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 Tachyusini Thomson, 1859 0668. Gnypeta Thomson, 1858: 33 Type species: Homalota labilis Erichson, 1839 Euliusa Casey, 1906: 215 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 173 ] Type species: Gnypeta lucens Bernhauer, 1905 Gnypetoma Casey, 1906: 196 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 173 ] Type species: Tachyusa baltifera LeConte, 1863 22 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 162 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key); Klimaszewski et al.

2008: 15 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 37 (characters in key), 71 (characters).
Distribution.
West Indies: Jamaica, St. Lucia, Grenada.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.
South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.
0669. Ischnopoda Stephens, 1833b: 91 (Fig. 61)
Type species: Staphylinus leucopus Marsham, 1802
Amanota Casey, 1905: 189 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006b: 13 ]
Type species: Amanota capensis Casey, 1906
Calischnopoda Reitter, 1909: 73 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006b: 13 ]
Type species: Drusilla exarata Mannerheim, 1830
Cathusya Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 6 [synonymized by Paśnik 2 006b: 12]
Type species: Tachyusa scitula Erichson, 1837
Cathusya Mulsant & Rey, 1874c: 38 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 95 ]
Cathusya Mulsant & Rey, 1875a: 409 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 95 ]
Cathusya Mulsant & Rey, 1875c: 383 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 95 ]
Ischnopoda Stephens, 1835: 430 [ Newton & Thayer 2003 ]
Leucopus Bertolini, 1873: 48 [ Newton & Thayer, 2003 ]
Pischnopoda Tottenham, 1939a: 226 [rejected by ICZN 1961: 241 ]
Type species: Staphylinus leucopus Marsham, 1802
Rechota Sharp, 1883: 228 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006b: 13 ]
Type species: Rechota impressa Sharp, 1883
10 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.
Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 160 (characters as Amanota ), 168 (characters as Rechota ),
key as Calischnopoda and Cathusya ), 171 (characters), 171 (characters as Calischnopoda ),
Cathusya ); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key as Rechota ); Paśnik 2006b: 12 (characters
(characters in key), 46 (characters).
Key: Paśnik 2006b: 17 (species of the genus).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.
South America: French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.
0670. Meronera Sharp, 1887a: 779
Type species: Falagria venustula Erichson, 1839
Merona Sharp, 1883: 229 [synonymized by Sharp 1887a: 779 ]
Type species: Falagria venustula Erichson, 1839
14 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 164 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key)

170 (characters in 172 (characters as); Paśnik 2010: 37 ; Paśnik 2010: 39 (characters in key), 102 (characters). Key: Pace 1990a: 158 (species of the Neotropical region); Pace 2008a: 278 (species of Ecuador ). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Guadeloupe , Grenada . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0671. Neolara Sharp, 1883: 231 Type species: Neolara centralis Sharp, 1883 11 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America. Characters/Description: Casey 1906: 188 (characters); Fenyes 1920: 167 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key); Paśnik 2010: 39 (characters in key), 105 (characters). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Grenada . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . 0672. Pseudognypeta Cameron, 1923: 365 Type species: Pseudognypeta picta Cameron, 1923 2 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies and South America. Characters/Description: Paśnik 2007: 1121 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 38 (characters in key), 95 (characters). Distribution. West Indies: Jamaica . Central America: Costa Rica , Panama . 0673. Tachyusa Erichson, 1837: 307 Type species: Tachyusa constricta Erichson, 1837 Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 6 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88 ] Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1874c: 38 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88 ] Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875a: 409 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88 ] Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875c: 383 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19 ] Type species: Tachyusa balteata Erichson, 1839 Chyusata Tottenham, 1945: 70 [synonymized by ICZN 1961: 241 ] Type species: Tachyusa constricta Erichson, 1837 Tachyusilla Casey, 1906: 213 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19 ] Type species: Tachyusa balteata Erichson, 1839 Tachyusota Casey, 1906: 213 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19 ] Type species: Tachyusa gemma Casey, 1906 1 species is included in this genus from Central. Paśnik (2006a: 148) in his revision of Tachyusa , concluded that Tachyusa gratiosa Bernhauer, 1912d: 73 , should be assigned to tribe Bolitocharini Thomson. Characters /Description: Fenyes 1920: 169 (characters), 170 (characters in key as Caliusa ), 172 (characters), 173 (characters as Caliusa ); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key); Paśnik 2006a: 19 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 36 (characters in key), 39 (characters). Key: Paśnik 2006a: 23 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental. 0674. Teliusa Casey, 1906: 203 Type species: Teliusa alutacea Casey, 1906 3 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 174 (characters); Paśnik 2005: 734 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 36 (characters in key), 75 (characters). Key: Paśnik 2005: 735 (species of the genus). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , St. Lucia , Grenada . Central America: Mexico . South America: Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic.