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 Stilicina Casey, 1905 0899. Eustilicus Sharp, 1886: 579 ( Fig. 159 ) Type species: Eustilicus crassidens Sharp, 1886 Omostilicus Casey, 1905: 229 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 106 ] Type species: Omostilicus sonorinus Casey, 1905 Stilicolina Casey, 1905: 228 [synonymized by Frania 1986: 472 ] Type species: Stilicus tristis Melsheimer, 1844 Trochoderus Sharp, 1886: 580 [*] [synonymized by Frania 1986: 472 ] Type species: Trochoderus dubius Sharp, 1886 9 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Frania 1986: 472 (characters); Frania 1987: 2544 (characters of larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key). Key: Herman 1970b: 8 (species of Stilicolina ). Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Panama . Other regions: Nearctic. 0900. Rugilus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 173 Type species: Staphylinus orbiculatus Paykull, 1789 Subgenera: Afrostilicus Fagel, 1953: 284 Type species: Stilicus confusus Fagel, 1951 Allostilicus Fagel, 1953: 285 Type species: Stilicus uniformis Bernhauer, 1915 Cephalostilicus Fagel, 1950: 1 Type species: Stilicus schimperi Fauvel, 1907 Eurystilicus Fagel, 1953: 284 Type species: Stilicus rubelloides Fagel, 1951 Fossulostilicus Fagel, 1955a: 37 Type species: Stilicus punctipennis Bernhauer, 1915 Eustilicus Fagel, 1953: 285 [synonymized by Fagel 1955a: 37 ] Type species: Stilicus punctipennis Bernhauer, 1915 Hemistilicus Fagel, 1951: 228 Type species: Stilicus inermis Fagel, 1951 Heterostilicus Fagel, 1953: 284 Type species: Stilicus dubiosus Fagel, 1953 Mirostilicus Fagel, 1952: 13 Type species: Stilicus anommatophilus Wasmann, 1904 Parastilicus Jeannel & Paulian, 1945: 72 Type species: Stilicus nidicola Bernhauer, 1944 Pedistilicus Fagel, 1951: 223 Type species: Stilicus pholoeophilus Fagel, 1951 Rugilus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 173 Type species: Staphylinus orbiculatus Paykull, 1789 Sepedomorphus Gistel, 1834: 9 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 350 ] Type species: Staphylinus orbiculatus Paykull, 1789 Stilicosoma Casey, 1905: 219 [synonymized by Löbl & Smetana 2004: 619 ] Type species: Rugilus rufipes Germar, 1836 Stilicus Berthold, 1827: 331 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 362 ] Type species: Staphylinus orbiculatus Paykull, 1789 Stilidentus Coiffait, 1978a: 129 [synonymized by Rougemont 1987: 211 ] Type species: Stilicus dorjulensis Coiffait, 1978 Tetragnathostilicus Scheerpeltz, 1976b: 118 [synonymized by Assing 2012c: 118 ] Type species: Stilicus gracilis Eppelsheim, 1895 Scabrostilicus Fagel, 1953: 283 Type species: Stilicus crassus Fagel, 1951 37 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 272 (characters as Stilicus ); Bernhauer 1921b: 173 (characters as in key).

Stilicus ); Blackwelder 1939: 100 (characters in key as Stilicus ); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 299 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 380 (characters in key as Stilicus ), 385 (characters, Stilicus ); Frania 1986: 476 (characters); Frania 1987: 2554 (characters of larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key).
Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 273 (as Stilicus of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Bernhauer 1921b: 173 (as Stilicus ); Bernhauer 1939b: 245 (as Stilicus of Argentina); Blackwelder 1943: 300 (species of the West Indies).
Distribution. West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.
Subtribe Stilicopsina Casey, 1905
0901. Dibelonetes R.F. Sahlberg, 1847: 791 (Fig. 155) Type species: Dibelonetes biplagiatus R.F. Sahlberg, 1847 Sunides Motschulsky, 1858d: 638 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1912: 212 ] Type species: Sunides boreophiloides Motschulsky, 1858 Subgenera: Brachynetes Bernhauer, 1922a: 12 [*] Type species: Dibelonetes apterus Bernhauer, 1922 Apteronetes Bierig, 1933: 516 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 60 ] Type species: Dibelonetes apterus Bernhauer, 1921 Dibelonetes R.F. Sahlberg, 1847: 791 Type species: Dibelonetes biplagiatus R.F. Sahlberg, 1847 Heteronetes Bierig, 1933: 511 [*] Type species: Dibelonetes vulcanus Bierig, 1933 Melanetes Bierig, 1933: 515 [*] Type species: Dibelonetes laticeps Sharp, 1886
42 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 101 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters

Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Argentina . Other regions: Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0902. Dibelophacis Bierig, 1933: 508 Type species: Dibelophacis horni Bierig, 1933 Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America. Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica . 0903. Stamnoderus Sharp, 1886: 607 Type species: Stamnoderus championi Sharp, 1886 12 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 101 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 231 (characters in key), 351 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 351 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Cayman Is., Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe , Dominica , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Panama . South America: Brazil , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0904. Stilicopsis Sachse, 1852: 144 Type species: Stilicopsis paradoxa Sachse, 1852 One species is included in this genus from Galapagos Isl. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 101 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 148 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Galapagos Isl. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental , Australian, Oceanic. 0905. Stiliphacis Bierig, 1938b: 142 Type species: Stiliphacis occipitalis Bierig, 1938 5 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 101 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 231 (characters in key), 356 (characters). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 356 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Puerto Rico , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. 0906. Stilosaurus Blackwelder, 1943: 348 Type species: Stilosaurus rulomus Blackwelder, 1943 3 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 348 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Puerto Rico , Dominican Republic . 0907. Suniocharis Sharp, 1886: 586 Type species: Suniocharis modesta Sharp, 1886 Subgenera: Parasuniocharis Bernhauer, 1933b: 519 [*] Type species: Suniocharis boxi Bernhauer, 1933 Suniocharis Sharp, 1886: 586 [*] Type species: Suniocharis modesta Sharp, 1886 6 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 101 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 231 (characters in key), 362 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key). Distribution. West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Panama . South America: Argentina . Other regions: Madagascan. 0908. Suniophacis Blackwelder, 1943: 345 Type species: Suniophacis concolor Blackwelder, 1943 3 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 231 (characters in key). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 345 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Antigua & Barbuda . 0909. Suniosaurus Bierig, 1938b: 139 Type species: Suniosaurus cuadriceps Bierig, 1938 Only one species is known from and is restricted to the West Indies. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 231 (characters in key), 365 (characters). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba . 0910. Xenasterides Newton, 2017: 17 Type species: Xenaster plaumanni Bierig, 1939 Xenaster Bierig, 1939b: 179 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 17 ] Type species: Xenaster plaumanni Bierig, 1939 Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key). Distribution. South America: Brazil . Tribe Paederini Fleming, 1821