Alexey Solodovnikov

Fang-Shuo Hu, Alexey Solodovnikov (2026). The second species of Cyanocypus He & Zhou (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with remarks on the systematic position of the genus. Zootaxa 5831(2): 295-300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5831.2.12 (opens in a new tab).

Fang-Shuo Hu, Alexey Solodovnikov (2026). Luffy gen. nov., a new genus of Staphylinina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), remarkable for understanding the Eucibdelus lineage. ZooKeys 1281: 247-264. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1281.198593 (opens in a new tab).

Qing-Hao Zhao, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Adam Brunke, Liang Tang, Alexey Solodovnikov (2026). Integrative taxonomic revision of the rove beetle genus Platydracus of the Chinese fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 10(3): ixag003. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixag003 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2026). Reinterpretation of ‘Oxyporus’ impressus Piton, 1940 from the Paleocene of Menat, France with the description of Menatomium gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Palaeoentomology 9(2): 109-112. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.2.1 (opens in a new tab).

Fang-Shuo Hu, Alexey Solodovnikov, Martin Fikáček (2025). The larva of the genus Tolmerinus Bernhauer described: does it help to reveal a sister-group for the rove beetle subtribe Anisolinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)? Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83: 369-389. DOI: 10.3897/asp.83.e151555 (opens in a new tab).

Qing-Hao Zhao, Adam Brunke, José L. Reyes-Hernández, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2025). A big phylogenomic tree with bigger taxonomic implications for the world's biggest rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini, Platydracus-group). Systematic Entomology 50(4): 1041-1066. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12691 (opens in a new tab).

Krivosheeva, V., Salnitska, M., Semerikova, D., Gebremeskel, A.A., Ivanova, A., Solodovnikov, A. (2025). Identification of West Siberian Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) by COI barcodes calls for integrative taxonomy and curation of public DNA libraries. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72(1): 101-117. DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.143622 (opens in a new tab).

Fang-Shuo Hu, Yun Hsiao, Alexey Solodovnikov (2025). A global citizen science effort via iNaturalist reveals food webs of large predatory rove beetles. Food Webs 43: e00399. DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2025.e00399 (opens in a new tab).

Geisler, L., A. Solodovnikov & J. Jenkins Shaw. (2025). Oxpeckers of the mouse world: assembly and review of data on the unique mutualism between Amblyopinina rove beetles and their mammal hosts. Journal of Natural History 59(21-24): 1699-1713. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2498048 (opens in a new tab).

Anna Reinhold Larsen, Alexey Solodovnikov, José L. Reyes-Hernández (2025). Chimalfus and Liracoxa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), two new genera from southern south America with a geometric morphometric evaluation of head and pronotal chaetotaxy. Zoologischer Anzeiger 316: 85-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2025.03.002 (opens in a new tab).

José L. Reyes-Hernández, Adam Brunke, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Qinghao Zhao, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alfred F. Newton, Alexey Solodovnikov (2025). Evolutionary systematics of the Staphylininae rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) resolved by integration of phylogenomics, comparative morphology and historical biogeography. Systematic Entomology 50(4): 750-779. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12677 (opens in a new tab).

Roberta Eleanor Hunt, José Luis Reyes Hernández, Joshua Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov, Kim Steenstrup Pedersen (2025). Integrating deep learning derived morphological traits and molecular data for total-evidence phylogenetics: Lessons from digitized collections. Systematic Biology 74(3): 453-468. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae072 (opens in a new tab).

Geisler, L., J. Jenkins Shaw, J. Pedersen, G. Pritzl, A. Solodovnikov & A. K. Hansen. (2025). The Philonthus rove beetle fauna of Denmark goes online (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 91(1–2): 1–40.

José L. Reyes-Hernández, Alexey Solodovnikov (2024). Two new rove beetle genera in Staphylininae that reduce “Heterothops” and “Quedius” taxonomic wastebaskets (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 1218: 81-98. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1218.135558 (opens in a new tab).

GEBREMESKEL, A., SALNITSKA, M., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2024). DNA barcode polymorphism within a common widespread rove beetle Quedius molochinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5519(4): 538-548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.3 (opens in a new tab).

Lucas Geisler, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov (2024). Integrative taxonomy suggests species status for Philonthus sideropterus Kolenati, 1846 sp. propr., the former color form of Philonthus splendens (Fabricius, 1793) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Integrative Systematics 7(1): 9–23. DOI: 10.18476/2024.210366 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov, Evgeny E. Perkovsky (2024). Discovery of the rove beetle subfamily Trichophyinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber, Siberia, Russia. Cretaceous Research 154(105741): 105741. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105741 (opens in a new tab).

José L. Reyes-Hernández, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov (2024). Phylogeny-based taxonomic revision and niche modelling of the rove beetle genus Loncovilius Germain, 1903 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(1): zlad143. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad143 (opens in a new tab).

Krivosheeva, V., Solodovnikov, A., Shulepov, A., Semerikova, D., Ivanova, A., Salnitska, M. (2023). Assessment of the DNA barcode libraries for the study of the poorly-known rove beetle (Staphylinidae) fauna of West Siberia. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e115477. DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e115477 (opens in a new tab).

Gebremeskel, A., Salnitska, M., Krivosheeva, V., Solodovnikov, A. (2023). Micro-endemism pattern and Wolbachia infection of Quedius obliqueseriatus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a montane rove beetle endemic of the North-Western Caucasus. Alpine Entomology 7: 153-166. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.7.111214 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey V. Shavrin, Kristaps Kairišs, Alexey Solodovnikov (2023). Paraphloeostiba dominicana sp. nov.: The first omaliine rove beetle from Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 127(104412): 104412. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104412 (opens in a new tab).

ZHAO, Q.H., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2023). Immature stages of the remarkable and rare West Palaearctic rove beetle Emus hirtus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) in the phylogenetic context of the subtribe Staphylinina. European Journal of Entomology 120: 105-114. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2023.013 (opens in a new tab).

Aslak Kappel Hansen, Adam J. Brunke, Philip Francis Thomsen, Thomas J. Simonsen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2023). Formation of the Holarctic Fauna: Dated molecular phylogenetic and biogeographic insights from the Quedius-lineage of Ground-Dwelling Rove Beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182(107749): 107749. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107749 (opens in a new tab).

Ruchin, A.B., Egorov, L.V., Solodovnikov, A.Y., Antropov, A.V. (2023). Abundance Patterns of Quedius dilatatus Leach (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) and Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Central European Russia Suggest Close Adaptation of the Inquiline Rove Beetle Life Cycle to the Nest Dynamics of Its Wasp Host. Entomological Review 102(7): 958-970. DOI: 10.1134/s0013873822070053 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A., Orlov, I. (2022). Sampling and curation of rove beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) for comprehensive and DNA-grade collections to enhance biodiversity exploration in Northern Eurasia. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e96080. DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e96080 (opens in a new tab).

Aslak Kappel Hansen, Adam Brunke, Thomas J. Simonsen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2022). Revision of Quedius sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(1): 225-299. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.017 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov, Ming Bai, Dagmara Żyła (2022). New Burmese amber rove beetle fossils assigned to the rare extant subfamily Coomaniinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 13(9): 767. DOI: 10.3390/insects13090767 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2022). New species and records of Quedius rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from Middle Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 823: 141–157. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.823.1823 (opens in a new tab).

José L. Reyes-Hernández, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2022). Ikaros navarretei (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), a new apterous rove beetle species from high elevations in Colombia. Alpine Entomology 6: 13-18. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.6.80349 (opens in a new tab).

Dagmara Żyła, Amalia Bogri, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Janina Kypke, Alexey Solodovnikov (2022). A new termitophilous genus of Paederinae rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Neotropics and its phylogenetic position. Neotropical Entomology 51(2): 282-291. DOI: 10.1007/s13744-022-00946-x (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M.A., Krivosheeva, V.A., Voronova, K.P., Gebremeskel, A.A., Solodovnikov, A.Y. (2022). Rove beetles of the open plains of the South European Russia: a review with the key to genera and annotated species checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 18(Supplement): 3-149. DOI: 10.23885/18143326202218s-3149 (opens in a new tab).

José Luis Navarrete-Heredia, Alexandra Tokareva, Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Alfred F. Newton, Alexey Solodovnikov (2021). Possible stridulatory organs in oxyporine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), their biological role and systematic significance. Journal of Natural History 55(33-34): 2129-2143. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1983061 (opens in a new tab).

