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 Subtribe Acylophorina Outerelo & Gamarra, 1985 0946. Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837: 127 Type species: Acylophorus ahrensii Nordmann, 1837 Rhygmacera Motschulsky, 1845: 40 [synonymized by Motschulsky 1858d: 656 ] Type species: Rhygmacera nitida Motschulsky, 1845 Subgenera: Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837: 127 Type species: Acylophorus ahrensii Nordmann, 1837 Indoacylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123 Type species: Acylophorus microcephalus Cameron, 1932 Neoacylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123 [*] Type species: Acylophorus oculifer Bierig, 1938 Palpacylophorus Smetana, 1971: 247 , 268 [*] Type species: Acylophorus leechi Smetana, 1971 Paracylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123 Type species: Acylophorus schmidti Bierig, 1938 41 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 395 (characters in key), 466 (characters); Smetana 1971: 246 (characters), 250 (characters of the subgenus Acylophorus ), 268 (characters of the subgenus Palpacylophorus ); Smetana 1988: 181 (characters in key), 337 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 298 (characters in key); Schillhammer & Brunke 2018: 311 (characters in key), 317 (characters). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 467 (species of the West Indies); Smetana 1971: 247 (subgenera), 250 (species of the subgenus Acylophorus ); Smetana 1988: 339 (species of the genus). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Dominican Republic , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , French Guiana , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian.