartevellei Bernhauer, 1943b: 279 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Kongo: Malembe).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 216, 303 ( Bledius ; punctatissimus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

debilis Erichson, 1840: 778 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Rossia meridionalis).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 184 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1866d: 107 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; characters; Germany; Russia; Caucasus; Sicily; Spain; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Hesperophilus ; group 2).

— Fauvel, 1878: 98 [= 1878a: 18] ( Bledius ; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 654 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; characters).

— Fauvel, 1886: 26 [= 1886a: 18] ( Bledius ; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 625 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; Germany; southern Russia; Spain; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 262 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 71 ( Bledius ; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Tripolitania).

— Reitter, 1909: 168 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ).

— Porta, 1926: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Kocher, 1958: 109 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Horion, 1963: 293 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Russia; Spain; Tunisia; Egypt; Sicily; Italy; Germany).

— Szujecki, 1968: 294 ( Bledius ; notes; does not occur in Poland).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 250 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Bordoni, 1973j: 666 ( Bledius ; Sicily).

— Herman, 1986: 197, 303 ( Bledius ; debilis group; distribution; catalog).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Europe, Russia, Caucasus. mulsanti Rosenhauer, 1856: 80 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Spain: Cadiz).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 827 ( Bledius ; characters; Spain).

— Fauvel, 1866d: 107 ( Bledius ; synonym of debilis ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 197 [= 1873: 39] ( Bledius ; synonym of debilis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 654 ( Bledius ; subgenus Astycops ; synonym of debilis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 625 ( Bledius ; synonym of debilis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; synonym of debilis ).

— Herman, 1986: 303 ( Bledius ; synonym of debilis ).

deceptivus Fall, 1901 , see: foraminosus Casey, 1889 .

decorsei Cameron, 1948: 39 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Type locality: Dar-Banda merid. Krebedje, Fort Sibut).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 303 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

defensus Fauvel, 1872: 212 [= 1873: 54] ( Bledius ; Type locality: France: Calvados; Firfol near Lisieux). — Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3). — Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 583 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 618 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France; Belgium; Croatia; Hessen). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Bondroit, 1913b: 297 ( Bledius ; synonymy). — Everts, 1922: 141 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution). — Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ). — Porta, 1926: 46 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters). — Portevin, 1929: 411 ( Bledius ; characters; France). — Donisthorpe, 1930: 99 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog). — Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history). — V. Hansen, 1940: 583 ( Bledius ; characters). — West, 1942: 141, 635 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat). — L. Benick, 1943: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters). — Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain). — Tottenham, 1954: 54 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; habitat; Britain). — Palm, 1961a: 61 ( Bledius ; characters; Denmark; Finland). — Horion, 1963: 267 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Russia; Finland; Denmark; Britain; Holland; Belgium; France; Italy; Croatia; Bosnia; Czech Republic; Germany; Austria). — Lohse, 1964: 92 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe). — Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ). — Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain). — Herman, 1986: 192, 303 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog). — Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; France; Benelux; Denmark). — Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Czech Republic). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy). — Staniec, 1999b: 72 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland). — Staniec, 1999c: 379 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters in key). — Staniec, 2000: 33 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland). - DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

gulielmi Sharp, 1913: 1 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Anglia bor.: Yorkshire). — Bondroit, 1913b: 297 ( Bledius ; synonym of defensus ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; synonym of defensus ). — Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; synonym of defensus ). — Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of defensus ). — Herman, 1986: 303 ( Bledius ; synonym of defensus ).

dehnerti Korge, 1959: 26 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Germany: Niederrodenbacher Kalksteinbruch bei Hanau). — Szujecki, 1963a: 32 ( Bledius ; Poland). — Lohse, 1964: 96 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe). — Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ). — Herman, 1986: 173, 303 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog). — Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Austria). — Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 136 ( Bledius ; characters; Alps). - DISTRIBUTION: Poland, Germany, Austria.

denticollis Fauvel, 1872: 202 [= 1873: 44] ( Bledius ; replacement name for obscurus Mulsant and Rey ). — Fauvel, 1876a: 58 [= 1876: 243] ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 580 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 618 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe; Finland; Caucasus; Siberia).

— Fauvel, 1895a: 118 ( Bledius ; synonymy).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1907: 91 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Everts, 1922: 142, 143 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution; characters).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Krogerus, 1925 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Porta, 1926: 46 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 411 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

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

— L. Benick, 1943: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— A. Strand, 1946a: 238 ( Bledius ; distribution).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

— Steel, 1953: 64 ( Bledius ; not in Britain).

— Steel, 1956b: 109 ( Bledius ; characters; France; Germany; Italy; Norway; USSR).

