Jan Klimaszewski

Jan Klimaszewski, (born 1950) Canadian entomologist.

• Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7.

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• 131 taxon names authored by Jan Klimaszewski

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• 1979. A revision of the Gymnusini and Deinopsini of the world. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae. Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch monograph 25: 1–169.

• 1982. A redefinition of Myllaenini Ganglbauer and redescriptions of Camacopalpus Motschulsky and Polypea Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Canadian entomologist 114: 411–429.

• 1984. A revision of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 116(Supplement S129): 3–211. DOI: 10.4039/entm116129fv Reference page. 

• & Peck, S.B. 1986: A review of the cavernicolous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of eastern North America: Part I. Aleocharinae. Quaestiones Entomologicae 22: 51–113. [Not seen] Reference page. 

• 1990. Two new species and new records of Aleochara from Latin America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 35: 171–176. Full article (PDF)
• Lohse, G.A., & Smetana, A. 1990. Revision of Arctic Aleocharinae of North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists bulletin 44: 121–202.

• & Sturm, H. 1991. Four new species of the oxypodine genus Polylobus Solier (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) collected on the flower heads of some high Andean giant rosette plants (Espeletiinae: Asteraceae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 1–13. JSTOR . Reference page. 

• & Ashe, J.S. 1992. Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) of the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 35(28): 399–410. Handle Reference page. 

• & Jansen, R.E. 1993. Systematics, biology and distribution of Aleochara Gravenhorst from southern Africa. Part 1: subgenus Xenochara Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36 (7): 53–107. Full article (PDF) on African Journal Archive Reference page. 

• & Jansen, R.E. 1994. Systematics, biology and distribution of Aleochara Gravenhorst from Southern Africa. Part 3: subgenus Coprochara Mulsant and Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(10): 147–170. PDF

• , Newton, A.F., jr. & Thayer, M.K. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 23(2): 143–160. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518074 . Reference page. 

• 1997. Biodiversity of New Zealand beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 659–666.
• & Watt, J.C. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand, (37). ISBN 0-478-09312-8. Online. Reference page. 
• & Crosby, T.K. 1997. A revision of the New Zealand species of the parasitoid genus Aleochara, with description of four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(2): 243–269. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9517537 . Reference page. 

• , Uhlig, M. & Maus, C. 2000. Diversity of Aleochara species in Madagascar (Coleoptera Staphylinidae Aleocharinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 2: 227–256. PDF. Reference page. 

• , Pelletier G., Germain C., Hébert C., Humble L.M. & Winchester N.N. 2001. Diversity of Placusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Canada, with descriptions of two new species. Canadian entomologist 133: 1–47. DOI: 10.4039/Ent1331-1

• & Winchester N.N. 2002. Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera Staphylinidae) of the ancient Sitka spruce forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Mémoires de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie 40: 3–126.

• , Marris, J.W.M. & Thorpe, S.E. 2003. The aleocharine rove beetle fauna of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of two new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30(2): 115–126. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518330 Reference page. 
• & Pohl G., Pelletier G. 2003. Revision of the Nearctic Silusa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Canadian entomologist 135: 159–186. DOI: 10.4039/n02-027

• Maruyama, M. & 2004. A new species of the myrmecophilous genus Goniusa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Canada. Elytra, Tokyo 32(2): 315–320.
• Maruyama, M. & 2004. A new genus and species of the myrmecophilous Athetini, Paragoniusa myrmicae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Canada. Entomological review of Japan 59(2): 241–248.
• & Pelletier, G. 2004. Review of the Ocalea group of genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Canada and Alaska: new taxa, bionomics, and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist 136: 443–500.
• , Pelletier G. & Majka C.G. 2004. A revision of Canadian Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): new species, new distribution records, key and taxonomic considerations. Belgian Journal of Entomology 6: 3–42. Reference page. 

• , Sweeney J., Price J. & Pelletier G. 2005. Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in red spruce stands, eastern Canada: diversity, abundance, and descriptions of new species. Canadian entomologist 137: 1–48. DOI: 10.4039/n03-123

• , Pelletier G., Germain C., Work T. & Hébert C. 2006. Review of Oxypoda species in Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics, and distribution. Canadian entomologist 138: 737–852. DOI: 10.4039/n05-064

• Gouix, N. & 2007. Catalogue of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Canada and Alaska (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Sofia, Pensoft Publishers, Pensoft Series Faunistica 65, 165 pp.
• , Assing V., Majka C.G., Pelletier G., Webster R.P., Langor D. 2007. Records of adventive aleocharine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) found in Canada. Canadian entomologist 139: 54–79. DOI: 10.4039/n05-105
• , Langor D., Savard K., Pelletier G., Chandler D.S., Sweeney J. 2007. Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in yellow birch-dominated stands of southeastern Quebec, Canada: diversity, abundance, and description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 793–833. DOI: 10.4039/n06-057

