Oxytelus Explained

Oxytelus is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 50 described species in Oxytelus.

Species

These 57 species belong to the genus Oxytelus:

• Oxytelus antennalis Fauvel, 1889
• Oxytelus assingi Schuelke, 2012
• Oxytelus atricapillus Germar, 1825
• Oxytelus bengalensis Erichson, 1840
• Oxytelus bicornis Germar, 1823
• Oxytelus chapini Blackwelder
• Oxytelus consobrinus Stephens, 1834
• Oxytelus convergens LeConte, 1877
• Oxytelus cornutus Bernhauer, 1936
• Oxytelus crenaticollis
• Oxytelus densus Casey
• Oxytelus depauperatus Wollaston, 1867
• Oxytelus eremus Blackwelder
• Oxytelus ferrugineus Kraatz, 1859
• Oxytelus fortesculpturatus Scheerpeltz
• Oxytelus foveicollis Scheerpeltz
• Oxytelus fulvipes Erichson, 1839
• Oxytelus fusciceps Fauvel, 1898
• Oxytelus fuscipennis Stephens, 1834
• Oxytelus hostilis Bernhauer
• Oxytelus incisus Motschulsky, 1857
• Oxytelus incolumis Erichson, 1840
• Oxytelus invenustus Casey, 1894
• Oxytelus jacobsoni Cameron, 1928
• Oxytelus laqueatus (Marsham, 1802)
• Oxytelus luceus Bidessus
• Oxytelus malaisei Scheerpeltz
• Oxytelus mashonensis
• Oxytelus megaceros Fabricius
• Oxytelus migrator Fauvel, 1904
• Oxytelus miles Cameron, 1928
• Oxytelus montanus Casey, 1894
• Oxytelus mortuorum Bidessus
• Oxytelus nigriceps Kraatz
• Oxytelus nigripennis Bernhauer
• Oxytelus nimius Casey, 1894
• Oxytelus okahandjanus
• Oxytelus pallipennis Grimmer, 1841
• Oxytelus parvulus Mulsant & Rey, 1861
• Oxytelus pensylvanicus Erichson, 1840
• Oxytelus piceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Oxytelus planicollis Scheerpeltz
• Oxytelus pluvius Blackwelder
• Oxytelus pristinus Scudder, 1876
• Oxytelus puncticeps Kraatz
• Oxytelus rufulus
• Oxytelus schubotzi Bernhauer
• Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806
• Oxytelus striaticeps Cameron, 1928
• Oxytelus subapterus Wickham, 1913
• Oxytelus subsculpturates Cameron, 1928
• Oxytelus tenuesculpturatus Sch.
• Oxytelus uncifer
• Oxytelus varipennis Kraatz
• † Oxytelus levis Förster, 1891
• † Oxytelus ominosus Förster, 1891
• † Oxytelus proaevus Heer, 1862

Further reading

• Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. 2011. Frank . J. H.. Ahn . K. J.. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 3392188. 22792029. free.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.