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Keys to species of Placusa Erichson of the tribe Placusini Mulsant and Rey is provided. A review of six species of Placusa Erichson recorded in British Columbia is presented. The following is provided for each species: a morphological diagnosis, distribution, information about habitat and methods of collection, key references, colour images of the habitus, and black and white images of the genitalia (median lobe of the aedeagus, spermatheca) and terminal segments of both sexes.
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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2020). Tribe Placusini Mulsant and Rey, 1871. In: Aleocharine Rove Beetles of British Columbia: A Hotspot of Canadian Biodiversity (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36174-7_19
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