Brachysipalia Blackwelder, 1952

Hlaváč, Peter, Newton, Alfred F. & Maruyama, Munetoshi, 2011, World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) 3075, Zootaxa 3075, pp. 1-151 : 25-26

Brachysipalia Blackwelder

Troposipalia (Brachysipalia) Blackwelder, 1952: 85 . Type species: Troposipalia elgonensis Bernhauer , by original designation (validation of Brachysipalia Bernhauer 1940 by designation of type species, attributed in error to Bernhauer, 1940a)

Troposipalia (Brachysipalia) Bernhauer, 1935b: 283 , Bernhauer, 1940a: 143 (NOMEN NUDUM, type species not fixed)

abacta Tottenham, 1953: 507 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Mt. Kenya, ridge between Teleki and Hoehnel Valleys, 14 500 ft) Distribution: Kenya aberdarensis Pace, 1985b: 127 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Aberdare Mts.) Distribution: Kenya africana Tottenham, 1953: 508 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Kilimanjaro, Shira Plateau, Camp 2, 12 450 ft.) Distribution: Tanzania burgeoni Bernhauer, 1934b: 243 ( Troposipalia, TL : Ruwenzori) Distribution: Dem. Rep. Congo (Ruwenzori), Uganda; new combination ex Pachorhopala (Troposipalia), Pace, 2005c: 110

= ruwenzorensis Pace, 1995: 841 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Ruwenzori, Kitandara Hut, 13200 ft) synonymy in Pace, 2005c: 110

= separata Tottenham, 1953: 503 ( Troposipalia (Troposipalia), TL : Ruwenzori: above lake Bujuku, 12750 ft.) synonymy in Pace, 2005c: 110

carinata Pace, 1985b: 132 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Kilimanjaro, Kibo, versante sud-occidentale) Distribution: Tanzania crassa Pace, 1985b: 125 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Mt. Aberdare) Distribution: Kenya (Mt. Aberdare)

difficilis Tottenham, 1953: 508 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Ruwenzori, above lake Bujuku, 12 750 ft.)

Distribution: Dem. Rep. Congo? edwardsi Bernhauer, 1940a: 141 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Kenya, Mt. Elgon, 12-14 000 ft.) Distribution:

Kenya elgon Hlaváč, Newton & Maruyama , new name ( Brachysipalia , new name for Brachysipalia elgonensis Pace,

1995) Distribution: Kenya, Uganda

= elgonensis Pace 1995: 838 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Mt. Elgon, 2700 m, Nat. Park; preoccupied, not

Troposipalia (Brachysipalia) elgonensis Bernhauer, 1940 ) elgonensis Bernhauer, 1940a: 140 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Uganda, Mt. Elgon, Bulambuli, 9500 ft.)

Distribution: Uganda elgonicola Pace, 1995: 838 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Mt. Elgon, 2700 m) Distribution: Kenya embuensis Pace, 1995: 843 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Embu, Irangi Forest, 2100 m) Distribution: Kenya fordi Bernhauer, 1940a: 143 ( Ocyusa (Leptusina), TL : Uganda: Mt. Elgon, Masaba, 11,000 ft.) Distribution:

Uganda franzi Pace, 1985b: 127 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Kilimanjaro, foresta sopra Machame, 2000-2500m)

Distribution: Tanzania geginati Pace, 2005c: 122 ( Brachysipalia, TL : EAK, Mt. Elgon, Kitale Kimilili Val.) Distribution: Kenya (Mt.

Elgon) hancocki Bernhauer, 1935a: 283 ( Troposipalia, TL : Uganda: Mt. Elgon, above 12,000 ft.) Distribution: Uganda

(Mt. Elgon) imbellis Pace, 1985b: 130 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Aberdare Mts.) Distribution: Kenya irangensis Pace, 1995: 836 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Embu, Irangi Forest St., 2000 m) Distribution: Kenya kenyamontis Pace, 1985b: 125 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Mt. Kenya, versante occidentale, 3000-3200m) Distribution:

Kenya (Mt. Kenya) kilimanjaroensis Pace, 1985b: 132 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Kilimanjaro, Kibo, versante sud-occidentale,

2500-3100m) Distribution: Tanzania kitarensis Pace, 2005c: 115 ( Brachysipalia, TL : EAU, Ruwenzori, Kasese, Mubuku Valley, Nyabitaba Hut)

Distribution: Uganda klimaszewskii Pace, 2005c: 117 ( Brachysipalia, TL : EAU, Mt. Kenya, Timanu, Mackinder Val., Shiptons Cave)

Distribution: Kenya (Mt. Kenya) maranguensis Pace, 1985b: 127 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Kilimanjaro, foresta montana sopra Marangu)

Distribution: Tanzania meruensis Pace, 1985: 130 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Mt. Meru) Distribution: Tanzania, Kenya nigrescens Pace, 2005c: 115 ( Brachysipalia, TL : EAU, Mt. Kenya, Chogoria, Gorges Val.) Distribution: Kenya

(Mt. Kenya) pluvialis Pace, 1985b: 130 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Tanganika, Kilimanjaro, Kibo, 2500-3100m) Distribution:

Tanzania recta Tottenham, 1953: 507 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Ruwenzori, above lake Bujuku, 12 750 ft.)

Distribution: Dem. Rep. Congo ruwenzoricola Pace, 2005c: 117 ( Brachysipalia, TL : EAU, Ruwenzori, Mutwanga Luusilubi Valley) Distribution:

Dem. Rep. Congo (Ruwenzori) sagulata Pace, 1985b: 125 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Aberdare Mts.) Distribution: Kenya salti Tottenham, 1953: 506 ( Troposipalia (Brachysipalia), TL : Mt. Kenya, ridge between Teleki and Hoehnel

Valleys, 14 500 ft) Distribution: Kenya sanfilippoi Pace, 1995: 841 ( Brachysipalia, TL : M. te Kenya, Met. Station, 3050 m) Distribution: Kenya sublapidicola Pace, 2005c: 117 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Mt. Kenya, Naro Moru Teleki Valley) Distribution: Kenya

(Mt. Kenya) viatica Pace, 1995: 841 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Mt. Elgon, 2800 m) Distribution: Kenya (Mt. Kenya), Uganda

(Mt. Elgon) volans Pace, 1995: 843 ( Brachysipalia, TL : Kenya, Mt. Elgon, 2700 m) Distribution: Kenya