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 Myrmedoniina Thomson, 1867a 0511. Amazoncharis Pace, 1990b: 70 Type species: Amazoncharis aspera Pace, 1990 3 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Pace 2008a: 281 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Peru , Brazil . 0512. Asheidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 671 Type species: Asheidium zurquiensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0513. Delgadoidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 659 Type species: Delgadoidium ecuatorensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Ecuador . 0514. Dromacamatus Bruch, 1933a: 210 Type species: Dromacamatus caviceps Bruch, 1933 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 267 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Brazil , Argentina . 0515. Dromeciton Fauvel, 1904b: 282 Type species: Dromeciton wagneri Fauvel, 1904 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 269 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 251 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0516. Drusilla Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 177 Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787 Anaulax Bernhauer, 1929d: 231 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 51 ] Type species: Astilbus semicircularis Bernhauer, 1929 Evansius Bernhauer, 1933c: 297 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 137 ] Type species: Astilbus denticollis Bernhauer, 1933 Thoracophagus Kistner, 2003: 561 [synonymized by Hlaváč et al. 2011: 9 ] Type species: Thoracophagus congoensis Kistner, 2003 Subgenera: Apteranopsis Jeannel, 1960b: 208 Type species: Apteranillus lethierryi Fauvel, 1898 Drusilla Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 177 Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787 Agaricola Gistel, 1834: 10 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 41 ] Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787 Astilbus Dillwyn, 1829: 63 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 66 ] Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787 Camacopalpus Motschulsky, 1858b: 231 [synonymized by Klimaszewski 1982: 421 ] Type species: Camacopalpus flavicornis Motschulsky, 1858 Camacopselaphus Gemminger & Harold, 1868: 549 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92 ] Type species: Camacopalpus flavicornis Motschulsky, 1858 Myrmedonia Erichson, 1837: 286 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 254 ] Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787 Santhota Sharp, 1874: 3 [synonymized by Maruyama 2000: 351 ] Type species: Santhota sparsa Sharp, 1874 Tropignorimus Bernhauer, 1915a: 154 Type species: Astilbus carinithorax Bernhauer, 1915 only a single species are included in this genus from South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 136 (characters as Camacopselaphus ), 159 (characters as Santhota ), 261 (characters as Astilbus ), 297 (characters as Myrmedonia ). Distribution. South America: Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental , Oceanic. 0517. Ecitana Seevers, 1965: 242 Type species: Ecitana biimpressa Seevers, 1965 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0518. Ecitocerus Borgmeier, 1949: 136 Type species: Ecitocerus gracilipes Borgmeier, 1949 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0519. Ecitocryptodes Seevers, 1965: 265 Type species: Ecitocryptodes petiolatus Seevers, 1965 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers, 1965: 233 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0520. Ecitocryptus Borgmeier, 1930: 173 Type species: Ecitocryptus sulcatus Borgmeier, 1930 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 271 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Brazil . 0521. Ecitodiscus Borgmeier, 1949: 134 Type species: Ecitodiscus pedissequus Borgmeier, 1949 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 240 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0522. Ecitoglossa Borgmeier, 1958: 234 Type species: Ecitoglossa foveicollis Borgmeier, 1958 5 species are known from and are restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Seevers, 1965: 235 (characters in key), 259 (characters); Mooney & Kistner, 2005: 252 (characters). Key: Seevers 1965: 260 (species of the genus); Mooney & Kistner 2005: 262 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Costa Rica , Panama . 