Orlov, I., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A. (2021). Phylogenetic review of the tribal system of Aleocharinae, a mega‐lineage of terrestrial arthropods in need of reclassification. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 1903-1938. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12524 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2021). DNA barcode sheds light on species boundaries in the common morphologically variable rove beetle <i>Quedius umbrinus</i>-complex that puzzled taxonomists for more than a century (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 19(7): 859-874. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1943559 (opens in a new tab).

Tokareva, A.S., Konstantinov, F.V., Brunke, A.J., Solodovnikov, A. (2021). DNA-barcode and endophallus morphology delimit congruent species in a systematic revision of the oxyporine rove beetles of Russia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxyporinae). Contributions to Zoology 90(3): 344-407. DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10020 (opens in a new tab).

Dagmara Żyła, Amalia Bogri, Tracy A. Heath, Alexey Solodovnikov (2021). Total-evidence analysis resolves the phylogenetic position of an enigmatic group of Paederinae rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 157(107059): 107059. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107059 (opens in a new tab).

Adam J. Brunke, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Maria Salnitska, Janina L. Kypke, Alexander V. Predeus, Hermes E. Escalona, Julie T. Chapados, Jackson Eyres, Robin Richter, Aleš Smetana, Adam Ślipiński, Andreas Zwick, Jiří Hájek, Richard A. B. Leschen, Alexey Solodovnikov, Jeremy R. Dettman (2021). The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega-radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology 46(2): 396–421. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12468 (opens in a new tab).

Igor Orlov, Richard A.B. Leschen, Dagmara Żyła, Alexey Solodovnikov (2021). Total‐evidence backbone phylogeny of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cladistics 37(4): 343-374. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12444 (opens in a new tab).

Amalia Bogri, Alexey Solodovnikov, Janina L. Kypke, Dagmara Żyła (2020). Baltic amber members of the extant Micrillus–Scymbalium lineage of the Paederinae rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) and their systematic and ecological significance. Invertebrate Systematics 34(5): 451-473. DOI: 10.1071/is19070 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov, Ming Bai, Uwe Kaulfuss (2020). An amblyopinine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Amblyopinini) from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 94(6): 1082-1088. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2020.35 (opens in a new tab).

Fang-Shuo Hu, Amalia Bogri, Alexey Solodovnikov, Aslak Kappel Hansen (2020). Hypogean Quedius of Taiwan and their biogeographic significance (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). European Journal of Taxonomy 664(664): 1–24. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.664 (opens in a new tab).

Arn Rytter Jensen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Dagmara Żyła, Alexey Solodovnikov (2020). A total-evidence approach resolves phylogenetic placement of ‘Cafius’ gigas, a unique recently extinct rove beetle from Lord Howe Island. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(4): 1159-1174. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa020 (opens in a new tab).

Tokareva, A., Solodovnikov, A., Konstantinov, F. (2020). Immature stages and biology of the enigmatic oxyporine rove beetles, with new data on Oxyporus larvae from the Russian Far East (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 245-268. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.014 (opens in a new tab).

Jenkins Shaw, J., I. Orlov & A. Solodovnikov. (2020). A new genus and species of Staphylininae rove beetle from the Peruvian Amazon (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 904: 103-115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.904.48592 (opens in a new tab).

Adam J. Brunke, Maria Salnitska, Aslak Kappel Hansen, A. Zmudzinska, Aleš Smetana, Joel Buffam, Alexey Solodovnikov (2020). Are subcortical rove beetles truly Holarctic? An integrative taxonomic revision of north temperate Quedionuchus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20(1): 77-116. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00422-2 (opens in a new tab).

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Dagmara Żyła, Alexey Solodovnikov (2020). Molecular phylogeny illuminates Amblyopinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) rove beetles as a target for systematic and evolutionary research. Systematic Entomology 45(2): 430-446. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12405 (opens in a new tab).

Martin Fikáček, Rolf G. Beutel, Chenyang Cai, John F. Lawrence, Alfred F. Newton, Alexey Solodovnikov, Adam Ślipiński, Margaret K. Thayer, Shûhei Yamamoto (2020). Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45(1): 175-187. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 (opens in a new tab).

Dagmara Żyła, Alexey Solodovnikov (2020). Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle group with high lineage diversity. Systematic Entomology 45(1): 114-127. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12382 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2019). Rove beetles of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Russia: a key to species and annotated catalogue. ZooKeys 847: 1-100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.847.34049 (opens in a new tab).

