Abstract
Keys to genera and species of the tribe Homalotini Heer are provided. A review of the species of Encephalus Stephens (1), Gyrophaena Mannerheim (5 spp.), Leptusa Kraatz (1 sp.), Leptusomorpha Klimaszewski and Hoebeke, gen. n. (1 sp.), Silusa Erichson (3 spp.), and Stictalia Casey (6 spp). Each species is provided with major references, diagnosis, distribution, collection and habitat data, and illustrated by colour images of habitus, and black and white images of median lobe of aedeagus, spermatheca and male and female tergite and sternite VIII.
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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2020). Tribe Homalotini Heer, 1839. In: Aleocharine Rove Beetles of British Columbia: A Hotspot of Canadian Biodiversity (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36174-7_18
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