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Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A Glimpse of Megadiversity pp 845–874Cite as

Tribe Lomechusini Fleming, 1821

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Keys to genera and species of the tribe Lomechusini Fleming are provided. A review of Drusilla Leach (1 sp.), Myrmedonota Cameron (1 sp.), Myrmoecia Mulsant and Rey (1 sp.), Pella Stephens (6 spp.), Platyusa Casey [removed from fauna of Canada], Zyras Stephens (2 spp.), and Xenodusa Wasmann (2 spp.) recorded in eastern Canada is presented. The following is provided for each species: a morphological diagnosis, distribution, information about habitat and methods of collection, key references, colour images of the habitus, and black and white images of the genitalia (median lobe of the aedeagus, spermatheca) and terminal segments of both sexes.

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  1. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada

    Jan Klimaszewski, Caroline Bourdon, Myriam Labrecque & Julie-Anne Dorval

  2. Research Associate, New Brunswick Museum, New Brunswick, Canada

    Reginald P. Webster

  3. Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada

    Reginald P. Webster

  4. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    David W. Langor

  5. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Adam Brunke & Anthony Davies

  6. Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

    Alfred F. Newton

  7. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    J. Howard Frank

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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2018). Tribe Lomechusini Fleming, 1821. In: Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A Glimpse of Megadiversity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77344-5_21

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