William Owen Steel

William Owen Steel (1917–1969), English entomologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

1938. Two new omaliid genera from Australia (Col. Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 74: 28–30. Reference page.

1946. A remarkable new xantholinine genus (Col., Staphylinidae) from Sumatra. Entomologist's monthly magazine 82: 107–108.
1946. On Xantholinus distans Muls. and Rey and X. cribripennis Fvl. with notes on other British species of the genus (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 82: 192–195.

1947. A new genus and species of Pacific (Rapa Is.) Staphylinidae (Col.). Entomologist's monthly magazine 83: 176–178.

1948: Some notes on the nomenclature of the Xantholinini and Othiini (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 84: 268-270. Full article (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page.

1949. The British species of Staphylinus subgenus Ocypus Steph. (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 84: 271–275.
1949. Some notes on the nomenclature of the Xantholinini and Othiini (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 84: 268–270.
1949. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 85: 231–245.
1949. A new genus and species of Pacific (Chatham Is.) Staphylinidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 85: 309–310.
1949. On the Australia species of Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 74: 57–61.

1950. A new genus and four new species of Phloecharinae [Phloeocharinae] (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Australian region. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 75: 334–344. BHL Reference page.
1950. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae) (3) A new tribe and three new genera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 86: 54–64. Full article (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page.
1950. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). (2) A new genus and species from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 86: 29–32.
1950. A note on the nomenclature of the British and continental staphylinid (Col.) hitherto known as Xantholinus meridionalis (Nordm.). Entomologist's monthly magazine 86: 140–141.
1950. Notes on Staphylinidae, chiefly from New Zealand. (1) Two new piestine genera from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 78: 203–212.
1950. Notes on Staphylinidae, chiefly from New Zealand. (2) A new genus and three new species of Eleusiini. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 78: 213–235.

Steel, W.O. 1952. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). 4. On the genera Lesteva Latr., Paralesteva Casey and Tevales Casey, with a key to the British species of Lesteva. Entomologist's monthly magazine 88: 8–9.

1953. A new genus and species of Phloeocharinae (Col., Staphylinidae) from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 162–164. Reference page.
1953. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). (5) A new genus and two new species from Australia. Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 171–175.
1953. New British records for Bledius defensus Fauvel (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 295.
1953. On the identity of the British species hitherto known as Bledius denticollis Fauvel (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 64.
1953. On the nomenclature of two British species of Staphylinidae (Col.). Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 198.
1953. A species of Carpelimus (Col., Staphylinidae) new to Britain. Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 214.
1953. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). (6) Omalium rugatum Rey, a good species. Entomologist's monthly magazine 89: 280.

1956. A new genus and species of Tachyporinae from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 25(1–2): 13–16.
1956 [1955]. Bohemiellina paradoxa Machulka, a staphylinid (Col.) new to Britain. Entomologist's monthly magazine 91: 296–297.
1956. New species of Staphylinidae collected by L. Biró in New Guinea (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 48 [= Series Nova 7]: 61–68.
1956. On Bledius denticollis Fauvel and B. opacus (Block) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 25 (5–6): 108–110.
1956. Carpelimus subtilicornis (Roubal) (= strandi (Scheerpeltz)), a staphylinid (Col.) new to Britain. Entomologist's monthly magazine 92: 265–267.

1959. [Book review] The beetles of the Pacific North-west. Part 2, Staphyliniformia, by M. H. Hatch. Entomologist's gazette 10: 82.
1959. Notes on the Omaliinae (Col., Staphylinidae). (10) On Phloeonomus flavicornis Cameron and Omalium rude Fauvel. Entomologist's monthly magazine 95: 112–113, pl. 9.

1960. Three new omaliine genera from Asia and Australasia previously confused with Phloeonomus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 112: 141–172. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1960.tb00497.x
1960. The genus Paraconosoma Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 29: 41–45. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1960.tb01136.x
1960. A revision of the Phloeocharinae and Omaliinae of New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 36(53): 1–8.

1964. Insects of Campbell Island. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 7: 340–375. full article on BUGZ Reference page.

1966. A revision of the staphylinid subfamily Proteininae (Coleoptera) I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118(9): 285–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1966.tb00839.x Reference page.

1969. A British Carpelimus (Col., Staphylinidae) new to science. Entomologist's monthly magazine 105: 70–72

1970. The larvae of the genera of the Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with particular reference to the British fauna. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 122(1): 1–47.

Smetana, A. 2001. Steel, William Owen. In Herman, L.H., Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and Omaliine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 147. Handle (PDF)