Sepedophilus knoxii, LeConte, 1866: 374

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. 651-1066 : 651-1066

knoxii LeConte, 1866: 374 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: Pennsylvania: Lycoming County).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 560 ( Conurus ; catalog).

— Horn, 1877: 110 ( Conosoma ; characters; Pennsylvania; Michigan).

— Casey, 1895: 438 ( Conosoma ; characters; Pennsylvania to Wisconsin).

— Blatchley, 1910: 450 ( Conosoma ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 468 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Campbell, 1976: 12 ( Sepedophilus ; synonym of littoreus ).

carissimus Hatch, 1957: 125 ( Sepedophilus ; Type locality: British Columbia: Creston ).

— Campbell, 1976: 12 ( Sepedophilus ; synonym of littoreus ).

lividus Erichson, 1839 , see: nigripennis Stephens, 1832 .

lokayi Smetana, 1969 , see: transcaspicus Bernhauer, 1917 .

longepilosus Tottenham, 1956: 325 ( Conosomus ; Type locality: Ruanda: terr. Kisenyi , Gishwati, 2000 m).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda.

longipennis Cameron, 1930c: 208 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: Settsu; Katsuogi).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1496 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Shibata, 1985a: 41 ( Sepedophilus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

loquax Tottenham, 1957: 78 ( Conosomus ; [Note: This species was described in a key as “ loquax Tottenham ” with no indication that it was a new species therein nor with a citation to an earlier original description]; Type locality: Africa).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Africa.

luniger Fauvel, 1898c: 185 ( Conurus ; Type locality: Suberbieville; Diego-Suarez).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

lusitanicus Hammond, 1973: 150 ( Sepedophilus ; Type locality: England: nr. Grimes Graves, West Norfolk. Also cited from Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Madeira, Canary Islands ).

— Pope, 1977: 32 ( Sepedophilus ; Britain).

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

— Borges, 1990: 93 ( Sepedophilus ; Azores).

— Hernández, Outerelo, and Gamarra, 1994: 193 ( Sepedophilus ; Canary Islands).

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 43 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Britain).

— Zanetti, 1995: 35 ( Sepedophilus ; Italy?).

— Schülke, 1998i: 145 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Belgium; Sweden) .

— Fowles, Alexander, and Key, 1999: 129 ( Sepedophilus ; saproxylic species; status as endangered or threatened species; Britain).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sweden, Britain, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands.

luzei Schülke, 1998: 60 ( Sepedophilus ; Type locality: N. Iran: 160 m, Sheykh Mahalleh. Also cited from Croatia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Croatia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan.

macer Casey, 1895: 443 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: South Carolina; [Note: See lectotype designation by Campbell, 1976]. Also cited from Virginia, Norfolk).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Campbell, 1976: 22 ( Sepedophilus ; lectotype designation: S.C. [South Carolina]; characters; Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia) .

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

maculicollis Cameron, 1926: 181 , 183 ( Conosoma ; [Note: Preoccupied secondary homonym in Tachinus ]; Type locality: Siwaliks; Nakraunda. Dehra Dun. Mussorie District; Arni Gad. Almorah; Dhaub China).

— Cameron, 1932: 371 ( Conosoma ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1497 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

maculipennis Solier, 1849: 344 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Chile).

— Kraatz, 1859a: 10 ( Conosoma ).

— Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 426 ( Conurus ; characters; Chile).

— Fauvel, 1866a: 334 [= 1866b: 85] ( Conurus ; characters; Chile).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 561 ( Conurus ; catalog).

— Lynch, 1884: 106 ( Conosoma ; synonym of testaceum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 409 ( Conosomus ; characters; Chile).

— Saiz, 1969a: 11 ( Conosomus ; notes).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Chile, Argentina.

setosus Sharp, 1876: 95 ( Conurus ; Type locality: Garrao).

— Lynch, 1884: 106 ( Conosoma ; synonym of testaceum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; synonym of maculipenne).

maculosus Broun, 1880: 100 ( Conurus ; Type locality: Whangarei Harbour).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Kuschel, 1990: 26 ( Sepedophilus ; endemic; winged; habitat; New Zealand).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Zealand.

maheanus Bernhauer, 1922 , see: pedicularius Gravenhorst, 1802 .

majus Bernhauer, 1939 , see: ghesquierei Bernhauer, 1939 .

malayanus Cameron, 1920b: 283 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: Ang Mo Kio).

