Pretarsal structures in Leiodidae and Agyrtidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea)

@article{Gnaspini2017PretarsalSI,
  title={Pretarsal structures in Leiodidae and Agyrtidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea)},
  author={Pedro Gnaspini and Caio Antunes-Carvalho and Richard A. B. Leschen},
  journal={Journal of Morphology},
  year={2017},
  volume={278},
  pages={1354 - 1379}
}
We analysed pretarsal characters of 87 species of Leiodidae (including 10 cholevines and representatives of all tribes and ca. 60% of the genera of non‐cholevines), five species of Agyrtidae, and nine representatives of outgroup taxa (Hydraenidae, Staphylinidae, Hydrophilidae, and Histeridae) using scanning electron microscopy. We focused our observations on the architecture of the empodium (including the sclerites and associated setae), the shape and composition of the medial projection of the… 
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