Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution Author Asenjo, Angélico Author Irmler, Ulrich Author Klimaszewski, Jan Author Chandler, Donald S. Author Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo Author Vieira, Juliana S. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-21 4621 1 1 406 journal article 26396 10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1 a381190d-7f50-4a66-bc33-3a0417c9f89f 1175-5326 3257228 3D77F329-9BB8-4231-90E4-6A9E0250FCDF Subtribe Medonina Casey, 1905 0869. Achenomorphus Motschulsky, 1858d: 647 Type species: Achenomorphus columbicus Motschulsky, 1858 Subgenera: Achenomorphus Motschulsky, 1858d: 647 Type species: Achenomorphus columbicus Motschulsky, 1858 Aderocharis Sharp, 1886: 552 [*] Type species: Paederus corticinus Gravenhorst, 1802 Dorocharis Blackwelder, 1939: 99 [*] Type species: Aderocharis chapini Blackwelder, 1939 10 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key of Aderocharis ), 250 (characters of Aderocharis ); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 251 (species of the subgenus Aderocharis of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Puerto Rico , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Guyana , French Guiana , Bolivia , Brazil . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental . 0870. Argoderus Bierig, 1933: 498 ( Fig. 151 ) Type species: Argoderus panamensis Bierig, 1933 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central America. Distribution. Central America: Panama . 0871. Deroderus Sharp, 1886: 577 Type species: Deroderus vestitus Sharp, 1886 Lypomedon Blackwelder, 1952: 228 [synonymized by Frania 1986: 474 ] Type species: Lithocharis tabacina Casey, 1884 Polymedon Casey, 1905: 156 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 228 ] Type species: Lithocharis tabacina Casey, 1884 4 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Frania 1986: 472 (characters); Frania 1987: 250 (characters of larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Panama . Other regions: Nearctic. 0872. Ecitocleptis Borgmeier, 1949: 115 Type species: Ecitocleptis socia Borgmeier, 1949 4 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Brazil . 0873. Ecitomedon Bernhauer, 1925: 35 Type species: Ecitomedon bruchi Bernhauer, 1925 6 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Brazil , Argentina . 0874. Eusclerus Sharp, 1886: 575 Type species: Eusclerus rugifrons Sharp, 1886 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala . 0875. Hypomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878b: 152 Type species: Lithocharis debilicornis Wollaston, 1857 Asteria Fauvel, 1889: 120 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 65 ] Type species: Medon effluens Fauvel, 1889 Chloëcharis Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 257 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103 ] Type species: Chloecharis rufula Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884 Euastenus Fiori, 1915b: 10 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103 ] Type species: Euastenus pallidus Fiori, 1915 Hemimedon Casey, 1905: 160 [synonymized by Fauvel 1889: 120 ] Type species: Hemimedon angustus Casey, 1905 Lena Casey, 1886b: 211 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103 ] Type species: Lena testacea Casey, 1886 Only one species is included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Cayman Is., Jamaica , US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda , Guadeloupe , St. Lucia , Saint Vincent & the Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico . South America: Galapagos Isl., Peru , Brazil , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental . 0876. Labrocharis Bierig, 1933: 494 Type species: Labrocharis obsoleta Bierig, 1933 Subgenera: Labrocharis Bierig, 1933: 494 [*] Type species: Labrocharis obsoleta Bierig, 1933 Labroporus Bierig, 1933: 496 [*] Type species: Labrocharis imitatrix Bierig, 1933 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central America. Distribution. Central America: Panama . 0877. Leiporaphes Bernhauer, 1912c: 37 Type species: Medon attarum Bernhauer, 1912 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Argentina . 0878. Lithocharis Dejean, 1833: 65 Type species: Paederus ochraceus Gravenhorst, 1802 Metaxyodonta Casey, 1886a: 29 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1 912: 231] Type species: Metaxyodonta alutacea Casey, 1886 33 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 252 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 239 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 379 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 149 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 240 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Cayman Is., Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Saint-Kitts & Nevis , Antigua & Barbuda , Montserrat , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Barbados , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0879. Lypeticus Sharp, 1886: 556 Type species: Lithocharis munda Sharp, 1876 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala . South America: Brazil . 0880. Medon Stephens, 1833a: 273 Type species: Medon ruddii Stephens, 1833 Subgenera: Cryptoporus Motschulsky, 1858d: 654 Type species: Cryptoporus flavipes Motschulsky, 1858 Medon Stephens, 1833a: 273 [*] Type species: Medon ruddii Stephens, 1833 Oxymedon Casey, 1905: 177 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 104 ] Type species: Oxymedon rubrum Casey, 1905 Medonodonta Casey, 1905: 176 Type species: Medonodonta alutacea Casey, 1905 Mespalerus Sharp, 1886: 560 [*] Type species: Mespalerus debilis Sharp, 1886 Nitimedon Hatch, 1957: 158 Type species: Medon quadratum Hatch, 1957 Platymedon Casey, 1889b: 184 Type species: Platymedon laticolle Casey, 1889 Paramedon Casey, 1905: 166 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 104 ] Type species: Paramedon arizonicum Casey, 1905 Tetramedon Casey, 1905: 178 Type species: Tetramedon rufipenne Casey, 1905 24 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 270 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 380 (characters in key), 386 (characters); Frania 1987: 2553 (characters, larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 270 (species of the West Indies); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 387 (Chilean species). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Dominica , St. Lucia , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Guatemala . South America: Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0881. Monocharis Sharp, 1886: 569 Type species: Lithocharis vestita Sharp, 1876 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Distribution. Central America: Panama . South America: Venezuela , Brazil . 0882. Myrmecomedon Bernhauer, 1912c: 35 Type species: Myrmecomedon bruchi Bernhauer, 1912 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Argentina . 0883. Neomedon Sharp, 1886: 557 Type species: Neomedon princeps Sharp, 1886 10 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala . Other regions: Nearctic. 0884. Ophiomedon Sharp, 1886: 567 Type species: Ophiomedon stipes Sharp, 1886 7 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Brazil . Other regions: Australian, Oceanic. 0885. Pseudomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878b: 166 Type species: Lathrobium obsoletum Nordmann, 1837 Euphonus Fauvel, 1902c: 181 [synonymized by Assing 2009a: 1183 ] Type species: Euphonus pallidus Fauvel, 1902 Pseudomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878c: 166 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 327–328 ] Ramona Casey, 1886b: 213 Type species: Ramona capitulum Casey, 1886 2 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Distribution. Central America: Mexico . South America: Chile . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Australian. 0886. Sciocharis Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 260 Type species: Sciocharis castanoptera Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884 Sciocharella Casey, 1905: 158 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1970a: 229 , 244] Type species: Sciocharella delicatula Casey, 1905 68 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 260 (characters); Bernhauer 1921d: 35 (characters). Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 263 (species of Buenos Aires province , Argentina ); Scheerpeltz 1970a: 230 (Central and South American species). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Puerto Rico , Antigua & Barbuda , Dominica , Dominican Republic , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & the Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , El Salvador , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Suriname , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0887. Scioporus Sharp, 1886: 561 ( Fig. 172 ) Type species: Scioporus brunneus Sharp, 1886 13 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala , Nicaragua , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Peru , Brazil . 0888. Scopobium Blackwelder, 1939: 97 Type species: Ophiomedon anthracinum Cameron, 1913 Only one species is known from and is restricted to the West Indies. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 97 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 306 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. West Indies: St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada . 0889. Stilocharis Sharp, 1886: 576 Type species: Stilocharis longula Sharp, 1886 1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Frania 1986: 475 (characters); Frania 1987: 2553 (characters, larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala . Other regions: Nearctic. 0890. Stilomedon Sharp, 1886: 565 Type species: Lithocharis convexa Sharp, 1876 14 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 255 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 256 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe , Dominica , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina . 0891. Suniotrichus Sharp, 1886: 587 Type species: Suniotrichus capillaris Sharp, 1886 4 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 97 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala , Panama . South America: Peru , Brazil . 0892. Sunius Stephens, 1829a: 24 Type species: Paederus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1792 Tetracanthognathus Scheerpeltz, 1963b: 432 [synonymized by Assing 2010: 1052 ] Type species: Tetracanthognathus kuehnelti Scheerpeltz, 1963 Subgenera: Caloderma Casey, 1886a: 5 [*] Type species: Caloderma rugosum Casey, 1886 Sunius Stephens, 1829a: 24 Type species: Paederus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1792 Medonella Casey, 1905: 178 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103 ] Type species: Medonella minuta Casey, 1905 Micromedon Casey, 1905: 155 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103 ] Type species: Lithocharis seminigra Fairmaire, 1860 Oligopterus Casey, 1886a: 12 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1944: 118 ] Type species: Oligopterus cuneicollis Casey, 1886 Xenocharis Bierig, 1934c: 328 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1994: 118] Type species: Xenocharis occipitalis Bierig, 1934 Trachysectus Casey, 1886a: 32 Type species: Lathrobium confluentum Say, 1834 9 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 297 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key, Hypomedon ); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 259 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 149 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 261 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Galapagos Isl. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0893. Thinocharis Kraatz, 1859a: 142 Type species: Thinocharis pygmaea Kraatz, 1859 2 species are included in this genus from South America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 231 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 232 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. South America: Brazil . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian.