CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Acknowledgments 2 



Itinerary 4 



Systematic treatment 30 



Method of treatment 30 



Faunal relationships 36 



Sources of records 38 



Terminology 39 



Arrangement of subfamilies and genera 40 



Key to the subfamilies of West Indian Staphylinidae 40 



Subfamily Piestinae _ 41 



Key to West Indian genera of Piestinae 41 



Genus Hypotelus Erichson 41 



Genus Piesitis Gravenhorst 43 



Key to West Indian species of Piestus 44 



Subfamily Omaliin ae 51 



Key to West Indian genera of Omaliinae 51 



Genus Phloeonomus Heer 51 



Genus Omalium Gravenhorst 53 



Key to West Indian species of Omalium 54 



Subfamily Ox ytelinae 57 



Key to West Indian genera of Oxytelinae 57 



Genus Carpelimus Samouelle 58 



Key to West Indian species of Carpelimus 59 



Genus Torrentomus Bierig 87 



Key to West Indian species of Torrentomus 87 



Genus Apocellus Erichson 88 



Key to West Indian species of Apocellus 89 



Genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst 91 



Key to West Indian species of Oxytelus 92 



Genus Parosus Sharp 103 



Key to West Indian species of Parosus 103 



Genus Thinobius Kiesenwetter 105 



Key to West Indian species of Thinobius 105 



Genus Platyslethus Mannerheim 109 



Genus Bledius Samouelle 112 



Key to West Indian species of Bledius 113 



Subfamily Osoriinae 119 



Key to West Indian genera of Osoriinae 119 



Genus Pseudolispinodes Bernhauer 120 



Key to West Indian species of Pseudolispinodes 121 



Genus Lispinus Erichson 129 



Key to West Indian species of Lispinus 130 



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