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Item A new genus and species of Oxytelinae from Australia : with a description of its larva, systematic position, and phylogenetic relationships (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2744(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1982) Newton, Alfred F."A distinctive new genus and species of flightless litter-inhabiting staphylinid, Oxypius peckorum, is described from extreme southwestern Australia, together with its presumed larva. The systematic position and phylogenetic relationships of the genus are reviewed. Oxypius is considered to be most closely related to Euphanias, presently placed in the Piestinae. Both genera are here placed in the Oxytelinae close to the genera Syntomium and Deleaster. A revised cladistic analysis is presented for primitive taxa of the Oxytelinae; a need for a revised tribal classification is suggested. A key to separate larvae of the subfamilies Piestinae, Osoriinae, and Oxytelinae is also given, and existing keys to genera of Oxytelinae are modified to include adults and larvae of Oxypius and adults of Euphanias"--P. [1].Item Redefinition, revised phylogeny, and relationships of Pseudopsinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2743(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1982) Newton, Alfred F."New evidence is presented to support transfer of the generra Nanobius, Asemobius, and Zalobius from the Piestinae to Pseudopsinae, currently including only Pseudopsis. The subfamily is redescribed, a key to genera given, and the natural history and distribution briefly reviewed. A revised cladistic analysis of the four genera is presented with the conclusion that Pseudopsis is the sister group of the remaining genera. The relationships of the subfamily are discussed; a close relationship to the Phloeocharinae rather than to the Oxytelinae is suggested"--P. [1].