— Cameron, 1921a: 379, 406 ( Conosoma ; characters; Singapore).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1497 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Singapore.

maorinus Broun, 1893: 1025 ( Conurus ; Type locality: Howick).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Zealand.

marginatus Cameron, 1926: 178 , 182 ( Conosoma ; [Note: Preoccupied secondary homonym in Tachinus ]; Type locality: Mussorie District; Arni Gad, Ringal Gad, 5000 to 6000 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 360 ( Conosoma ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1497 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

marshami Stephens, 1832: 189 ( Conurus ; Type locality: Not cited; [Note: See lectotype designation by Hammond, 1973]).

— Curtis, 1829: 27 ( Tachyporus ; [Note: Misidentified as pubescens according to Pope, 1977: 32]; catalog; Britain).

— Stephens, 1832: 189 ( Conurus ; [Note: Misidentified as pubescens according to Pope, 1977: 32]; characters; England).

— Stephens, 1839: 377 ( Conurus ; variety of pubescens ; characters; England).

— Stephens, 1839: 377 ( Conurus ; [Note: Misidentified as pubescens according to Pope, 1977: 32]; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 21 ( Conurus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 561 ( Conurus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Fowler, 1888: 191 ( Conosoma ; [Note: Misidentified as pubescens according to Pope, 1977: 32]; characters; Britain).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 471 ( Conosoma ; synonym of testaceum ).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 339 ( Conosoma ; characters; cave species; France; Spain).

— Strand, 1966: 410 ( Conosoma ; characters; Norway).

— Horion, 1967: 51 ( Conosoma ; Tunisia; Britain; Norway; Germany; Austria; Czecholsovakia; Poland).

— Smetana, 1969: 232 ( Conosoma ; characters; Czechoslovakia).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 259, 260 ( Conosoma ; notes; Poland).

— Korge, 1971a: 8 ( Conosoma ; Turkey).

— Lundberg, 1972: 173 ( Conosoma ; Sweden).

— Hammond, 1973: 135, 145 ( Sepedophilus ; lectotype designation; characters; notes; Britain).

— Osella and Zanetti, 1975: 122 ( Conosoma ; collected from nest of Talpa europaea ; notes; Italy). — Campbell, 1976: 18 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Nova Scotia; Quebec).

— Legner and Moore, 1977: 176 ( Sepedophilus ; found under bark).

— Pope, 1977: 32 ( Sepedophilus ; Britain).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 178 ( Sepedophilus ; characters).

— Nowosad, 1990: 151 ( Sepedophilus ; collected from mole nest; notes; Poland).

— Janák and Vysoky, 1992: 138 ( Sepedophilus ; collected with Formica rufa ; Bohemia).

— Tóth, 1993: 61 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Hungary).

— Welch, 1993: 229 ( Sepedophilus ; ovariole number and ovary structure).

— Boháč, 1993: 51 ( Sepedophilus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Schülke, 1995a: 35 ( Sepedophilus ; notes; Irkutsk).

— Zanetti, 1995: 35 ( Sepedophilus ; Italy).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 481 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Canada; USA).

— Levesque and Levesque, 1996: 293 ( Sepedophilus ; seasonal abundance; Quebec).

— Owen, 1997a: 149 ( Sepedophilus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Schülke, 1998i: 143 ( Sepedophilus ; characters).

— Owen, 1999b: 62 ( Sepedophilus ; captured underground at roots of old trees; Britain).

— Lott, 1999: 72 ( Sepedophilus ; saproxylic species; habitat; endangered status; Britain).

— Owen, 2000: 252 ( Sepedophilus ; pitfall trap collections from underground at roots of trees; Britain).

— Kim and Ahn, 2000: 256 ( Sepedophilus ; characters; Korea).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Azores, Europe, Russia, Korea, North America.

sericeus Lacordaire, 1835: 519 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Paris).

— Erichson, 1839b: 221 ( Conurus ; synonym of “ pubescens Gravenhorst ” [see testaceus ]).

— Crotch, 1867a: 382 ( Conosomus ; Azores).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 561 ( Conurus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Rey, 1882: 182 ( Conurus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 357 ( Conurus ; synonym of pubescens ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 471 ( Conosoma ; synonym of testaceum ).

— Smetana, 1969: 230 ( Conosoma ; synonym of testaceum ).

— Hammond, 1973: 145 ( Sepedophilus ; synonym of marshami ).

medialis Sharp, 1884: 314 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to

5000 feet, Zapote; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 469 ( Conosoma ; catalog).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala; Panama.

micans Scheerpeltz, 1974: 175 ( Conosoma ; Type locality: Cape Prov.: Cape Town ,

Table Mnt., 2400 ft.).

— Herman, 2001: 17 ( Sepedophilus ).