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Keys to genera and species of the tribe Oxypodini C.G. Thomson are provided. A review of the species of Alisalia Casey (3 spp.), Apimela Mulsant and Rey (2 spp.), Blepharhymenus Solier (1 sp.), Calodera Mannerheim (2 spp.), Cratarea C.G. Thomson (1 spp.), Devia Blackwelder (1 sp.), Dexiogyia C.G. Thomson (1 sp.), Gennadota Casey (1 sp.), Gnathusa Fenyes (2 spp.), Gyronycha Casey (1 sp.), Hylota Casey (2 spp.), Ilyobates Kraatz (1 sp.), Meotica Mulsant and Rey (3 spp.), Mniusa Mulsant and Rey (3 spp.), Neothetalia Klimaszewski (1 sp.), Ocyusa Kraatz (2 spp.), Oxypoda Mannerheim (22 spp.), Parocalea Bernhauer (1 sp.), Phloeopora Erichson (4 spp.), and Tectusa Bernhauer (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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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2018). Tribe Oxypodini C.G. Thomson, 1859. 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_10

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