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 Clavilispinina Newton & Thayer, 1992 0737. Allotrochus Fagel, 1955b: 78 ( Fig. 92 ) Type species: Holotrochus curticollis Fauvel, 1898 5 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 213 (characters in key); Newton 2017: 23 (characters). Key: Irmler 2000a: 247 (Neotropical species); Naomi & Irmler 2012: 106 (species of the genus); Irmler 2015b: 158 (Cuban species). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala . South America: Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , Brazil . Other regions: Ethiopian, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic, Madagascan. 0738. Clavilispinus Bernhauer, 1926: 255 ( Fig. 94 ) Type species: Paralispinus siargaoanus Bernhauer, 1926 Ancaeus Fauvel, 1864: 56 [synonymized by Cameron 1930: 42 ] Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864 Neolispinodes Bernhauer, 1937: 579 [synonymized by Herman 2001d: 1232 ] Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864 Paralispinus Bernhauer, 1921a: 67 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 291 ] Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864 14 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1921a: 67 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 120 (characters in key as Paralispinus ), 156 (characters as Paralispinus ); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 213 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 142 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 157 (species of the West Indies as Paralispinus ); Irmler 1991: 85 (Neotropical species); Irmler 2003b: 350 (Neotropical species of Clavilispinus exiguus group); Irmler 2015b: 158 (Cuban species). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago, Barbados . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname , French Guiana , Ecuador , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0739. Geotrochopsis Irmler, 2016a: 109 Type species: Geotrochopsis pubescens Irmler, 2016 3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Key: Irmler, 2016a: 114 (key to species). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Costa Rica . South America: Peru , Brazil .