0523. Ecitonia Wasmann, 1894: 209 Type species: Myrmedonia badariottii Wasmann, 1890 5 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 271 (characters); Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 247 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0524. Ecitonilla Wasmann, 1894: 210 Type species: Ecitonilla claviventris Wasmann, 1894 5 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 151 (characters); Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 254 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0525. Ecitopelta Borgmeier, 1949: 138 Type species: Ecitopelta reticulata Borgmeier, 1949 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 241 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0526. Ecitophila Wasmann, 1890: 314 Type species: Ecitophila omnivora Wasmann, 1890 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 273 (characters); Seevers 1965: 245 (characters). Distribution. South America: Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay . 0527. Ecitophiletus Borgmeier, 1932: 399 Type species: Ecitophiletus constrictus Borgmeier, 1932 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 266 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0528. Ecitophrura Reichensperger, 1939b: 290 Type species: Ecitophrura capito Reichensperger, 1939 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 261 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Brazil . 0529. Ecitoplectus Borgmeier, 1931: 364 Type species: Ecitoplectus transiens Borgmeier, 1931 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 270 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0530. Ecitopolites Borgmeier, 1949: 140 Type species: Ecitopolites scopifer Borgmeier, 1949 3 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0531. Ecitotyphlus Borgmeier, 1949: 144 Type species: Ecitotyphlus apterus Borgmeier, 1949 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 255 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0532. Ecitoxenidia Wasmann, 1909a: 179 Type species: Ecitoxenia brevipes Brues, 1902 Ecitocolax Borgmeier, 1949: 145 [synonymized by Seevers 1965: 246 ] Type species: Ecitocolax longicornis Borgmeier, 1949 Ecitoxenidia Wasmann, 1902c: 91 [ nomen nudum , noted by Blackwelder 1952: 143 ] Type species: [no type species designated] 2 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 335 (characters); Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 246 (characters); Kistner et al. 1996: 62 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key). Key: Seevers 1959: 76 (species of the genus); Kistner et al. 1996: 66 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Costa Rica . South America: Brazil . Other regions: Nearctic. 0533. Eurydiotyphla Pace, 1986a: 447 Type species: Eurydiotyphla franzi Pace, 1986 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Bolivia . 0534. Falagonia Sharp, 1883: 212 Type species: Falagonia mexicana Sharp, 1883 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 275 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key), 647 (characters); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . 0535. Falagonilla Reichensperger, 1939b: 295 Type species: Falagonilla cursor Reichensperger, 1939 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 252 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0536. Gallardoia Bruch, 1924: 257 Type species: Gallardoia argentina Bruch, 1924 2 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Key: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 265 (species of the genus). Distribution. South America: Brazil , Argentina . 0537. Labidilla Borgmeier, 1949: 132 Type species: Labidilla dentiguttur Borgmeier, 1949 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 250 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0538. Labidoculex Reichensperger, 1936a: 234 Type species: Labidoculex fragilis Reichensperger, 1936 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Borgmeier 1958: 230 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 252 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . South America: Bolivia , Brazil , Argentina . 0539. Macrogerodonia Bernhauer, 1941: 292 ( Fig. 64 ) Type species: Zyras magnicollis Bernhauer, 1941 Macrogerodonia Bernhauer, 1951: 281 [ Newton & Thayer 2003 ] Zyrastilbodes Scheerpeltz, 1962b: 200 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 451 ] Type species: Myrmedonia scabripennis Sharp, 1876 46 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America. Characters/Description: Bernhauer, 1951: 281 (characters). Key: Scheerpeltz 1962b: 204 (species of Zyrastilbodes ); Pace 1986a: 456 (some species of Peru ); Pace 2001b: 429 (some species of the genus). Distribution. West Indies: Guadeloupe , St. Lucia . Central America: Guatemala , Honduras , El Salvador , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay . 0540. Manausdota Pace, 2008b: 193 Type species: Manausdota amazonica Pace, 2008 2 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Key: Pace 2008b: 193 (species of the genus). