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 Oxytelini Fleming, 1821 0766. Anotylus Thomson, 1859: 44 Type species: Oxytelus sculpturatus Gravenhorst, 1806 Anotylops Fagel, 1957b: 8 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 145 ] Type species: Anotylops seydeli Fagel, 1957 Boettcherinus Bernhauer, 1936b: 82 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelus planaticollis Bernhauer, 1936 Delopsis Fauvel, 1895a: 198 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 342 ] Type species: Delopsis cornuta Fauvel, 1895 Emopotylus Bernhauer, 1910: 359 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelus cuernavacanus Bernhauer, 1910 Metoxytelus Coiffait & Sáiz, 1968: 422 [synonymized by Hammond 1 976: 145] Type species: Oxytelus sulcicollis Gemminger & Harold, 1868 Microxytelus Fagel, 1956: 272 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelus nitidifrons Wollaston, 1871 Neoplatystethus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 127 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146 ] Type species: Neoplatystethus hameedi Abdullah & Qadri, 1970 Neopyctocraerus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 126 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146 ] Type species: Neopyctocraerus shafqati Abdullah & Qadri, 1970 Oncoparia Bernhauer in Bernhauer & Jeannel, 1936: 214 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 145 ] Type species: Oncoparia parasita Bernhauer, 1936 Oxytelodes Bernhauer, 1908: 290 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelodes holdhausi Bernhauer, 1908 Oxytelops Fagel, 1956: 273 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Staphylinus tetracarinatus Block, 1799 Oxytelopsis Fauvel, 1895a: 199 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 83 ] Type species: Oxytelopsis cimicoides Fauvel, 1895 Oxytelosus Cameron, 1950b: 92 [synonymized by Fagel 1956: 274 ] Type species: [no type species designated] Oxytelosus Fagel, 1956: 274 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelus abnormalis Cameron, 1938 Paracaccoporus Steel, 1948: 188 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Oxytelus ocularis Fauvel, 1877 Pseudodelopsis Fagel, 1957b: 3 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414 ] Type species: Pseudodelopsis scotti Fagel, 1957 Pseudoplatystethus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 129 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146 ] Type species: Neoplatystethus meccii Abdullah & Qadri, 1970 Pseudopyctocraerus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 125 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146 ] Type species: Platystethus mahmoodi Abdullah & Qadri, 1970 Rimba Blackwelder, 1952: 342 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 83 ] Type species: Delopsis cornuta Fauvel, 1895 Styloxys Gozis, 1886: 15 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1943: 91 ] Type species: Staphylinus rugosus Fabricius, 1775 58 species are included in this genus from Latin America. A very large genus, extremely poorly known considering its great Neotropical diversity; the majority of the species in the region are undescribed [György Makranczy, personal communication]. Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1908: 290 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key), 415 1943: 57 (characters in key), 88 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key), 447 (characters); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 411 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key).

(characters in key as Metoxytelus ); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 362 (characters in key, Oxytelopsis ), 414 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Aballay et al. 2014: 103 (characters in key).
Distribution. West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.
0767. Apocellus Erichson, 1839a: 30 (Fig. 119) Type species: Lathrobium sphaericollis Say, 1831 Ocaleomorpha Fleischer, 1921b: 114 [synonymized by Fleischer 1921a: 181 ] Type species: Ocaleomorpha lacoi Fleischer, 1921 Pheidoloxenides Wasmann, 1925a: 8 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 411 ] Type species: Pheidoloxenides dampfi Wasmann, 1925 Pheidoloxenides Wasmann, 1925b: 122 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 411 ] Type species: Pheidoloxenides dampfi Wasmann, 1925
36 species are included in this genus from Latin America. A medium-sized New World genus most frequently mentioned because of its myrmecoid appearance and possible myrmecophily; also well-known for multiple introductions to Europe with soil [György Makranczy, personal communication].
Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 373 (characters); Erichson 1840: 812 (characters); Blackwelder

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 89 (species of the West Indies); Chani-Posse & Scheibler 2013: 198 (species of the southwestern of the South America). Distribution. West Indies: Cayman Is., Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Montserrat , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic. 0768. Ecitoclimax Borgmeier, 1934: 452 Type species: Ecitoclimax tarsalis Borgmeier, 1934 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Formerly monotypical genus, with a recently discovered second species (yet undescribed). Myrmecophilous habits possible [György Makranczy, personal communication]. Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 339 (characters); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 403 (characters); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Brazil . 0769. Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802: 101 ( Fig. 122 ) Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767 Anisopsidius Fagel, 1960: 8 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82 ] Type species: Anisopsis quadricollis Bernhauer, 1932 Anisopsis Fauvel, 1904a: 108 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82 ] Type species: Anisopsis flexuosa Fauvel, 1904 Anisopsodes Fagel, 1960: 11 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 404 ] Type species: Anisopsodes ornatus Fagel, 1960 Hoplitodes Fauvel, 1904a: 109 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82 ] Type species: Hoplitodes echidne Fauvel, 1904 Paranisopsis Cameron, 1938: 3 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 404 ] Type species: Paranisopsis dorylina Cameron, 1938 Paroxytelopsis Cameron, 1933b: 36 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82 ] Type species: Paroxytelopsis dorylinus Cameron, 1933 Subgenera: Epomotylus Thomson, 1859: 43 Type species: Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806 Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802: 101 Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767 Basilewskyorus Fagel, 1957a: 41 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 408 ] Type species: Oxytelus rugegensis Cameron, 1956 Caccoporus Thomson, 1859: 43 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 648 ] Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767 Tanycraerus Thomson, 1859: 43 Type species: Oxytelus luteipennis Erichson, 1839 12 species are included in this genus from Latin America. A mostly Old World genus with a small diversity in the Neotropics [György Makranczy, personal communication]. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 365 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 57 (characters in key), 91 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key of subgenus Epomotylus ); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 408 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 91 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Cayman Is., Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Saint-Kitts & Nevis , Antigua & Barbuda , Montserrat , Guadeloupe , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Barbados , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Guyana , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0770. Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830: 46 ( Fig. 124 ) Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792 Subgenera: Craetopycrus Tottenham, 1939a: 225 Type species: Oxytelus cornutus Gravenhorst, 1802 Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830: 46 Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792 Pyctocraerus Thomson, 1859: 43 [synonymized by Fauvel 1872: 178 ] Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792 8 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 358 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 57 (characters in key), 109 (characters); Herman 1970a: 361 (characters in key), 401 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key). Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 359 (species of Buenos Aires province , Argentina ). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda , Guadeloupe , Dominica , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Barbados , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Uruguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental , Oceanic.