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Biodiversity and Geographic Patterns of Neotropical Staphylinidae

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Biology of Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae)

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The history of the discovery of the Central and South American Staphylinidae fauna is reported beginning with the start of modern taxonomy in the mid of the eighteenth century up to the present. An overview over the number of genera is given for all Central and South American countries. The subfamily Osoriinae is described in more detail. The similarities of the faunal compositions between countries are analysed, and countries with similar composition are combined to larger regions. Biodiversity and biogeographic peculiarities within the Neotropics and to other continents are described and discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We heartily thank Dr. Alfred Newton, Chicago, for his support to find the correct number of species and genera of the Neotropical region.

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  1. Department of Applied Ecology, Institute for Ecosystem Research, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Ulrich Irmler

  2. Department of Biologia & Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencia, Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Angelico Asenjo

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  1. Institut für Evolution und Ökologie, Abteilung für Evolutionsbiologie der Invertebraten, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Oliver Betz

  2. Institut für Ökosystemforschung, Abteilung für Angewandte Ökologie, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Ulrich Irmler

  3. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, Québec, Canada

    Jan Klimaszewski

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Irmler, U., Asenjo, A. (2018). Biodiversity and Geographic Patterns of Neotropical Staphylinidae. In: Betz, O., Irmler, U., Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biology of Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70257-5_4

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