title: Rove beetles of the open plains of the South European Russia: a review with the key to genera and annotated species checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
abstract: Based on the exhaustive literature survey we provide the annotated catalogue with 874 species of Staphylinidae beetles relevant for the fauna of the open plains of the South European Russia (PSER). PSER is a convenience study region with some ecological integrity as it coincides with the Russian part of the Eurasian belt of steppe and semi-desert biomes. Longitudinally it stretches from the border with Donbass in the west to southern Fore Urals in the east. Latitudinally it is extended from the 
journal: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin