Abstract
A diagnosis of the tribe Gymnusini Heer is provided, with a review of three species of Gymnusa Gravenhorst. Two of these, were formerly recorded and one is newly reported in British Columbia. 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 where known.
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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2020). Tribe Gymnusini 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_9
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