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)

Abdomen 36 laterosclerites (on segments III-VII): 0: one pair per segment, 1 : two pairs per segment. 37 intersegmental membranes: 0: with brickwall pattern, 1: without brickwall pattern. 38 second sternite: 0: not fully developed, anteriorly more membranous, 1: fully developed (sclerotized). 39 first sternite: 0: present as sclerite(s) embedded in basal membrane of sternite II, 1: absent. 40 tergal basolateral ridges: 0: absent, 1 : present on tergites II-VII, 2: present on tergites III-VII. 41 basomedian carina on sternite II: 0: absent, 1 : present (Fig. 72). 42 tergum VII apex with: 0: unmodified fimbriate edge (sometimes gradually enlarged in middle) (Fig. 58), 1: center of fimbriate edge modified into comb-like structure with sparser and elongated fimbriae (Fig. 68), 2: center modified into comb, fimbriae of edge otherwise lost (Fig. 69). 43 tergum X: 0: undivided, 1 : divided by transverse line (Fig. 75). 44 dorsal strut between tergites IX and X: 0: present, attached to tergite X, 1 : present, attached to tergite IX, 2: absent. 45 basal/lateral parts of tergum X fused to tergum IX: "rhomboid fusion": 0: no, 1 : yes (Fig. 74) Secondary sexual characters 46 macrocephaly: 0: males have heads similar to females, 1 : males have heads with enlarged temples and/or broadened frons. 47 macrothoracy: 0: males have pronotum similar to females, 1: males have elongated pronotum. 48 spines on sternum VII: 0: absent, 1 : present (apical edge is pulled out in 2 spines) (Fig. 73). 49 transverse row of modified setae on apical edge of sternum VII: 0: absent, 1: present (Fig. 115). 50 modification in sternum VIII: 0: males only have different shape of the apical edge of sternum VIII (Figs 70-71), 1 : males have incisions, and/or appendices on sternum VIII, plus tubercules and hairs associated with them.