Oxytelus planicollis, Scheerpeltz, 1965

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

planicollis Scheerpeltz, 1965 , see: Anotylus .

planus Fauvel, 1904b: 102 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Abyssinie: Biakobaba; Bogos: Sciotel, 1500 m; Sierra Leone. Natal ).

— Fauvel, 1907: 16 ( Oxytelus ; Ethiopia; Natal; Sierra Leone; Boura; Escarpment).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Eichelbaum, 1913: 119 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Tanzania).

— Eichelbaum, 1914: 228 ( Oxytelus ; abdominal segmentation; apical segements).

— Rambousek, 1922: 1005 ( Oxytelus ; Ethiopia; British East Africa).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1940: 134 ( Oxytelus ; Uganda).

— Cameron, 1950g: 14 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Belgian Congo).

— Cameron, 1952e: 828 ( Oxytelus ; Dahomey).

— Fagel, 1957a: 67 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Ethiopia).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 68 ( Oxytelus ; Southern Rhodesia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974c: 9 ( Oxytelus ; Somalia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone, Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

punctulatus Bernhauer, 1927a: 79 ( Oxytelus ; variety of planus ; Type locality: Eritrea: Debazoa, Adi Ugri, Saganeiti; Adi Caie).

— Bernhauer, 1931d: 568 ( Oxytelus ; variety of planus ; Abyssinia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; variety of planus ).

— Cameron, 1950g: 14 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; variety of planus ; Belgian Congo). plumbeus Fauvel, 1878 , see: Anotylus .

pluvius Blackwelder, 1943 , see: Anotylus .

politulus Cameron, 1950 , see: Anotylus .

politus Erichson, 1840 , see: Anotylus .

principalis Sharp, 1887: 688 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Quezaltenango 7800 feet). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

pristinus † Scudder, 1876: 79 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Chagrin Valley, White River; Fossil). — Scudder, 1890: 503 ( Oxytelus ; characters; fossil; Colorado).

— Scudder, 1891: 562 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Oligocene; Colorado).

— Scudder, 1900: 77 ( Oxytelus ; fossil; Utah).

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Oligocene; Colorado).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

proaevus † Heer, 1862: 45 ( Oxytelus ; Miocene fossil; Type locality: Oeningen).

— Scudder, 1891: 563 ( Oxytelus ; catalog; Tortonian; Baden).

— Handlirsch, 1907: 729 ( Oxytelus ; cited as proavus; catalog; Miocene; Germany).

- DISTRIBUTION: Germany.

productifrons Cameron, 1950a: 180 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Uganda: West Ruwenzori , 6000 feet).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uganda.

productus Walker, 1858 , see: Bledius .

proximus Cameron, 1942: 105 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Darjeeling district: Ghum, Tiger Hill, altitude 8000– 10,000 feet).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

pseudopiceus Kashcheev, 1999: 154 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Oxytelus ; Type locality: 15 km iushnee g. Zaisan, r. Uidene). — Kashcheev, 1999a: 57 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Kazakhstan). - DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

pseudosculptus Fagel, 1957a: 38 ( Epomotylus ; Type locality: Congo Belge: Kivu, Parc National Albert: N. lac Edouard, Bugazia. Also cited from Gabon, Urundi, and Ruanda). — Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ). — Fagel, 1972: 98 ( Epomotylus ; notes; Sainte Helene). - DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Gabon, St. Helena .

pubiventris Fauvel, 1905a: 119 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Gabon: Loango). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog). — Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ). - DISTRIBUTION: Gabon.

pulcher Gravenhorst, 1802 , see: Anotylus .

pulcher Kraatz, 1859 , see: Anotylus .

pullus Broun, 1880 , see: sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

pumilio Boheman, 1858 , see: Anotylus .

pumiloides Cameron, 1930 , see: Anotylus .

pumilus Erichson, 1839 , see: Anotylus .

punctatus Broun, 1880 , see: punctiger Scheerpeltz, 1933 .

punctatus LeConte, 1877 , see: Anotylus .

