Review of the genus Silusa Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with notes on species described from India

Citation details

Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Genus: Silusa Erichson, 1837, Coenonica Kraatz, 1857
Species: Silusa biimpressa Bernhauer, 1907, Silusa lanuginosa Sharp, 1888, Silusa immutata Hashizume & Maruyama, 2026, Silusa variabilis Hashizume & Maruyama, 2026, Silusa infuscata Cameron, 1939, Silusa indica Cameron, 1939, Coenonica distincta (Cameron, 1939)

Taxonomic coverage: Subfamily — Complete; Tribe — Partial; Genus — Partial; Species — Partial

Countries: Japan, India

Reported localities: East Asia, South Asia

Work type: taxonomic revision, new species, new combinations, new synonymies, redescription

Keywords: Coleoptera, Asia, new combination, new species, new synonymy, rove beetle

Bibliographic identity verified from official sources

Scientific metadata: Partial · Status definitions

The bibliographic identity, DOI, publication date, subfamily Aleocharinae and the reported geography are confirmed.
The current record includes valid Silusa and Coenonica names explicitly resolved in the accessible abstract.
The DOI resolves to the official publisher article page.

Silusa chinensis and Coenonica arcusifera are treated as synonymized names and are not indexed as separate valid species.
‘Silusa’ nigra is transferred to Oxypodini, but its current genus is unresolved in the accessible source; no replacement species identity or parent is inferred.
Tribe-, genus- and species-level coverage is partial.