Adam James Brunke, Dagmara Żyła, Shûhei Yamamoto, Alexey Solodovnikov (2019). Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187(1): 166-197. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021 (opens in a new tab).

Orlov, I., Solodovnikov, A., Leschen, R.A.B. (2019). Systematics and biogeography of the subantarctic <i>Leptusa</i> (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini). Systematics and Biodiversity 17(1): 60-79. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1547329 (opens in a new tab).

Janina L. Kypke, Alexey Solodovnikov, Adam Brunke, Shûhei Yamamoto, Dagmara Żyła (2019). The past and the present through phylogenetic analysis: the rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Ma. Systematic Entomology 44(1): 1-18. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12305 (opens in a new tab).

Kypke, J.L., Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Every cloud has a silver lining: X-ray micro-CT reveals <i>Orsunius</i> rove beetle in Rovno amber from a specimen inaccessible to light microscopy. Historical Biology 32(7): 940-950. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1558222 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 117-159. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.27033 (opens in a new tab).

Mariana Chani-Posse, Alfred F. Newton, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2018). Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4449(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4449.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

Aslak Kappel Hansen, Mathias Just Justesen, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, David Bille Byriel, Jan Pedersen, Alexey Solodovnikov (2018). Ecogeographic patterns in a mainland-island system in Northern Europe as inferred from the rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Laeso island. European Journal of Entomology 115: 256-263. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2018.025 (opens in a new tab).

Amalia Bogri, Alexey Solodovnikov, Dagmara Żyła (2018). Baltic amber impact on historical biogeography and palaeoclimate research: oriental rove beetle<i>Dysanabatium</i>found in the Eocene of Europe (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Papers in Palaeontology 4(3): 433-452. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1113 (opens in a new tab).

SALNITSKA, M., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2018). Hypogean presumably sister species Quedius repentinus sp. n. from Altai and Q. roma from Sikhote-Alin (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a disjunct distribution or poorly sampled Siberia? Zootaxa 4394(1): 95–104. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.5 (opens in a new tab).

Salnitska, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). European Journal of Taxonomy 401(401): 1–17. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.401 (opens in a new tab).

Chani‐Posse, M.R., Brunke, A.J., Chatzimanolis, S., Schillhammer, H., Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Phylogeny of the hyper‐diverse rove beetle subtribe Philonthina with implications for classification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cladistics 34(1): 1-40. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12188 (opens in a new tab).

Jenkins Shaw, J., M. L. Kwak, P. A. Burns & A. Solodovnikov. (2017). New host records of the rove beetle Myotyphlus newtoni Solodovnikov & Jenkins Shaw 2016 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), with notes on its association with mammals. Australian Entomologist 44(4): 209–212.

Justesen, M. J., A. Solodovnikov & A. K. Hansen. (2017). Rove beetles and bround [ground] beetles in managed and unmanaged forests [in Danish, English abstract]. Flora og Fauna 123(2–4): 105–112.

Josh Jenkins Shaw, Dagmara Żyła, Alexey Solodovnikov (2017). A spectacular new genus of Staphylinini rove beetle from the tropical Andes and its phylogenetic assessment (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae). Invertebrate Systematics 31(6): 713-722. DOI: 10.1071/is17020 (opens in a new tab).

Brunke, A.J., Chatzimanolis, S., Metscher, B.D., Wolf-Schwenninger, K., Solodovnikov, A. (2017). Dispersal of thermophilic beetles across the intercontinental Arctic forest belt during the early Eocene. Scientific Reports 7(1): 12972. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13207-4 (opens in a new tab).

Chani-Posse, M. & A. Solodovnikov. (2017). Tackling generic limits for the Neotropical Philonthina with a phylogenetic approach: revision of the genera Linoderus Sharp and Odontolinus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 75(1): 83–97.

Dagmara Żyła, Shûhei Yamamoto, Karin Wolf-Schwenninger, Alexey Solodovnikov (2017). Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in mega-diverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 7(1): 45904. DOI: 10.1038/srep45904 (opens in a new tab).

Schomann, A.M., Solodovnikov, A. (2017). Phylogenetic placement of the austral rove beetle genus <i>Hyperomma</i> triggers changes in classification of Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(3): 336-347. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12209 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. & J. Jenkins Shaw. (2017). The remarkable Australian rove beetle genus <i>Myotyphlus</i>: its cryptic diversity and significance for exploring mutualism among insects and mammals (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Austral Entomology 56(3): 311-321. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12233 (opens in a new tab).

