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 Subfamily STENINAE W.S. MacLeay, 1825 0825. Stenus Latreille, 1797: 77 ( Figs. 140–141 ) Type species: Staphylinus juno Paykull, 1789 Subgenera: Hemistenus Motschulsky, 1860b: 557 [*] Type species: Stenus gilvipes Motschulsky, 1858 Mesostenus Rey, 1884: 326 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1911: 178 ] Type species: Stenus impressus Germar, 1823 Parastenus Heyden, 1905: 262 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1911: 178 ] Type species: Stenus impressus Germar, 1823 Hypostenus Rey, 1884: 390 [*] Type species: Stenus kiesenwetteri Rosenhauer, 1856 Areus Casey, 1884c: 150 [synonymized by Horn, 1885: 113] Type species: Stenus flavicornis Erichson, 1840 Astenus Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 341 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1911: 171 ] Type species: Stenus speculifrons Fauvel, 1877 Stenosidotus Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 338 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1911: 171 ] Type species: Stenus aenescens Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884 Systenus Eichelbaum, 1913: 124 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1933: 1172 ] Type species: Stenus amaniensis Eichelbaum, 1913 Metatesnus Ádám in Lázló & Gábor, 2001: 126 Type species: Stenus binotatus Ljungh, 1804 Adamostenus Özdikmen & Darilmaz, 2008: 303 Type species: Stenus binotatus Ljungh, 1804 Mestastenus Ádám, 1987a: 135 [synonymized by Ádám in Lázló & Gábor 2001: 126 ] Type species: Stenus binotatus Ljungh, 1804 Nestus Rey, 1884: 246 Type species: Stenus boops Ljungh, 1810 Stenus Latreille, 1797: 77 [*] Type species: Staphylinus juno Paykull, 1789 Zolmaenus Stephens, 1829b: 291 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 409 ] Type species: Staphylinus juno Paykull, 1789 Tesnus Rey, 1884: 315 [*] Type species: Stenus opticus Gravenhorst, 1806 Mutinus Casey, 1884c: 146 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1 911: 169] Type species: Stenus dispar Casey, 1884 620 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 332 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 208 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 398 (characters). Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 334 (species of Buenos Aires province , Argentina ); L. Benick 1928: 43 , 45 (some species); L. Benick 1938b: 146 (subgenera), 154 (some Brazilian species), 162 (some species of the Central and South America); L. Benick 1938a: 256 (subgenera), 259 (species of the Central America); Blackwelder 1943: 209 (species of the West Indies); L. Benick 1949: 566 (New World species); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 399 (Chilean species); Puthz 1972: 120 (species of Chile ); Puthz 1977a: 161 (species of Stenus aculeatus group); Puthz 1984: 88 (species of Stenus podagricus group), 177 (species of Stenus aeneas group); Puthz 2000: 124 (species apterous of subgenus Hemistenus of Mexico ); Puthz 2006a: 663 (Neotropical species of the subgenus Tesnus ); Puthz 2015: 753 (Neotropical groups and species). Distribution. West Indies: Bahamas , Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Guadeloupe , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Honduras , El Salvador , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Uruguay , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic.