1890.] E. T. Atkinson— Catalogue of the Family Staphylinidse 209 



Family STAPEYLINID^. 



Catalogue of the Insecta of the Oriental Region, No. 12. Order Coleoptera, 

 Family Staphylinid^; — By E. T. Atkinson, B. A. 



The Staphylinidm are very numerous in the Oriental Region, though 

 little attention has been paid to them in India proper. They are usually 

 of a small size, with short elytra, and an entirely corneous abdomen, for 

 the most part exposed. They are divided into two sub-families, 

 Staphylinince and Micropeplinm, of which the first is represented in our 

 Fauna. Messrs. Leconte & Horn, following Jacquelin Duval and Fauvel, 

 distribute the sub-family Staphylinince into the following tribes : — ■ 



Antennas inserted upon the frons 2 



Antennas inserted at the anterior margin of the head. 3 



Antennas inserted under the sides of the frons. 4 



2. Prothoracic spiracles visible, front coxas large ; antennas not abruptly clavate : 



fourth joint of maxillary palpi distinct. I. Aleocharini. 



Prothoracic spiracles not visible, front coxas small, antennas slender, distinctly 



clavate, fourth joint of maxillary palpi obsolete. III. Stenini. 



3. Antennas filiform or gradually thickened, fourth joint of maxillary palpi distinct. 



II. Stajfliylinini. 



4. Front coxas conical, prominent ; 5 

 Front coxas transverse ix Protinini. 

 Front coxas globose x Piestini. 



5. No ocelli. 6. 

 Ocelli two, situated at or behind the vertex. viii Homalinini. 



6. Hind coxas transverse ; 7. 

 Hind coxas conical. iv Paederini. 



7. Seventh abdominal segment retractile 8. 

 Seventh abdominal segment exposed vii Oxgtelini 



8. Prothoracic spiracles visible : epipleuras well defined v. Tachyporirii. 



Prothoracic spiracles concealed : epipleuras ill defined. vi Phlaeocharini, 



Principal ivorks noticed. 

 Casey, T L- :— Revision of the Stenini of N. America, 1884. 

 Duvivier, A. :— ' Enumeration des Staphylinides decrits depuis la publication du 



Catalogue de M. M. Gemininger et Harold ' in Annates de la Societe Entomolo 



gique de Belgique, xxvii, 1883, p. 91—215. 



Erichson, W. F. :-' Kaf. Mark Brand.,' ' Die Kafer der Mark Brandenburg,' Berlin, i, 

 1837 ; ' Gen. Staph.,' Genera et species Staphylinorum,' Berlin, 1840. 



Fauvel, A. :— ' Les Staphylinides de l'Australie et de la Polynesie,' in Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen., x, 1877, p. 168 ; ib., xv, 1878, p. 465 ; des Moluques et de la Nouvelle 

 Guinee, ib„ xii, 1878, p. 171 ; de l'Afrique boreale, Bull. Soc. Norm., (3s.) ii, 1878, 

 p. 83 ; de l'Amerique du Nord, ib., p. 157 ; des Files Philippines, Rev. d'Ent,, 

 v, 1886, p. 143 : Faune Gallo-Rhenane, vol. iii. 



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