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 Tribe Bythinoplectini L.W. Schaufuss, 1890 Subtribe Bythinoplectina L.W. Schaufuss, 1890 0034. Besucheteidos Comellini, 1985: 748 Type species: Besucheteidos guaimi Comellini, 1985 13 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 188 (characters in key), 189 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Venezuela , Ecuador . 0035. Bythinoplectoides Comellini, 1985: 739 Type species: Bythinoplectoides gigas Comellini, 1985 1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 150 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . Other regions: Nearctic. 0036. Bythinoplectus Reitter, 1882b: 209 Type species: Bythinoplectus foveatus Reitter, 1883 31 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1897: 229 (characters); Raffray 1898b: 204 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 501 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 22 (characters in key), 24 (characters); O. Park 1944: 242 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key), 404 (characters); Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key), 716 (characters); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 151 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key). Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); O. Park 1945a: 278 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952a: 7 (species of the genus); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 406 (species of Honduras ); O. Park et al. 1976: 5 (species of the West Indies); Newton & Peck 2006: 133 (species of Galapagos Isl.). Distribution. West Indies: Bahamas , Cuba , US Virgin Isl., Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Suriname , French Guiana , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0037. Dichocoryna Comellini, 1985: 742 Type species: Dichocoryna longipalpis Comellini, 1985 2 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key), 742 (characters); Coulon 1989: 188 (characters in key), 191 (characters); Chandler 2001: 75 (characters in key), 76 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Venezuela . Other regions: Oriental , Australian. 0038. Hendecameros Comellini, 1985: 754 Type species: Hendecameros costaricense Comellini, 1985 10 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 234 (characters in key), 236 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Brazil . 0039. Octomeros Comellini, 1985: 714 Type species: Octomeros sulcatum Comellini, 1985 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 708 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 189 (characters in key), 222 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Brazil . 0040. Poeciloceras Comellini, 1985: 712 Type species: Poeciloceras portentosum Comellini, 1985 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 708 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 86 (characters in key), 162 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil , Paraguay . 0041. Pyxidion Comellini, 1985: 744 Type species: Pyxidion acinaces Comellini, 1985 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 135 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Panama . South America: Brazil , Paraguay . 0042. Schizocoryna Comellini, 1985: 740 Type species: Schizocoryna wagneri Comellini, 1985 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 234 (characters in key), 240 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Panama .