puncticeps Kraatz, 1859: 176 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Ceylan). — Bernhauer, 1902b: 44 ( Oxytelus ; Ceylon). — Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Oxytelus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975]; Bírmanie; Madagascar; Ethiopia; Cape). — Fauvel, 1904a: 46 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of micans ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 116 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of micans ). — Bernhauer, 1922c: 223 ( Oxytelus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975] Formosa). — Cameron, 1930: 228 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of micans ). — Bernhauer, 1936b: 81 ( Oxytelus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975] Philippines). — Bernhauer, 1942c: 350 ( Oxytelus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975] Cameroon). — Cameron, 1950g: 10 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975] Belgian Congo). — Scheerpeltz, 1974: 65 ( Oxytelus ; cited as micans ; [Note: Misidentification of puncticeps according to Hammond, 1975] South Africa). — Hammond, 1975: 150 ( Oxytelus ; valid species; notes; characters; Ceylon; India; Sumatra; Borneo; Taiwan; Philippines; Madagascar; Comoro Islands; Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; Congo; South Africa; Cameroon; Nigeria). — Ikudome and Hayakawa, 1994: 187 ( Oxytelus ; cattle dung collections; Ryukyu Islands). - DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan.

monoceros Cameron, 1919a: 226 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Anotylus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Colombo, Belligam, Nuwera Eliya). — Cameron, 1930: 228 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of micans ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1099 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of micans ). — Hammond, 1975: 150 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of puncticeps ).

punctiger Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; replacement name for punctatus Broun ).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Zealand.

punctatus Broun, 1880: 87 ( Gyrophaena ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Tairua).

— Fauvel, 1885a: 312 ( Oxytelus ; [Note: The species was unknown to Fauvel but he seemed to transfer it with the statement, “La description ne paraît pas convenir à une Gyrophaena et s’applique peut-être à un Oxytelus .”]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of punctiger ).

punctipennis Fauvel, 1905a: 113 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Sikkim: Darjeeling ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 223 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; characters; Sikkim).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965: 100 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Burma).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 124 ( Oxytelus ; characters; East Pakistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar.

punctulatus Bernhauer, 1927 , see: planus Fauvel, 1904 .

punctus Bernhauer, 1934 h: 490 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: 18 miles S.W. of Elizabethville).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

pusillimus Kraatz, 1859 , see: Anotylus .

pusillus Mannerheim, 1830 , see: Anotylus .

pusillus Stephens, 1834 , see: Carpelimus .

pusillus Boheman, 1848 , see: Anotylus .

pygmaeus Melsheimer, 1844 , see: Anotylus .

pygmaeus Kraatz, 1859 , see: Anotylus .

quadricarinatus Bernhauer, 1934 , see: Anotylus .

quinquesulcatus Bernhauer, 1908 , see: Anotylus .

raffrayi Fauvel, 1905 , see: Anotylus .

reductus Fauvel, 1905a: 124 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Afrique orientale allemande. Also cited from Congo: Luiki).

— Fauvel, 1907: 16 ( Oxytelus ; German East Africa; Congo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Fagel, 1957a: 50 ( Oxytelus ; characters; notes; specimen from Congo may be another species; Urundi).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania, Congo, Burundi.

rhinoceros Bernhauer, 1936f: 261 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Angola: Ebanga).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

rhopalocerus Fauvel, 1905 , see: Anotylus .

robusticornis Luze, 1904 , see: Anotylus .

robustus Schubert, 1906a: 383 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Kashmir, Sintan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 118 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 228 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; characters; Kashmir).

— C. Koch, 1932: 655 ( Oxytelus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1102 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1970: 122 ( Oxytelus ; characters; West Pakistan).

— Coiffait, 1983: 276 ( Oxytelus ; Kashmir).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

ruandae Bernhauer, 1943b: 278 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Ruanda:

Astrida; V. Karissimbi, Nya Muzinga).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda.

ruandanus Cameron, 1950 g: 15 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Caccoporus ; Type locality:

Belgian Congo: Ninda, Ruhengeri, alt. 2150 m).

— Fagel, 1957a: 36 ( Epomotylus ; characteres; note; possible synonym of elephantulus ; Ruanda).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Rwanda.

rubeculus Fauvel, 1878 , see: Anotylus .

ruber Cameron, 1930 , see: Anotylus .

rubicundus Cameron, 1930 , see: Anotylus .

rubidus Cameron, 1930 , see: Anotylus .

rudebecki Scheerpeltz, 1974 , see: Anotylus .

rudis Walker, 1858 , see: Bledius .

rufescens Cameron, 1950f: 115 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus Type locality: Angoal:

Dundo: Luachimo).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

ruficeps Cameron, 1930 , see: Anotylus .

ruficornis Cameron, 1939 , see: curticollis Fauvel, 1905 .

ruficrus Stephens, 1834 , see: Anotylus .

rufinodis Fauvel, 1878 , see: Anotylus .

rufotestaceus Cameron, 1929 , see: Anotylus .

rufulus Bernhauer, 1934 h: 490 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Mashonaland:

Salisbury).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zimbabwe.

rufus Kraatz, 1859 , see: Anotylus .

rugegensis Cameron, 1956: 181 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Ruanda:

Tshuruyaga, forêt du Rugege, 2400 m, terr. d’Astrida; also listed from Urundi).

— Fagel, 1957a: 42 ( Basilewskyorus ; characters; Ruanda).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda, Burundi.

rugicollis Bernhauer, 1904 , see: Anotylus .

rugifrons Hochhuth, 1849 , see: Anotylus .

rugulosus Say, 1831 , see: Anotylus .

ruptus Fauvel, 1904b: 100 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Java: Monts Tengger , 1300 m; Sukabumi.

Sumbawa: Mont Tambora. Celebes).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 119 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1928d: 100 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Sumatra).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1103 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1936b: 81 ( Oxytelus ; Philippines).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 225 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Sumba).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

rutshuruensis Bernhauer, 1938d: 327 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Belgisches Kongo: Rutshuru).

— Herman, 1970: 410 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

sanctus Scheerpeltz, 1962 , see: Anotylus .

saulcyi Pandellé, 1867 , see: Anotylus .

sauteri Bernhauer, 1907 , see: Anotylus .

scaber Rosenhauer, 1856 , see: Anotylus .

scabrellus Fauvel, 1878 , see: Anotylus .

scabripennis Fauvel, 1878 , see: Anotylus .

schatzmayri C. Koch, 1937 , see: Anotylus .

schoutedeni Cameron, 1928: 16 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Tanycraerus ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: Arebi, Bondo Mabe; Haut Uele, Moto).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1103 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

schuberti Scheerpeltz, 1933 , see: Anotylus .

schubotzi Bernhauer, 1915 o: 364 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Belgisch-Kongo: Ubangi-Distrikt, Duma).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1103 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

scorpio Fauvel, 1904 , see: Anotylus .

sculptiventris Fauvel, 1904 , see: Anotylus .

sculpturatus Gravenhorst, 1806 , see: Anotylus .

sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806: 191 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Germania; America septentrionalis). — Say, 1831: 47 [= 1834: 460] ( Oxytelus ; characters; Pennsylvania).

— Erichson, 1839a: 591 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 205 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 788 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Europe; Egypt; America septentrionalis).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 190 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Caucasus).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 737 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Austria).

— Hardy, 1851: 51 ( Oxytelus ; notes; England).

— Wollaston, 1854: 607 ( Oxytelus ; characters; notes; Madeira Islands).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 610 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— Wollaston, 1857: 199 ( Oxytelus ; habitat; Madeira Islands).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 232 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 855 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 127 ( Oxytelus ; Greece).

— Peyron, 1858: 433 ( Oxytelus ; Turkey).

— Thomson, 1859: 43 (type species of Epomotylus ).

— Thomson, 1861: 128 ( Epomotylus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Wollaston, 1864: 597 ( Oxytelus ; notes; Canary Islands).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 311 [= 1865b: 61] ( Oxytelus ; habitat; France).

— Wollaston, 1865: 516 ( Oxytelus ; habitat; Madeira Islands; Canary Islands).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 26 [= 1868: 31] ( Oxytelus ; characters; Chile).

— Crotch, 1867a: 384 ( Oxytelus ; Azores).

— Fauvel, 1872: 169 [= 1873: 10] ( Oxytelus ; characters; France; Europe; Siberia; Iran; Caramania; Egypt; Algeria; Madeira; North America; Chile; Uruguay; South Africa).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 253 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Austria).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 176 ( Epomotylus ; Finland).

— Wollaston, 1877: 34 ( Oxytelus ; characters; St. Helena ).

— LeConte, 1877: 234, 235 ( Oxytelus ; characters; middle, southern, and western State; Vancouver Island).

— Fauvel, 1877: 200 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Tasmania; Europe; Asia; Africa; America).

— Fauvel, 1878: 94 [= 1878a: 14] ( Oxytelus ; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 498 ( Oxytelus ; Australia).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 499 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 22 [= 1886a: 14] ( Oxytelus ; Morocco; Tunisia; Egypt; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 378 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Britain).

— Casey, 1894: 384 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Iowa; Wisconsin; California).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 639 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; Cosmopolitan).

