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 Diochini Casey, 1906 0943. Antarctothius Coiffait & Sáiz, 1969: 279 Type species: Othius antarcticus Fairmaire, 1885 2 species are known from and are restricted to South America. Key: Coiffait & Sáiz 1969: 281 (species of Tierra del Fuego, Chile ). Distribution. South America: Chile , Argentina . 0944. Diochus Erichson, 1839a: 300 ( Fig. 188 ) Type species: Diochus nanus Erichson, 1839 Rhegmatocerus Motschulsky, 1858d: 657 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1 868: 608] Type species: Rhegmatocerus punctipennis Motschulsky, 1858 42 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 171 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key), 455 (characters); Smetana 1982: 27 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 295 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 152 (characters in key). Key: Irmler 2017a: 4 (Neotropical species groups of the genus), 57 (males of the Neotropical species), 59 (females of the Neotropical species). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Cayman Is., Jamaica , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , British Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe , Dominica , Saint Vincent & the Grenadines , Barbados , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , French Guiana , Suriname , Ecuador , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic.