Monograph of the West Indian beetles of the family Staphylinidae
By: by Richard E. Blackwelder.
Series: Smithsonian institution. United States National museum. Bulletin 182; Bulletin (United States National Museum) -- 182.
Publisher: U. S. Govt. print. off.
Published: 1943
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 658
Subjects: Staphylinidae.; Beetles -- West Indies.
Description: With the award of the Walther Rathbone Bacon Scholarship to the author in 1935 for the study of the fauna of regions outside the United States, a program was developed for the collection of Staphylinidae on each of the islands from Cuba to Trinidad; examination of all local collections; the study of types in the British Museum and the collection of Dr. Malcolm Cameron; the mounting, labeling, and sorting of the collections assembled; the identification of the species; and the preparation of a report, to included a systematic revision of the family as it occurs in the West Indies.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 603-623.