• Caron, E., Mise, K.M. & 2008. Aleochara pseudochrysorrhoa, a new species from southern Brazil (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with a complete checklist of Neotropical species of the genus. Revista brasileira de zoologia 25(4): 827–842. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000400022 Reference page. 
• , Langor D.W., Work T.T., Hammond J.H.E. & Savard K. (2008a) Smaller and more numerous harvesting gaps emulate natural forest disturbances: a biodiversity test case using rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Diversity and Distribution 14: 969–982. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00517.x
• , Godin, B., Pelletier, G. & Savard, K. 2008. Six new species and records of aleocharine beetles from the Yukon and Alaska (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). The Canadian Entomologist 140(3): 265–291. DOI: 10.4039/n07-054 Reference page. 
• , Savard, K., Pelletier, G. & Webster, R. 2008. Species review of the genus Gnypeta Thomson from Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): systematics, bionomics and distribution. ZooKeys 2: 11–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.4 . Reference page. 
• , Webster, R., Assing, V. & Savard, K. 2008. Diglotta mersa (Haliday) and Halobrecta flavipes Thomson, two new species for the Canadian fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 2: 175–188. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.18 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G. & (eds.) 2008. Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys 2: 1–402. Contents Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G. & 2008. Editorial. How far have we come: 170 years of research on Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys 2: 1–10. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.22 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G. & 2008. New records of Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 2: 85–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.7 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G. & 2008: Adventive Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: further contributions. ZooKeys 2: 151–174. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.5 . Reference page. 
• Majka, C.G., & Lauff, R.F. 2008. The coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Atlantic Canada: a survey and new records. ZooKeys 2: 115–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.2 . Reference page. 
• Maruyama, M., & Gusarov, V.I. 2008. Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 1683: 39–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

• Klimaszewski, J. et al. 2009: First record of the genus Alisalia Casey from Canada, description of two new species, and a key to all Nearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 25: 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.25.280 Reference page. 
• , Lynch, D., Majka, C.G., Renkema, J., Savard, K. & Hlaváč, P. 2009. Pella glooscapi, a new rove beetle, and new records of aleocharines from Nova Scotia, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 22: 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.95 . Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P. & Savard, K. 2009. First record of the genus Schistoglossa Kraatz from Canada with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 22: 45–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.153. Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P. & Savard, K. 2009a. Review of the rove beetle species of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Brunswick, Canada: new species, provincial records and bionomic information. ZooKeys 22: 81–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.219. Reference page. 
• McLean, J.A., , 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. In: Majka, C.G. & Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys 22: 5–17. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.86 Reference page. 
• McLean, J.A., , Chandler, D.S., 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. In: Majka, C.G. & Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys 22: 19–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.177 Reference page. 

• , Langor D., Majka C.G., Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., LeSage L., Smetana A., Sylvestre P., Pelletier G., Davies A., DesRochers P., Goulet H., Webster R. & Sweeney J. 2010. Review of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from eastern Canada. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, 272 pp.
• , Pace, R., Center, T.D. & Couture, J. 2010. A remarkable new species of Himalusa Pace from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): phytophagous aleocharine beetle with potential for bio-control of skunkvine-related weeds in the United States. ZooKeys 35: 1–12. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.35.329 Reference page. 

• , Langor, D., Pelletier, G., Bourdon, C. & Perdereau, L. 2011. Aleocharine beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 98, 314 pp. ISBN 9789546426048 blurb Reference page. 

• , Godin, B. & Bourdon, C. 2012. Further contributions to the aleocharine fauna of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 186: 207–237. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2674 Reference page. 
• Brunke, A.J., , Dorval, J-A., Bourdon, C., Paiero, S.M. & Marshall, S.A. 2012. New species and distributional records of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Ontario, Canada, with a checklist of recorded species. ZooKeys 186: 119–206. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.186.2947 .Reference page. 

• Asenjo, A., Irmler, U., , Herman, L.H. & Chandler, D.S. 2013. A complete checklist with new records and geographical distribution of the rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Brazil. Insecta mundi 0277: 1–419. Full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• , Webster R.P., Langor D.W., Bourdon C. & Jacobs J. 2013. Review of Canadian species of the genus Dinaraea Thomson, with descriptions of six new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini). ZooKeys 327: 65–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.327.5908
• , Brunke A, Assing V, Langor DW, Newton AF, Bourdon C., Pelletier G., Webster R.P., Herman L., Perdereau L., Davies A., Smetana A., Chandler D.S., Majka C. & Scudder G.G.F. 2013. Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae. Sofia-Moscow, Pensoft Series Faunistica No 104, 360 pp.