— Palm, 1961a: 62 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Horion, 1963: 260 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Britain?; Holland; France; Italy;

Czech Republic; Austria; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Andersen, 1968 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 249 ( Bledius ; notes; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Korge, 1971a: 6 ( Bledius ; Turkey).

— Lundberg, 1972: 172 ( Bledius ; Sweden).

— Smetana, 1975c: 160 ( Bledius ; Mongolia).

— Andersen, 1982: 67 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Andersen, 1983: 429 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Herman, 1986: 192, 303 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 293 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Mongolia).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Czech Republic).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 38 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Mongolia.

obscurus Mulsant and Rey, 1870: 111 [= 1871: 87] ( Bledius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: environs de Lyon, aux bords de la Saône).

— Fauvel, 1872: 202 [= 1873: 44] ( Bledius ; preoccupied; synonym of denticollis ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 581 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 618 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Steel, 1956b: 109 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Herman, 1986: 304 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

bavaricus C. Koch, 1938b: 45 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; subspecies of rastellus ; Type locality: Germany: Bavaria).

— Steel, 1956b: 108 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Lohse, 1964: 94 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Smetana, 1975c: 160 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Herman, 1986: 304 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

obtusicollis C. Koch, 1938b: 48 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; variety of rastellus bavaricus ; [Note: Nomen nudum; this variety of a subspecies is an infrasubspecific name]; no locality cited).

— Steel, 1956b: 109 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

— Herman, 1986: 304 ( Bledius ; synonym of denticollis ).

derasus Sharp, 1887: 800 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mexico: Durango: Villa Lerdo ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 180, 304 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

devillei Bondroit, 1912 , see: minor Mulsant and Rey, 1878 .

diagonalis LeConte, 1863a: 52 ( Bledius ; Type locality: California: San Diego; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— LeConte, 1877: 226, 230 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Moore, 1964b: 277, 280 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 28, 118, 124 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters; lectotype designation;

Baja California; Arizona; California).

— Herman, 1986: 184, 304 ( Bledius ; albonotatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

apicalis Fall, 1910: 112 ( Bledius ; Type locality: California: Raymond; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1110 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1983: 28, 120 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; synonym of diagonalis ).

— Herman, 1986: 304 ( Bledius ; synonym of diagonalis ).

dickersoni Notman, 1922 , see: philadelphicus Fall, 1919 .

diffinis Baudi, 1870: 398 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Cypro).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xii [= 1875b: 214] ( Bledius ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956c: 1094 ( Bledius ; Cyprus).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 173, 304 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cyprus.

dilutipennis Motschulsky, 1857a: 507 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Kraatz, 1859: 170 ( Bledius ; characters; India orientalis).

— Bernhauer, 1902b: 43 ( Bledius ; Ceylon).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 284 ( Bledius ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1934d: 78 ( Bledius ; types).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 120 ( Bledius ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 80 ( Bledius ; Nepal).

— Coiffait, 1981e: 350 ( Bledius ; Baltistan).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 304 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

— Biswas and Sen Gupta, 1989: 22 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; India).

dimidiatus LeConte, 1877: 232 ( Bledius ; cordatus group; Type locality: Florida: Enterprise; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 698 ( Bledius ; Florida).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 85 ( Bledius ; basalis group; characters; Florida; Georgia).

— Herman, 1983: 118, 136 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation; Florida) .

— Herman, 1986: 202, 304 ( Bledius ; basalis group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

dinoceros Znojko, 1929: 200 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; Type locality: Odessa). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Blinshtein, 1976: 80 ( Bledius ; female characters; ecological notes; USSR).

— Herman, 1986: 142, 304 ( Bledius ; furcatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ukraine.

diota Schiødte, 1866: 146 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Amager faelled bag Skydelini; [Note: See lectotype designation by Hansen and Martin, 2000]).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xii [= 1875b: 214] ( Bledius ; group 1).

— Fauvel, 1884a: 78 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 615 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 136 ( Bledius ; synonym of tricornis ).

— Sharp, 1911a: 34 ( Bledius ; valid species; natural history).

— Johansen, 1914: 539 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 139 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Krogerus, 1925a ( Bledius ; characters; natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1113 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1934a: 190 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Larsen, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Lengerken, 1939: 131–136 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— West, 1942: 141 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Britain).

— Larsen, 1952 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Larsen, 1953 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Tottenham, 1954: 52 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Palm, 1961a: 50 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 259 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; Holland; Britain; Denmark; Sweden; Finland; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 91 ( Bledius ; subgenus Elbidus ; characters; central Europe).

— Lipkow, 1968: 210 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Herman, 1986: 150, 304 ( Bledius ; kochi group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Assing, Frisch, Kahlen, et al., 1998: 128 ( Bledius ; coast of Baltic Sea).

