Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America) Author Peck, Stewart B. Author Gnaspini, Pedro Author Newton, Alfred F. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-02-18 4741 1 1 114 journal article 22512 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1 a9286570-20d6-4a5b-af31-d4717ed26de9 1175-5326 3772899 2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF Genus Falkocholeva Hatch Falkocholeva Hatch, 1928: 208 ; Jeannel, 1936: 156 (redescription). Type species: Choleva falklandica Waterhouse (= Choleva cribellata Fairmaire & Germain ) (orig. des.). = Falkocholeva Jeannel, 1936: 156 (as “new genus” ( Falkocholeva Hatch [1928] considered nomen nudum)). Type species: Choleva falklandica Waterhouse (= Choleva cribellata Fairmaire & Germain ) (orig. des.). Distribution: Southern Chile , southwestern Argentina , and Falkland Islands . Biology: Carrion scavenger in forests. F. cribellata ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1859: 353 ) ( Choleva ) ; Jeannel, 1936: 158 comb. (not stated as taxonomic change), 1962: 519; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246 ; Gnaspini, 1999: 378 ; Salgado, 2005b: 214 , 2006: 102 , 2017a: 82 . No information about types in original description;? Syntype (s) (sex and number of specimens, and depository, not given in Jeannel, 1936 , who states he did not examine the species) in MNNC [in Jeannel, 1962 ]. Type locality: Concepción, [Concepción Province], Chile . Distribution: Argentina : Río Negro (also f. edwardsi ), Santa Cruz (also obscurus ), and Tierra del Fuego Provinces; Chile : Aisén , Cautín, Chiloé, Coihaique, Concepción, Llanquihue (also f. edwardsi ), Magallanes (also f. edwardsi ), Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Palena, Quillota, Talca, Tierra del Fuego (also falklandica ), and Valdivia Provinces; Falkland Islands ( falklandica ). = Choleva falklandica Waterhouse, 1879: 531 ; Jeannel, 1962: 519 syn. No information about types in original description; Syntypes (several specimens, in Jeannel, 1962 ) in BMNH [in Jeannel, 1936 ]. Type locality: Falkland Islands . = F. falklandica ; Hatch, 1928: 208 comb.; Jeannel, 1936: 158 . = Dasypelates obscurus Pic, 1928: 2 ; Newton, 1998: 167 comb. (to Chiliopelates ); Gnaspini, 1999: 378 syn. Syntypes (sex and number of specimens not given, in Bruch and Pic collections, in original description) in MNHN and MACN [in Gnaspini, 1999 ]. Type locality: “ Argentina ” [Valle Tunel, Gob. Santa Cruz, as in 3 female specimens labeled “types” from MACN examined by Gnaspini, 1999 ]. = F. falklandica edwardsi Jeannel, 1936: 158 , 1957: 54 , 1962: 519 ; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246 syn. (not stated as taxonomic change; given as “ F. cribellata edwardsi Jeannel, 1936 ”, based on the synonymy of F. falklandica with F. cribellata by Jeannel, 1962 ).? Syntypes ( 3 specimens , sex not given in original description) in BMNH or MNHN (although Jeannel used to designate a holotype , the original description does not do that and cites both collections as depository for the specimens seen; Szymczakowski, 1965 does not cite types). Type locality: Bariloche, Río Negro Province , Argentina .