Osorius Explained

Osorius is a genus of unmargined rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about nine described species in Osorius.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Osorius brevicornis Notman, 1920
• Osorius brevipennis Notman, 1925
• Osorius difficilis Notman, 1925
• Osorius latipes (Gravenhorst, 1806)
• Osorius parcus Sharp, 1887
• Osorius parviceps Notman, 1925
• Osorius planifrons LeConte, 1877
• Osorius politus LeConte, 1877
• Osorius variolatus Notman, 1925

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Arthur V. Evans. James N. Hogue. amp. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• 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. free . 21594139 . 3088045. 2011ZooK...75...29B.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Frank J.H.. Ahn K.J.. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 3392188. 22792029. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. free. 2011ZooK..107....1A.
• Herman . Lee H.. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millenium. III. Oxyteline group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. no. 265. 1067–1806. 10.1206/0003-0090.265.1.3. 0003-0090.
• 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.
• Book: Le Conte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 3 . 136. Smithsonian Institution. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr..
• Book: Mazur . Slawomir. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. 2004. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 68–102. 87-88757-74-9.
• Peck, Stewart B.. Michael C. Thomas. amp. 1998. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville.
• Poole . Robert W.. Gentili . Patricia. 1996. A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. Entomological Information Services. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 41–820.
• Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Osorius Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-25.
2. Web site: Osorius Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-25.
3. Web site: Osorius Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-25.
4. Web site: Browse Osorius. Catalogue of Life. 2018-02-25.