• , Webster, R.P., Langor D.W., Bourdon, C., Hammond, J.H.E., Pohl, G.R. & Godin, B. 2014. Review of Canadian species of the genera Gnathusa Fenyes, Mniusa Mulsant & Rey and Ocyusa Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 412: 9–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.412.7282 Reference page. 

• , Godin, B., Langor, D., Bourdon, C., Lee, S.I. & Horwood, D. 2015. New distribution records for Canadian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), and new synonymies for Trichiusa. Zookeys 498: 51–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.498.9282 Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C. & Labrecque, M. 2015. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and Atheta Thomson, subgenus Microdota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Zookeys 524: 103–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6105 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P., Bourdon, C., Pelletier, G., Godin, B. & Langor, D. 2015. Review of Canadian species of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the description of a new species and a new synonymy. ZooKeys 487: 111–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.487.9151 Reference page. 

• , Langor, D.W., Bourdon, D., Gilbert, A. & Labrecque, M. 2016. Two new species and new provincial records of aleocharine rove beetles from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 593: 49–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.593.8412. Reference page. 
• , Langor, D.W., Hammond, H.E.J. & Bourdon, C. 2016. A new species of Anomognathus and new Canadian and provincial records of aleocharine rove beetles from Alberta, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 581: 141–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.581.8014. Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P., Langor, D.W., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C., Godin, B. & Ernst, C. 2016. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genus Liogluta Thomson, and descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Webster, R.P., Bouchard, P., Klimaszewski, J. (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 217–256. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.573.7878.Reference page. 
• , Larson, D.J., Labreque, M. & Bourdon, C. 2016. Twelve new species and fifty-three new provincial distribution records of Aleocharinae rove beetles of Saskatchewan, Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 610: 45–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.610.9361. Reference page. 
• Webster, R.P., Bouchard, P., & Sweeney, J.D. 2016. History of Coleoptera collecting in New Brunswick, Canada: advancing our knowledge of the Coleoptera fauna in the early 21st century. In: Webster, R.P., Bouchard, P. & Klimaszewski, J. (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.573.8123 . Reference page. 
• Webster, R.P., Davies, A.E., & Bourdon, C. 2016. Further contributions to the staphylinid fauna of New Brunswick, Canada, and the USA, with descriptions of two new Proteinus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). In: Webster, R.P., Bouchard, P. & Klimaszewski, J. (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 31–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.573.7830.Reference page. 
• Webster, R.P., , Bourdon, C., Sweeney, J.D., Hughes, C.C. & Labrecque, M. 2016. Further contributions to the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of New Brunswick and Canada including descriptions of 27 new species. ZooKeys 573: 85–216. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.573.7016 Reference page. 

• , Struyve, T., Bourdon, C. & Dorval, J-A. 2017. First record of Thecturota tenuissima Casey from Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 702: 19—25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.702.19963. Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P., Zanetti, A. & Bourdon, C. 2017. First Canadian records of genera Apimela Mulsant & Rey and Gyronycha Casey from New Brunswick: description of two new species and new provincial distribution records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ZooKeys 672: 35—48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.672.12488. Reference page. 

• , Godin, B., Davies, A.E., Bourdon, C. & Horwood, D. 2018. Forty new records of aleocharine beetles, and two new species in the genera Acrotona Thomson and Atheta Thomson, for the province of Manitoba, Canada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Insecta mundi 0641: 1–33. Reference page. 
• , Webster, R.P., Davies, A.E. & Bourdon, C. 2018. Description of Hydrosmectomorpha Klimaszewski and Webster, a new subgenus of Atheta C. G. Thomson, with three new Canadian species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Insecta mundi 0648: 1–12. PDF Reference page. 
• Rodríguez, W.D., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. & 2018. Rove beetles collected with carrion traps (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Quercus forest of Cerro de García, Jalisco and Quercus, Quercus-pine, and pine forests in other jurisdictions of Mexico. Zootaxa 4433(3): 457–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.4 PDF Reference page. 

• Asenjo, A., Irmler, U., , Chandler, D.S., Fierros-López, H.E. & Vieira, J.S. 2019. Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution. Zootaxa 4621(1): 1–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1 Reference page. 
• , Sikes, D.S., Brunke, A. & Bourdon, C. 2019. Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution. Zookeys, 848: 57–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.34846 Reference page. 

• Ahn, K-J., Sikes, D.S. & 2020. Paramblopusa eoa Ahn and Maruyama (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), distributional range extension to Alaska. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(2): 324–326. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.2.324 Reference page. 
• , Hoebeke, E.R., Godin, B., Davies, A.E., Perry, K.I., Bourdon, C. & Winchester, N.N. 2020. Aleocharine Rove Beetles of British Columbia: A Hotspot of Canadian Biodiversity (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Springer International Publishing, 631 + XVI pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36174-7 Reference page. 

• Brunke, A.J., Pentinsaari, M. & 2021. Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 1041: 27–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1041.64460 Reference page. 

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