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 Homalotina Heer, 1839 0466. Anomognathus Solier, 1849: 337 Type species: Anomognathus filiformis Solier, 1849 Theetura Thomson, 1858: 32 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 547 ] Type species: Homalota cuspidata Erichson, 1839 Subgenera: Anomognathus Solier, 1849: 337 [*] Type species: Anomognathus filiformis Solier, 1849 Mindoria Cameron, 1941: 401 Type species: Mindoria paradoxa Cameron, 1941 1 species is included in this genus from South America. Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 64 (characters in key), 77 (characters). Distribution. South America: Chile . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0467. Cephaloxynum Bernhauer, 1907: 382 Type species: Cephaloxynum gestroi Bernhauer, 1907 Subgenera: Cephaloxynum Bernhauer, 1907: 382 [*] Type species: Cephaloxynum gestroi Bernhauer, 1907 Ponticulus Bierig, 1931: 424 [*] Type species: Cephaloxynum rambouseki Bierig, 1931 6 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key), 458 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 459 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica . Central America: Mexico , Panama . South America: Bolivia , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0468. Homalota Mannerheim, 1831: 487 Type species: Aleochara plana Gyllenhal, 1810 Epipeda Mulsant & Rey, 1871: 136 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545 ] Type species: Aleochara plana Gyllenhal, 1810 Epipeda Mulsant & Rey, 1872b: 226 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 150 ] Lampromalota Cameron, 1920a: 246 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545 ] Type species: Lampromalota brunneicollis Cameron, 1920 Mimomalota Cameron, 1920a: 242 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545 ] Type species: Mimomalota bispina Cameron, 1920 Stonalota Mannerheim, 1846: 508 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 189 ] 23 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 55 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Panama . South America: Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Oceanic. 0469. Peliusa Erichson, 1839a: 192 Type species: Peliusa labiata Erichson, 1839 1 species is included in this genus from South America. Distribution. South America: Colombia , Ecuador , Bolivia . Other regions: Madagascan, Oriental . 0470. Thecturota Casey, 1893: 357 ( Fig. 78 ) Type species: Thecturota tenuissima Casey, 1893 Hemithecta Casey, 1911: 211 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 564 ] Type species: Thecturota ruficollis Casey, 1911 Leptischnusa Pace, 1983d: 308 [synonymized by Pace 1990b: 58 ] Type species: Leptischnusa schuberti Pace, 1983 Oligurota Casey, 1893: 361 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 564 ] Type species: Oligurota pusio Casey, 1893 Pragensiella Machulka, 1941: 100 [synonymized by Muona 1984: 227 , 230] Type species: Pragensiella magnifica Machulka, 1941 4 species are included in this genus from the West Indies and South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 128 (characters). Key: Klimaszewski & Peck 1998: 230 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Newton & Peck 2006: 137 (species of the Galapagos Isl.). Distribution. West Indies: Guadeloupe . South America: Colombia , Galapagos Isl., Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.