— Fauvel, 1900c: 185 ( Oxytelus ; New Zealand; Australia; Tasmania).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 65 ( Oxytelus ; Barbary; Egypt; Azores; Madeira; Canaries).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 77 ( Oxytelus ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 170 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; Germany).

— Blatchley, 1910: 468 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 119 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 559 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; Denmark).

— Portevin, 1929: 417 ( Oxytelus ; characters; France).

— C. Koch, 1932: 654 ( Oxytelus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1940c: 2 ( Oxytelus ; Azores; Madeira).

— Bernhauer, 1942c: 350 ( Oxytelus ; Cameroon).

— Méquignon, 1942a: 17 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Azores).

— Hinton, 1945: 53 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters).

— Cameron, 1950g: 19 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Belgian Congo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956a: 483 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Belgian Congo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956c: 1093 ( Oxytelus ; Cyprus).

— Hatch, 1957: 97 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; British Columbia; Idaho; Washington; Oregon).

— Palm, 1961a: 32 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Smetana, 1963b: 32 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Madeira).

— Horion, 1963: 228 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; all Europe).

— Lohse, 1964: 83 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; characters; central Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1964: 27 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Mongolia).

— Raianu, 1964: 105 ( Oxytelus ; Romania).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 393 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Sicily).

— Smetana, 1967e: 317 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Turkey).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 420 ( Epomotylus , cited as Epomotyphlus; characters; Chile).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 714 ( Oxytelus ; Poland).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

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

— Smetana, 1970: 54 ( Oxytelus ; distributional summary; Azores).

— Moore and Legner, 1974a: 39 ( Oxytelus ; spread by commerce).

— Pope, 1977: 25 ( Oxytelus ; Britain).

— Frank and Thomas, 1981: 402, 404 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Haiti).

— Israelson, 1984: 145 ( Oxytelus ; Azores).

— Tóth, 1987: 227 ( Oxytelus ; Carpathian Basin).

— Ádám, 1987: 139 ( Epomotylus ; collecting notes; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 93 ( Oxytelus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Schülke and Uhlig, 1988: 5 ( Oxytelus ; characters).

— Kashcheev, 1989: 286 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Mongolia).

— Borges, 1990: Table II ( Oxytelus ; Azores) .

— Boháč, 1993: 43 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Epomotylus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Dearborn and Donahue, 1994: 14 ( Oxytelus ; Maine).

— Nishida, 1994: 73 ( Oxytelus ; Hawaii).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 12 ( Oxytelus ; Italy).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 446 ( Oxytelus ; characters; USA).

— Nishida, 1997: 62 ( Oxytelus ; Hawaii).

— Bain, 1998: 39, 42 ( Oxytelus ; 17th century remains; introduced; Massachusetts).

— Hammond, 1998: 275 ( Oxytelus ; probably African orgin, now found in Europe, North America, temperate South America, Australia, and New Zealand).

- DISTRIBUTION: “Cosmopolitan”.

longicornis Mannerheim, 1830: 48 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Finlandia; Suecia).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 462 ( Oxytelus ; Finland; Sweden).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 415 ( Oxytelus ; characters; Finland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 591 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Erichson, 1840: 788 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Wollaston, 1854: 607 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of longicornis ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 610 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Motschulsky, 1858d: 71 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 855 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 26 [= 1868: 31] ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 176 ( Epomotylus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1878: 500 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Casey, 1894: 384 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 639 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

antennatus Stephens, 1834: 317 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Devonshire; Suffolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 419 ( Oxytelus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 51 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 30 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Casey, 1894: 384 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 639 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

moerens Melsheimer, 1844: 42 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Pennsylvania).

— Casey, 1894: 384 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 639 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

testaceipennis Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 446 ( Oxytelus ; Type locality: Not cited, presumably Chile).

— Fauvel, 1867a: 26 [= 1868: 31] ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Casey, 1894: 384 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 639 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 120 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

pullus Broun, 1880: 120 ( Omalium ; Type locality: Parua).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1910: 55 ( Omalium ; subgenus Omalium ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1104 ( Oxytelus ; synonym of sculptus ).

secretus Cameron, 1938e: 201 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus ; Type locality: Tanganyika Territory: grottes du Kulumuzi, près de Tanga).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 332 ( Oxytelus ; subgenus Caccoporus , cited as Caecoporus;

cave species; Tanganyika).

— Herman, 1970: 411 ( Oxytelus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

semipolitus Cameron, 1939 , see: Anotylus .