— M. Hansen and Martin, 2000: 216 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan.

dissecticollis Roubal, 1918 , see: cribricollis Heer, 1839 .

dissimilis Fall, 1910 , see: philadelphicus Fall, 1919 .

dissimilis Erichson, 1840: 769 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Germania, Austria, Hungaria , Istria, Gallia).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 181 ( Bledius ; characters; Caucasus).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 734 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 605 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 835 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1872: 210 [= 1873: 52] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Germany; Italy; Austria; Russia; Caucasus).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 250 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 617 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 372 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; subgenus Tadunus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 622 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe; Caucasus). — Reitter, 1909: 167 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 128 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 543 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 141 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Porta, 1926: 47 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 413 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Brunier, 1931: 44–46 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1114 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— West, 1942: 143 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— L. Benick, 1943: 95 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; synonyms).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 52 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Palm, 1961a: 55 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Horion, 1963: 279 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Britain; Denmark; Finland; Holland; Belgium; France; Spain; Italy; Sicily; Dalmatia; Bosnia Hercegovina; Serbia; Macedonia; Romania; Hungary; Slovakia; Poland; Germany; Austria; Russia).

— Lohse, 1964: 98 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Focarile, 1964: 54 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 717 ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Herman, 1986: 173, 304 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

— Steidle and Dettner, 1995a ( Bledius ; defensive glands and secretions; phylogenetic discussion). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Dauphin, Laguerre, Tamisier, and Teissier, 1997: 20 ( Bledius ; France).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Kyrgyzstan.

nigricans Erichson, 1840: 769 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Rossia meridionalis).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 622 ( Bledius ; variety of dissimilis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 66 ( Bledius ; characters; notes; synonymy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1114 ( Bledius ; variety of dissimilis ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

affinis Motschulsky, 1860: 556 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Daschanghi-Tau dans les Steppes des Kirguises; lac Inderskoe près du Volga inférieur).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 87 ( Bledius ; characters; Kirghiz Steppes).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Hesperophilus ; group 2).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 125 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Znojko, 1929: 206 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis variety nigricans ).

— Herman, 1970: 376 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

simpliciventris Apfelbeck, 1906: 243 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Jugoistočna Bosna, drine kod Višegrada).

— Apfelbeck, 1907: 638 ( Bledius ; characters; Bosnia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 135 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 66 ( Bledius ; synonym of nigricans ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1114 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

— Herman, 1970: 379 ( Bledius ; cited as simplexiventris).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

erythropeplus C. Koch, 1938b: 137 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; aberration of dissimilis ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Italy: Emilia: Piacenza).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

sulcicollis C. Koch, 1938b: 138 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; variety of dissimilis ; Type locality: Italy: Emilia; Bosnia: Visegrad).

— Porta, 1949: 140 ( Bledius ; characters; Italy).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of dissimilis ).

distans Fauvel, 1904f: 304 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Fort Dauphin).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 305 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

divisus Marsham, 1802 , see: opacus Block, 1799 .

divisus LeConte, 1863 , see: tarandus Herman, 1970 .

doderoi Bondroit, 1912 , see: minor Mulsant and Rey, 1878 .

ealanus Cameron, 1947: 4 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Eala).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 239, 305 ( Bledius ; verres group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

eckerleini Scheerpeltz, 1972b: 154 ( Bledius ; subgenus Euceratobledius ; Type locality: Algerien: Massiv de l’Aures, etwa 5 km. südlich Khanga-Sidi-Nadji, nordöstlich des Shott Melrir).

— Herman, 1986: 142, 305 ( Bledius ; furcatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria.

elongatus Mannerheim, 1830: 45 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Petropoli [= St. Petersburg]).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 459 ( Bledius ; Russia).

— Erichson, 1840: 779 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 88 ( Bledius ; characters; Russia; Altai; Transbaikal).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 381 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ?).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 620 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 72 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 130 ( Bledius ; variety of fracticornis ).

— Bondroit, 1912c: 65 ( Bledius ; characters; notes).

— Everts, 1922: 140 ( Bledius ; synonym of fracticornis ).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Porta, 1926: 46 ( Bledius ; synonym of elongatus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1943: 94 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Focarile, 1964: 54 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Herman, 1986: 174, 305 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Czechoslovakia?).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13, 59 ( Bledius ; cited as “specie dubbia”; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, “ Altai region ”.

emarginatus Say, 1831: 49 [= 1834: 461] ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Indiana).

— Erichson, 1840: 780 ( Bledius ; characters).

— LeConte, 1877: 226, 231 ( Bledius ; annularis group; characters).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 168 ( Bledius ; New Mexico).

— Blatchley, 1910: 466 ( Bledius ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920: 17 ( Bledius ; New York).

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

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Frank, 1982: 11 ( Bledius ; list of parasites).

— Herman, 1983: 14, 124 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; characters; natural history; Ontario; Quebec; Alabama; Arkansas; Connecticut; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania;

South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin).

— Herman, 1986: 156, 305 ( Bledius ; emarginatus group; distribution; catalog).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 454 ( Bledius ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

troglodytes Erichson, 1840: 774 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Carolina meridionalis).

— LeConte, 1877: 231 ( Bledius ; synonym of emarginatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; synonym of emarginatus ).

— Herman, 1983: 14 ( Bledius ; synonym of emarginatus ).

— Herman, 1986: 305 ( Bledius ; synonym of emarginatus ).

ensifer Fauvel, 1898: 96 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Algeria: Oran, La Senia; Constantine:

Les Lacs).

— Fauvel, 1897d: 260 ( Bledius ; nomen nudum; distribution).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 70 ( Bledius ; Algeria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Winkler, 1925: 345 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bledius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Normand, 1947a: 5 ( Bledius ; Tunisia).

— Kocher, 1958: 107 ( Bledius ; Morocco).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 132, 305 ( Bledius ; gigantulus group; distribution; catalog).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy.

episcopalis Fall, 1910: 104 ( Bledius ; armatus group; Type locality: California: Bishop; [Note: See lectotype designation by Herman, 1983]).

— Notman, 1920b: 696 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1976: 109 ( Bledius ; armatus group; characters; California; Nevada).

— Herman, 1983: 120, 136 ( Bledius ; lectotype designation).

— Herman, 1986: 180, 305 ( Bledius ; armatus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

erraticus Erichson, 1839a: 582 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Mark Brandenburg).

— Erichson, 1840: 772 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1841: 575 ( Bledius ; characters; Switzerland).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 735 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 605 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 836 ( Bledius ; characters; Germany).

— Schiødte, 1866: 148 ( Bargus ).

— Fauvel, 1872: 203 [= 1873: 45] ( Bledius ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; Austria).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 250 ( Bledius ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875a: xiii [= 1875b: 215] ( Astycops , Bargus , Tadunus ; group 3).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 250 ( Bledius ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 623 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 372 ( Bledius ; characters; Britain).

— Seidlitz, 1891a: 382 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bargus ; characters).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 622 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; central Europe).

— Stierlin, 1900: 394 ( Bledius ; subgenus Bargus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 75 ( Bledius ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 166 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 129 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 544 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters; Denmark).

— Everts, 1922: 142 ( Bledius ; notes; distribution).

— Winkler, 1925: 346 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ).

— Porta, 1926: 47 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Portevin, 1929: 412 ( Bledius ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1115 ( Bledius ; catalog).

— Breddin, 1936 ( Bledius ; natural history).

— L. Benick, 1937a: 73–74 ( Bledius ; taxonomic notes).

— West, 1942: 143, 635 ( Bledius ; distribution; habitat).

— L. Benick, 1943: 95 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; characters).

— Tottenham, 1949: 411 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Britain).

— Tottenham, 1954: 52 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; habitat; Britain).

— Palm, 1961a: 55 ( Bledius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 281 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; Sweden; Denmark; Britain; Holland; Belgium; France; Italy; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 96 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; characters; central Europe).

— Andersen, 1968 ( Bledius ; natural history; Norway).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 717 ( Bledius ; Poland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 32 ( Bledius ; subgenus Blediodes ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Pope, 1977: 24 ( Bledius ; Britain).

— Herman, 1986: 192, 305 ( Bledius ; annularis group; distribution; catalog).

— Lucht, 1987: 94 ( Bledius ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 137 ( Bledius ; characters).

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Bledius ; subgenus Hesperophilus ; Slovakia; Czech Republic).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 13 ( Bledius ; Italy).

— Clayhills, 1996: 67, 68 ( Bledius ; characters; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Russia).

— Czarniawski and Staniec, 1997: 36 ( Bledius ; structure of opening of abdominal defensive reservoirs).

— Staniec, 1999b: 49 ( Bledius ; third instar larval characters; Poland).

— Staniec, 2000: 33 ( Bledius ; characters of eggs and attachment disk; number of eggs in egg chamber; habitat of adults and eggs; Poland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia.

erythraeanus Bernhauer, 1933b: 54 ( Bledius ; Type locality: Eritrea: Massaua ).

— Herman, 1970: 377 ( Bledius ).

— Herman, 1986: 174, 306 ( Bledius ; semiferrugineus group; distribution; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Eritrea.

erythropeplus C. Koch, 1938 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: dissimilis Erichson, 1840 .