Myllaena
Erichson, 1837
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3Myllaena is a of rove beetles in the Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, and tribe Myllaenini. The genus contains more than 60 described distributed across the Nearctic and Palearctic regions. A taxonomic revision of Nearctic species recognized 20 species arranged into four species groups: Cuneata, Insomnis, Potawatomi, and Seminole.
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Identification
Nearctic can be identified using the key provided in Klimaszewski (1982), which separates 20 species into four species groups based on morphological characters. The revision includes illustrations and distribution maps for all recognized species.
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Distribution
Nearctic region: transcontinental in the United States including Arizona, Massachusetts, eastern states, Florida, Illinois, California; Mexico including Baja California; Caribbean (Haiti, Jamaica). Palearctic region: recorded from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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Taxonomic history
Nine new synonymies were established in the 1982 Nearctic revision, and fourteen lectotypes were designated to stabilize .
Species groups
Nearctic are arranged into four informal groups: Cuneata, Insomnis, Potawatomi, and Seminole.