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 Metopiasini Raffray, 1904b Subtribe Metopiasina Raffray, 1904b 0065. Barrometopia O. Park, 1942: 210 Type species: Barrometopia quasimoda Park, 1942 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 205 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Panama . South America: Venezuela . 0066. Bibrax Fletcher, 1927: 149 Type species: Bibrax bradleyi Fletcher, 1927 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 284 (characters in key), 284 (characters); Comellini 1979: 689 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Panama . 0067. Chandleria Comellini, 1998: 345 Type species: Chandleria angusta Comellini, 1998 5 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Distribution. Central America: Panama . South America: Colombia . 0068. Metopias Gory, 1832 : unnumbered page Type species: Metopias curculionoides Gory, 1832 Marnax Laporte, 1835: 137 [synonymized by Lacordaire 1854: 169 ] Type species: Metopias curculionoides Gory, 1832 4 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Reitter 1885a: 334 (characters); Raffray 1908a: 187 (characters in key and characters); O. Park 1942: 204 (characters in key); Comellini 1993: 921 (characters). Distribution. South America: Suriname , French Guiana . 0069. Metopiasoides Comellini, 2000: 765 ( Fig. 24 ) Type species: Metopiasoides werneri Comellini, 2000 10 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Comellini 2000: 765 (characters); Asenjo 2016: 587 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil . 0070. Metopiellus Raffray, 1908a: 188 ( Fig. 25 ) Type species: Metopias hirtus Reitter, 1885 4 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 187 (characters in key), 188 (characters); O. Park 1942: 205 (characters in key); Asenjo et al. 2017: 122 (characters). Key: Asenjo et al. 2017: 122 (species of the genus). Distribution. South America: Brazil , Argentina . 0071. Metopiosoma Raffray, 1908a: 188 Type species: Metopias pacificus Westwood, 1856 9 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 187 (characters in key), 188 (characters); O. Park 1942: 205 (characters in key); Comellini 1994: 107 (characters). Distribution. South America: Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina . 0072. Metopioxys Reitter, 1885a: 334 Type species: Metopioxys gladiator Reitter, 1885 20 are known from and are restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 187 (characters in key), 189 (characters); O. Park 1942: 204 (characters in key), 205 (characters); Comellini 1983: 438 (characters). Key: O. Park 1942: 205 (species of the genus); Comellini 1983: 438 (species group). Distribution. South America: Colombia , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina .