Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)
Makranczy, Gy.: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
sized and medium dense setation, albeit with a few larger setae on the sides, most prominently on the elytra. Abdomen has much longer and dense, somewhat irregular pubescence than forebody. Comparative notes - The species is closely allied to T. elegáns SHARP, 1887 and T. funebris SHARP, 1887, differs in the smaller (less than 0.5 times temples) eyes unusually protruding. Etymology - The specific epithet refers to the unusually protruding eyes. * Acknowledgments - First of all I would like to thank Dr. JAMES S. ASHE, who was my academic advisor. I am very grateful that he allowed me to pursue a topic of my own choosing. It was great to be independent and yet helped with all the necessary funding and support. I am also indebted to SARA TALIAFERRO, and Drs. DEBORAH SMITH and GERRIT DE BOER, without whom it would have been impossible to undertake my graduate studies at the University of Kansas. I thank the members of my committee, Drs. MICHAEL ENGEL, CHARLES MlCHENER, LINDA TRUES and ROGER KAESLER, for their assistance and help. At different stages of my studies there were a few other individuals working on staphylinid beetles at the University of Kansas; I am grateful for the intellectual exchange and companionship of VLADIMIR GUSAROV, STYLIANOS CHATZIMANOLIS and RODNEY HANLEY. Likewise I benefited from frequent communication with colleagues including Drs. LEE HERMAN, ALFRED NEWTON, VOLKER ASSING, MICHAEL SCHÜLKE and PETER HAMMOND. The list could be endless and still be incomplete. Special thanks are due to Dr. BRUCE CUTLER, whose endless patience and continuous help contributed greatly to the success of this project. I was able to learn the basics of SEM techniques in several situations and even experiment a bit. I would hereby like to extend my thanks to all those institutions and their curators and individuals who loaned or donated material for study. Financial support was provided by Ernst Mayr Travel Grant from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Burton Student Microscopy (SEM) Grant, NSF PEET Grants (DEB-9521 755 and DEB-9978 110) awarded to my advisor J. S. ASHE. Finally, I would like to thank the Interlibrary Loan staff of the University of Kansas Libraries. Their contribution to this project is great. REFERENCES ÁDÁM, L. & HEGYESSY, G. 2001: Adatok a Zempléni-hegység, a Hernád-völgy, a Bodrogköz, a Rétköz és a Taktaköz holyvafaunájához (Coleoptera). [Data to the staphylinid fauna of the Zemplén Mts., Hernád Valley, Bodrogköz, Rétköz and Taktaköz (Coleoptera)] - In: FEHÉR, J. (ed.): A sátoraljaújhelyi Kazinczy Ferenc Múzeum Füzetei V. (Információk Északkelet-Magyarország természeti értékeiről HI.) [Booklets of the Kazinczy Ferenc Museum at Sátoraljaújhely V. (Informations on the natural values of Northeast Hungary III.)]. Kazinczy Ferenc Múzeum, Sátoraljaújhely, 249 pp. BLACKWELDER, R. E. 1936: Morphology of the coleopterous family Staphylinidae. - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 94(13): 1-102. BLACKWELDER, R. E. 1952: The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae. - United States National Museum Bulletin 200: 1-483.
