A catalog of the types of Hydraenidae (Staphylinoidea) and of Hydrophiloidea (Insecta, Coleoptera, Polyphaga) deposited at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires

Abstract

The type specimens (all accepted categories) of the Hydraenidae (Staphylinoidea) and the families currently included in the superfamily Hydrophiloidea, deposited at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales are listed; 122 names are recorded (2 of Hydraenidae, 120 of Hydrophiloidea); 79 of them (65 %) are represented here by name-bearing types (holotypes, syntypes and lectotypes). Later combinations and/or current binomina are mentioned when known to the author. In order to facilitate future research, two lists are added: 1. of specimens labelled as types of names not found in the literature, and presumably not published, and 2. of specimens labelled as types, but not originally included as such, and published or not after the original description.