Stenus (Nestus) milleporus Casey, 1884

Ryvkin, Alexandr B., 2012, New species and records of Stenus (Nestus) of the canaliculatus group, with the erection of a new species group (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae), European Journal of Taxonomy 13, pp. 1-62 : 20

Stenus (Nestus) milleporus Casey, 1884 sp. propria

Stenus milleporus Casey, 1884: 111 .

Stenus milleporus – Casey 1892: 711.

Stenus illustris L. Benick, 1926: 263 .

Stenus (Nestus) illustris – L. Benick 1938: 266.

Stenus odius Blackwelder, 1943: 213 .

Stenus sectilifer Casey, 1884: 110 .

Stenus sectilifer – Herman 2001: 2384.

Stenus (Nestus) sectilifer – Puthz 1972b: 171.

Stenus (s. str.) sectilifer – Bernhauer & Schubert 1911: 167.

Stenus teter Notman, 1920: 699 .

Material examined

USA: 2 ♀♀, Florida, Marion Co. , 3 mi N Blichton, 26 Mar. 1976, C.W.O’Brien & G.B.Marshall ( FMNH) .

Remarks

Originally described from the USA: ‘New York, 3; St. Catharine Island, Georgia, 3; Florida, 7’ <the digits refer to the number of specimens in the original type series>; the holotype of S. sectilifer : ‘District of Columbia’. Stenus teter was described from Florida. Terra typica of S. illustris : Mexico; of S. odius : Cuba, Soledad near Cienfuegos. Acting as first reviser, Casey (1892) himself synonymized S. sectilifer with S. milleporus . However, Bernhauer & Schubert (1911) mistakenly regarded S. milleporus as a junior synonym of S. sectilifer , and this treatment was repeated by Puthz (1972a) when placing S. teter , S. illustris , and S. odius in the synonymy of S. sectilifer . Under Articles 24.2.1 and 24.2.2 of ICZN, the valid name for the species under consideration is Stenus milleporus Casey, 1884 .