Tinotus brunneus Casey, 1911:65

Hanley, Rodney S., 2002, A New Species Of Mexican Tinotus From The Refuse Piles Of Atta Ants, Including An Annotated World Catalog Of Tinotus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4), pp. 453-471 : 458

Tinotus brunneus Casey, 1911:65 [description]; Fenyes, 1918 –1921:312 [cat­

alog listing, new status as a junior synonym of T. pallidus Casey ]; Bern­

hauer and Scheerpeltz, 1926:714 [catalog listing, as a junior synonym

of T. pallidus ]; Seevers, 1978:276 [catalog listing, new status as a valid

species]; Downie and Arnett, 1996:535 [in key to beetle species of north­

eastern North America, redescription, misspelled as ‘‘brunneous’’]. Lectotype. USNM #38966 (Casey Collection), 1 specimen, sex? [‘‘Penn.’’ / ‘‘Casey bequest 1925’’ / ‘‘Type USNM 38966’’ (orange) / ‘‘ brunneus Csy. ’’ / ‘‘ LECTOTYPE, Tinotus brunneus Casey , desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’ (red)] (here designated). Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole namebearing type of this species. Type Locality. U.S.A.: Pennsylvania.