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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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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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