Mathias Just Justesen, Alexey Solodovnikov, Aslak Kappel Hansen (2017). Rovbiller og løbebiller i de østdanske løvskove – effekt af skovdrift. Flora og Fauna 123(2–4): 105–112.

Jenkins Shaw, J. & A. Solodovnikov. (2016). Systematic and biogeographic review of the Staphylinini rove beetles of Lord Howe Island with description of new species and taxonomic changes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 638: 1-25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.638.10883 (opens in a new tab).

Alexey Solodovnikov, Aslak Kappel Hansen (2016). Review of subterranean Quedius, with description of the first hypogean species from the Russian Far East (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). Zootaxa 4170(3): 475–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.3 (opens in a new tab).

Zanetti, A., Perreau, M., Solodovnikov, A. (2016). Two new fossil species of Omaliinae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and their significance for understanding the Eocene-Oligocene climate. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(1): 53-64. DOI: 10.3897/asp.74.e31838 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A., Brunke, A. (2016). <i>Cafioquedus gularis</i>Sharp, 1886 and other poorly understood Staphylinini: a review of the New Zealand fauna of the tribe with discussion of its potential for biogeography (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand Entomologist 39(1): 40-61. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2015.1076595 (opens in a new tab).

Shûhei Yamamoto, Alexey Solodovnikov (2016). The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles. Cretaceous Research 59: 140-146. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024 (opens in a new tab).

Brunke, A.J., Chatzimanolis, S., Schillhammer, H., Solodovnikov, A. (2016). Early evolution of the hyperdiverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and a revision of its higher classification. Cladistics 32(4): 427-451. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12139 (opens in a new tab).

Rood, R.J., Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A. (2015). <i>Othius punctulatus</i>(Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Detected in the Pacific Northwest: A Palearctic Genus New to the USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 412-414. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.412 (opens in a new tab).

BRUNKE, A., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2014). Male secondary sexual characters resolve taxonomic uncertainty: five new species and a review of the formerly monotypic rove beetle genus Mimosticus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 3893(1): 56–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.2 (opens in a new tab).

Xiao-Yan Li, Alexey Solodovnikov, Hong-Zhang Zhou (2014). Two new species and a new synonym of the genus Paederus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from China. Zootaxa 3847(3): 431–436. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.7 (opens in a new tab).

Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A. (2014). A revision of the Neotropical species of Bolitogyrus Chevrolat, a geographically disjunct lineage of Staphylinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 423: 1-113. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.423.7536 (opens in a new tab).

SCHOMANN, A.M., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2014). Revision of the genus Hyperomma Fauvel, 1878—part 1: New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa 3822(1): 1–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3822.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

Xiao-Yan Li, Alexey Solodovnikov, Hong-Zhang Zhou (2014). Three new species of the genus Paederus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from China. Zootaxa 3765(4): 382–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.4.6 (opens in a new tab).

Pietrykowska-Tudruj, E., Staniec, B., Wojas, T., Solodovnikov, A. (2014). Immature stages and phylogenetic importance of Astrapaeus, a rove beetle genus of puzzling systematic position (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini). Contributions to Zoology 83(1): 41-p4. DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08301002 (opens in a new tab).

Hong-Zhang Zhou, Xiaoyan Li, Alexey Solodovnikov (2013). The genus Pseudolathra Casey in China: new species and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). ZooKeys 356: 1-9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.356.5979 (opens in a new tab).

Xiao-Yan Li, Hong-Zhang Zhou, Alexey Solodovnikov (2013). Five New Species of the Genus<i>Paederus</i>from Mainland China, with a Review of the Chinese Fauna of the Subtribe Paederina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 106(5): 562-574. DOI: 10.1603/an13008 (opens in a new tab).

BRUNKE, A.J., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2013). <i>Alesiella</i> <scp>gen.n</scp> . and a newly discovered relict lineage of <scp>S</scp> taphylinini ( <scp>C</scp> oleoptera: <scp>S</scp> taphylinidae). Systematic Entomology 38(4): 689-707. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12021 (opens in a new tab).

Xiao-Yan Li, Alexey Solodovinikov, Hong-Zhang Zhou (2013). Four new species of the genus Lobrathium Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from China. Zootaxa 3635(5): 569–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.6 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A.Y., Li, X.Y. (2013). A new species of Achenium Leach, 1819 from Taman peninsula with the key to the Russian fauna of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9(1): 43-46. DOI: 10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-43-46 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A., Yue, Y., Tarasov, S., Ren, D. (2013). Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix: Early Cretaceous fossils shed light on the evolution of a hyperdiverse insect lineage (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Cladistics 29(4): 360-403. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00433.x (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2012). Revised concept of the genus Euryporus Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) and phylogenetic significance of Staphylinini from New Guinea. ZooKeys 213: 51-62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.213.3210 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2012). A new species of Peucoglyphus Bernhauer from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). ZooKeys 210: 69-74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.210.3241 (opens in a new tab).

SCHOMANN, A., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2012). A new genus of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous: the first fossil rove beetles from the Southern Hemisphere. Systematic Entomology 37(2): 379-386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00615.x (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2012). Rove beetle subtribes Quediina, Amblyopinina and Tanygnathinina: systematic changes affecting Central European fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini). ZooKeys 162: 25-42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.162.2361 (opens in a new tab).

PIETRYKOWSKA‐TUDRUJ, E., STANIEC, B., SOLODOVNIKOV, A. (2012). Discovery of the <i>Quedius antipodum</i> Sharp larva from New Zealand: phylogenetic test of larval morphology for Staphylinini at the intratribal level (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Systematic Entomology 37(2): 360-378. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00612.x (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2011). Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Amblyopinina, Quediina, Tanygnathinina, pp. 393-396, 451-484, 507. In: Assing, V. & M. Schülke (eds.). Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 4. Staphylinidae (exklusive Aleocharinae, Pselaphinae und Scydmaeninae). 2. Auflage. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg. xii + 560 pp.

Yue, Y., Ren, D., Solodovnikov, A. (2011). The oldest fossil species of the rove beetle subfamily Oxyporinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous (Yixian Formation, China) and its phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4): 467-471. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.493049 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A., Huang, D., Cai, C. (2011). A new species of Hesterniasca (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae) from the Early Cretaceous of China with discussion of its systematic position. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2): 213-220. DOI: 10.1163/187631211x574374 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A., Newton, A. (2010). Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini. ZooKeys 67: 21-63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.67.704 (opens in a new tab).

Chatzimanolis, S., Cohen, I.M., Schomann, A., Solodovnikov, A. (2010). Molecular phylogeny of the mega-diverse rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zoologica Scripta 39(5): 436-449. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00438.x (opens in a new tab).

Yue, Y., Ren, D., Solodovnikov, A. (2010). Megolisthaerus chinensis gen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae incertae sedis): an enigmatic rove beetle lineage from the Early Cretaceous. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 317-327. DOI: 10.1163/187631210x527034 (opens in a new tab).

SOLODOVNIKOV, A., SCHOMANN, A. (2009). Revised systematics and biogeography of ‘Quediina’ of sub‐Saharan Africa: new phylogenetic insights into the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Systematic Entomology 34(3): 443-466. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00468.x (opens in a new tab).

SOLODOVNIKOV, A., NEWTON, A.F. (2009). Australotarsius—a new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 2033(1): 49–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2033.1.5 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2009). Xanthopygoides niger Cameron, 1951 (Xanthopygina) belongs to the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Philonthina): systematic and nomenclatural changes for the African Staphylinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Staphylinini). ZooKeys 5: 75-80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.5.59 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2008). Review of the Oriental genus Anchocerus with the description of new species and new combinations (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 39(3): 287-301. DOI: 10.1163/187631208788784228 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. (2006). Revision and Phylogenetic Assessment of <I>Afroquedius</I> gen. nov. from South Africa: Toward New Concepts of the Genus <I>Quedius</I>, Subtribe Quediina and Reclassification of the Tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(6): 1064-1084. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:rapaoa]2.0.co;2 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2006). Adult and larval descriptions of a new termitophilous genus of the tribe Staphylinini with two species from South America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Trudy Russkogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva 77: 274–283.

Solodovnikov, A.Y. (2005). Natalignathus, gen. nov. and larvae of Atanygnathus: a missing phylogenetic link between subtribes Quediina and Tanygnathinina (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Staphylininae : Staphylinini). Invertebrate Systematics 19(1): 75-98. DOI: 10.1071/is04031 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A.Y., Grebennikov, K.A. (2005). Revision ofPhysetops Mannerheim, 1830, a monotypic genus with the polymorphic speciesP. tataricus (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin – Zoologische Reihe 81(1): 67-80. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.200410001 (opens in a new tab).

SOLODOVNIKOV, A.Y. (2005). New and little known species of Quedius from West Palaearctic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 902(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.902.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A.Y., Newton, A.F. (2005). Phylogenetic placement of Arrowinini trib.n. within the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision of the relict South African genus <i>Arrowinus</i> and description of its larva. Systematic Entomology 30(3): 398-441. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00283.x (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A.Y. (2005). A New Species of<i>Quetarsius</i>Smetana from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): First Record of the Genus from the Asian Mainland. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(4): 657-660. DOI: 10.1649/721 (opens in a new tab).

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2005). A new species of Stenus (s. str.) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) from the western Caucasus. Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal; Euroasian Entomological Journal 4(3): 221–222.

Alexey Y. Solodovnikov, Andreas Kleeberg (2004). Two new species and new records of Quedius from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Beiträge zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 54(2): 357-364. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.54.2.357-364 (opens in a new tab).

Knysh, V. G. & A. Y. Solodovnikov. (2004). On the complexes of rove-beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae and Paederinae) of the fruit orchards and elements of adjacent landscapes in the north-western Ciscaucasia [in Russian, English abstract]. Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal; Euroasian Entomological Journal 3(2): 129–138.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2004). Taxonomy and faunistics of some West Palearctic Quedius Stephens subgenus Raphirus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 221–243.

Bel'skaya, E. A. & A. Y. Solodovnikov. (2003). Vliyanie piretroidnogo insektitsida detsisa na populyatsii zhukov-stafilinid (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) v agrotsenoze yarovoy pshenitsy. Agrokhimiya 2003(4): 56–62.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2002). A remarkable pair of syntopic nidicolous sibling species of Quedius Stephens, 1829 from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Russian Entomological Journal 11(3): 265–272.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2002). Taxonomy and faunistics of some species of Quedius Stephens, 1829 from the Caucasus and Asia Minor (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 72: 137–158.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. & P. Štourac. (2002). Redescription, new synonym, and revised distribution of Quedius (Raphirus) kirklarensis from northern Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Entomological Problems 32(2): 133–137.

Igor N. Goreslavets, Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov, Mikhail Yu. Gildenkov, Vasily V. Grebennikov (2002). Жуки-стафилиниды (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Самарской области. Энтомологическое обозрение 81(2): 343–355.

Goreslavets, I. N., A. Y. Solodovnikov, M. Y. Gildenkov & K. A. Grebennikov. (2002). Staphylinids (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Samara province: subfamilies Omaliinae, Proteininae, Tachyporinae, Habrocerinae, Oxytelinae, Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Paederinae and Staphylinidae [in Russian, English abstract]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 81(2): 343–355.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2001). Revision of the little-known apterous Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from "Circassia" (North-Western Caucasus), with description of Lathrobium (Lobrathium) bettae sp. n. Russian Entomological Journal 10(1): 1–11.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. & H. Schillhammer. (2000). Bisnius speculicollis sp. nov., a new nidicolous rove beetle from the Western Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomological Problems 31(2): 165–170.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2000). New and little-known species of the genus Ocypus Leach in the fauna of the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 8(2): 313–323.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (2000). On the Othius Stephens in the fauna of the Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholininae). Zoosystematica Rossica 8(2): 324–328.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (1999). K diagnostike, rasprostraneniia i ekologii maloizvestnykh zhukov-stafilinid (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Kavkaza. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta (3: Biologiia) 1998 (3) (17): 13–20.

Assing, V. & A. Y. Solodovnikov. (1998). Three new species of Othius Stephens from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholininae). Zoosystematica Rossica 7(2): 299–305.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (1998). Fauna of staphylinids (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the north-western Caucasus. Subfamilies Staphylininae, Xantholininae, Paederinae, Steninae, Oxyporinae [in Russian, English summary]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 77(2): 331–354.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. (1996). Novyi i maloizvestnye vidy stafilinid roda Othius Stephens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauny Kavkaza [A new and little known species of the staphylinid genus Othius Stephens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the fauna of the Caucasus]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 75(2): 294–302.