taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DF442A9B2AFFED9FA6FF0EFDA1FC08.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Members of Bellatheta can be distin- guished from other athetine genera by the combination of the following characters: body parallel-sided; eye small to moderate in size; infraorbital carina incomplete or absent; antennomere 2 longer than 3; labium with ligula divided into 2 lobes at base to half; pronotum less than 1.2 times as wide as long, distinctly wider than head; hypomeron fully visible in lateral aspect; mesocoxal cavities contiguous; mesoventral process pointed at apex; abdominal tergite II with 1 macroseta on each side of midline, III with anterior macrosetae; medi- an lobe of aedeagus elongate, apical process bifid in ventral aspect (Lohse et al. 1990; Pace 1982; Vogel 2007).	en	Lee, Seung-Gyu, Ahn, Kee-Jeong (2021): Korean Species of Bellatheta Roubal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with Two New Combinations and a New Synonym. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (2): 349-354, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.349, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-75.2.349
03DF442A9B2AFFED9FA6FF0EFDA1FC08.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Palearctic, Oriental (Vietnam), and Nearctic (Alaska and Yukon) regions.	en	Lee, Seung-Gyu, Ahn, Kee-Jeong (2021): Korean Species of Bellatheta Roubal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with Two New Combinations and a New Synonym. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (2): 349-354, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-75.2.349, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-75.2.349