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0541. Microdonia Casey, 1893: 318 Type species: Microdonia occipitalis Casey, 1893 5 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 278 (characters); Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 244 (characters); Kistner et al. 1996: 47 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key). Key: Seevers 1959: 67 (species of the genus); Kistner et al. 1996: 52 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Costa Rica , Panama . Other regions: Nearctic. 0542. Myrmecoxenia Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 35 Type species: Myrmecoxenia pampeana Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884 2 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 279 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina . 0543. Myrmedonota Cameron, 1920a: 272 Type species: Myrmedonota cingulata Cameron, 1920 5 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Bourguignon & Roisin 2006: 2 (characters); Eldredge 2010: 18 (characters); Mathis & Eldredge 2014: 96 (characters); Santiago-Jiménez 2014: 50 (characters); Navarro & Caron 2018: 148 (characters). Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2014: 51 (species of the Nearctic and Neotropics); Navarro & Caron 2018: 148 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . South America: Brazil . Other regions: Nearctic, Oriental , Oceanic. 0544. Myrmoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 98 Type species: Myrmedonia tuberiventris Fairmaire, 1855 Myrmoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 130 [ Hlaváč et al. 2011: 56 ] Nototaphra Casey, 1893: 327 [synonymized by Wasmann 1901b: 252 ] Type species: Nototaphra lauta Casey, 1893 1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 281 (characters as Nototaphra ), 298 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic. 0545. Newtonidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 707 Type species: Newtonidium magdalenensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 711 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Colombia . 0546. Orphnebius Motschulsky, 1858b: 263 ( Fig. 68 ) Type species: Orphnebius ventricosus Motschulsky, 1858 Gastroacanthodonia Scheerpeltz, 1972a: 92 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 335 ] Type species: Acanthodonia nevermanni Scheerpeltz, 1972 Subgenera: Aulacothoracobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147 Type species: Orphnebius wasmannianus Bernhauer, 1929 Deroleptus Bernhauer, 1915a: 150 Type species: Astilbus bigladiosus Bernhauer, 1915 Colpoleptus Bernhauer, 1929e: 143 Type species: Astilbus superbus Bernhauer, 1916 Megalocephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 146 [synonymized by Assing 2016b: 63 ) Type species: Orphnebius falagrioides Bernhauer, 1929 Orphnebiota Cameron, 1920c: 97 Type species: Orphnebiota rufocastanea Cameron, 1920 Mesocephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 146 Type species: Orphnebius bakeri Bernhauer, 1929 Microcephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147 Type species: Orphnebius miricornis Bernhauer, 1929 Microrphnebius Pace, 1985: 386 [*] Type species: Orphnebius ruficollis Pace, 1985 Orphnebius Motschulsky, 1858b: 263 [*] Type species: Orphnebius ventricosus Motschulsky, 1858 Hygroptera Motschulsky, 1860a: 86 Type species: Hygroptera termitis Motschulsky, 1860 Stenaspidobius Bernhauer, 1929d: 228 Type species: Orphnebius burgeoni Bernhauer, 1929 Strabocephalium Bernhauer, 1911b: 91 Type species: Strabocephalium mirabile Bernhauer, 1911 Thoracobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147 Type species: Orphnebius brevicollis Bernhauer, 1929 50 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 281 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key). Key: Bernhauer 1929e: 146 (subgenera and some species); Pace 2008a: 335 (species of Ecuador and Peru ). Distribution. Central America: Guatemala , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Brazil . Other regions: Ethiopian, Oriental , Oceanic. 0547. Pella Stephens, 1833b: 95 Type species: Staphylinus limbatus Paykull, 1789 Lepla Tottenham, 1939a: 226 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 28 ] Type species: Aleochara lugens Gravenhorst, 1802 Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1873d: 152 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 27 ] Type species: Myrmedonia excepta Mulsant & Rey, 1873 Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 54 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 694 ] Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1874a: 6 [ Newton & Thayer 2003 ] Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1874c: 86 [ Newton & Thayer 2003 ] Pellochromonia Reitter, 1909: 43 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 28 ] Type species: Myrmedonia ruficollis Grimm, 1845 3 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 296 (characters), 298 (characters as Pellochromonia ), 299 (characters as Myrmelia ); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 716 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . South America: Brazil , Ecuador . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental . 0548. Pseudodinusa Bernhauer, 1912d: 78 Type species: Pseudodinusa richteri Bernhauer, 1912 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 284 (characters). Distribution. South America: Argentina . 0549. Pseudofalagonia Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 678 Type species: Falagonia crassiventris Sharp, 1883 2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 683 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , El Salvador , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia . 0550. Pseudothamiaraea Cameron, 1923: 363 Type species: Pseudothamiaraea brunnea Cameron, 1923 Only one species is known from and is restricted to the West Indies. Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Haiti . 0551. Scotodonia Wasmann, 1894: 210 Type species: Myrmedonia diabolica Wasmann, 1890 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 286 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 251 (characters); Kistner & Berghoff 2008: 619–620 (characters). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0552. Sharpidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 691 Type species: Sharpidium surinamensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010 3 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 695 (species of the genus). Distribution. South America: Suriname , French Guiana , Peru . 0553. Termitognathus Borgmeier, 1959b: 304 Type species: Termitognathus caviceps Borgmeier, 1959 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0554. Tetradonella Jacobson & Kistner, 1998: 254 Type species: Tetradonella latiarea Jacobson & Kistner, 1998 7 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Key: Jacobson & Kistner 1998: 258 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . South America: Peru . 0555. Tetralophodes Bernhauer, 1922a: 18 Type species: Tetralophodes bruchi Bernhauer, 1922 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Distribution. South America: Argentina . 0556. Thayeridium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 666 Type species: Thayeridium darienensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Panama . 0557. Typhlonusa Borgmeier, 1958: 231 Type species: Typhlonusa opacicornis Borgmeier, 1958 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 259 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0558. Wasmannina Mann, 1925: 75 Type species: Wasmannina trapezicollis Mann, 1925 Ecitochlamys Borgmeier, 1933a: 473 [synonymized by Seevers 1965: 183 , 268] Type species: Ecitochlamys comes Borgmeier, 1933 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 268 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Panama . South America: Bolivia , Brazil . 0559. Zyras Stephens, 1833b: 91 Type species: Aleochara haworthi Stephens, 1832 Zyras Stephens, 1835: 430 [ Newton & Thayer 2003 ] Subgenera: Acanthocnemidonia Bernhauer, 1936a: 265 Type species: Zyras miricauda Bernhauer, 1936 Acrothoraconia Bernhauer, 1934b: 216 Type species: Zyras mombassana Bernhauer, 1934 Androdonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 69 Type species: Myrmedonia laminata Roth, 1851 Anophthalmodonia Bernhauer, 1936a: 266 Type species: Zyras jordani Bernhauer, 1936 Antronia Bernhauer, 1928a: 54 Type species: Zyras orbicollis Bernhauer, 1928 Thoracodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21 [synonymized by Last 19 77b: 79] Type species: Myrmedonia aculeata Eppelsheim, 1885 Aplastonia Bernhauer, 1932: 170 Type species: Zyras rugosissimus Bernhauer, 1932 Apostenonia Bernhauer, 1929b: 201 Type species: Zyras quadrituberculatus Bernhauer, 1929 Apterygodonia Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 100 Type species: Zyras apterus Scheerpeltz, 1963 Aulacodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 53 Type species: Zyras glaberrimus Bernhauer, 1928 Botsa Blackwelder, 1952: 84 Type species: Zyras tuberculatus Bernhauer, 1932 Watsa Bernhauer, 1932: 171 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 84 ] Type species: Zyras tuberculatus Bernhauer, 1932 Callodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 55 Type species: Zyras politus Bernhauer, 1928 Cameronodonia Dvořák, 1981: 58 Type species: Zyras carinipennis Cameron, 1950 Thoracodonia Cameron, 1950a: 127 [synonymized by Dvořák 1 981: 58] Type species: Zyras carinipennis Cameron, 1950 Camonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 27 Type species: Myrmedonia speciosa Erichson, 1839 Cephalodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 25 Type species: Zyras bicoloriceps Bernhauer, 1928 Colpodonia Bernhauer, 1929b: 196 Type species: Zyras densithorax Bernhauer, 1929 Craspa Blackwelder, 1952: 110 Type species: Zyras antilope Bernhauer, 1908 Craspedonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 20 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 110 ] Type species: Zyras antilope Bernhauer, 1908 Crateodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 68 Type species: Zyras schoutedeni Bernhauer, 1928 Ctenodonia Wasmann, 1894: 208 [*] Type species: Ctenodonia inclyta Wasmann, 1894 Dentothalmonia Last, 1956: 209 Type species: Zyras probatus Last, 1956 Diaulaconia Bernhauer, 1928a: 73 [*] Type species: Zyras biseriatus Bernhauer, 1915 Euryalonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 35 Type species: Zyras capensis Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926 Eurydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 20 Type species: Zyras usambarae Bernhauer, 1915 Euryncephalodonia Scheerpeltz, 1974: 346 Type species: Zyras flavomaculatus Scheerpeltz, 1974 Euryndonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 68 Type species: Zyras peringueyi Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926 Fealina Bernhauer, 1929b: 200 Type species: Zyras insularis Bernhauer, 1929 Glossacantha Gemminger & Harold , 1 868: 519 [*] Type species: Acanthoglossa badia Motschulsky, 1860 Acanthoglossa Motschulsky, 1860a: 88 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 519 ] Type species: Acanthoglossa badia Motschulsky, 1860 Grammodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 55 Type species: Myrmedonia frontalis Erichson, 1839 Isothoracodonia Bernhauer, 1936c: 328 Type species: Zyras crassicornis Bernhauer, 1936 Lastia Dvořák, 1984: 199 Type species: Zyras bundukiensis Last, 1960 Solus Last, 1960b: 52 [synonymized by Dvořák 1984: 199 ] Type species: Zyras bundukiensis Last, 1960 Leptodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 26 Type species: Zyras marshalli Bernhauer, 1928 Macrodonia Wasmann, 1894: 207 Type species: Macrodonia vandepolli Wasmann, 1894 Neotropopella Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 140 [*] Type species: Zyras brasiliensis Scheerpeltz, 1976 Pachydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 34 Type species: Zyras dubius Bernhauer, 1928 Paragrammodonia Bernhauer, 1935c: 105 Type species: Zyras overlaeti Bernhauer, 1935 Parophthalmonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 60 Type species: Zyras kristenseni Bernhauer, 1915 Platydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21 Type species: Zyras notandus Bernhauer, 1915 Polydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21 Type species: Zyras linki Bernhauer, 1915 Pycnodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21 Type species: Zyras lioglutoides Bernhauer, 1915 Remionea Blackwelder, 1952: 338 Type species: Zyras escherichi Bernhauer, 1915 Eremonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 19 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 338 ] Type species: Zyras escherichi Bernhauer, 1915 Rhopalodonia Cameron, 1939b: 546 Type species: Myrmedonia clavicornis Kraatz, 1859 Rocnema Blackwelder, 1952: 342 Type species: Myrmedonia bangae Cameron, 1926 Blepharonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 24 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 342 ] Type species: Myrmedonia bangae Cameron, 1926 Sinozyras Pace, 1999b: 684 Type species: Zyras pygmaeus Pace, 1999 Subversoris Last, 1977a: 943 Type species: Zyras chadensis Last, 1977 Synthoracodonia Scheerpeltz, 1974: 370 Type species: Zyras meridioafricanus Scheerpeltz, 1974 Taprodonia Cameron, 1939b: 516 Type species: Myrmedonia nietneri Kraatz, 1857 Termidonia Motschulsky, 1860a: 87 Type species: Termidonia laminata Motschulsky, 1860 Rhynchodonia Wasmann, 1896b: 620 [ Smetana 2004: 461 ] Type species: Myrmedonia feae Wasmann, 1896 Termitelia Cameron, 1939b: 517 Type species: Zyras insignis Cameron, 1939 Termitodonia Cameron, 1936: 184 Type species: Zyras flavus Cameron, 1936 Trigonodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 22 Type species: Zyras panganianus Bernhauer, 1915 Trigonozyras Cameron, 1943: 143 Type species: Zyras sarawakensis Cameron, 1943 Tropidonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 52 Type species: Zyras tubericollis Bernhauer, 1928 Visendor Last, 1960a: 91 Type species: Zyras marukana Cameron, 1933 Zyras Stephens, 1833b: 91 [*] Type species: Aleochara haworthi Stephens, 1832 72 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 293 (characters); Seevers 1957: 233 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 714 (characters); Hlaváč & Jászay 2009: 52 (characters). Key: Fenyes 1920: 294 (subgenera); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 707 (species of the America north of Mexico ). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , US Virgin Isl., Saint Vincent & the Grenadines , Grenada . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Suriname , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic.