Leptusa Explained

Leptusa is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Leptusa.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Further reading

• Book: Arnett, R.H. Jr.. M. C. Thomas. P. E. Skelley. J. H. Frank. 21 June 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida..
• Book: Arnett, Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press..
• Book: Richard E. White. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company..
• Brunke A, Marshall S. 2011. Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada. ZooKeys. 75. 29–68. 10.3897/zookeys.75.767. 21594139. free. 3088045. 2011ZooK...75...29B.
• Klimaszewski J, McLean J, Chandler D, Savard K, Li A. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2. ZooKeys. 22. 19–33. 10.3897/zookeys.22.177. free. 2009ZooK...22...19M.
• Klimaszewski J, McLean J, Li A, Savard K. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1. ZooKeys. 22. 5–17. 10.3897/zookeys.22.86. free. 2009ZooK...22....5M.
• Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Assing V, Savard K. 2008. Diglotta mersa (Haliday) and Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, two new species for the Canadian fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys. 2. 175–188. 10.3897/zookeys.2.18. free. 2008ZooK....2..175K.
• Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Savard K. 2009. First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys. 22. 45–79. 10.3897/zookeys.22.153. free. 2009ZooK...22...45K.
• Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Savard K. 2009. Review of the rove beetle species of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Brunswick, Canada: new species, provincial records and bionomic information. ZooKeys. 22. 81–170. 10.3897/zookeys.22.219. free. 2009ZooK...22...81K. 84369341.
• Majka C, Klimaszewski J. 2010. Contributions to the knowledge of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. ZooKeys. 46. 15–39. 10.3897/zookeys.46.413. free. 2010ZooK...46...15M.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leptusa Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-06.
2. Web site: Leptusa Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-06.
3. Web site: Leptusa Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-06.