Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author Chani-Posse, Mariana Author Newton, Alfred F. Author Hansen, Aslak Kappel Author Solodovnikov, Alexey text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-20 4449 1 1 95 journal article 29189 10.11646/zootaxa.4449.1.1 a8aa5ad0-dbcc-4e48-9211-b83b90e0aee7 1175-5326 1454305 0734DC4E-2C9B-4CD2-B8FE-8F94589200E6 Remus Holme 1837 Remus Holme 1837 : 64 . Type species: Remus sericeus Holme, 1837 , by monotypy. Notes: The genus Remus , with four species currently known, has been recorded from the Palaearctic, Madagascar and Oriental regions as well as from New Caledonia , Fiji , Tahiti, Austral Is. (Tubuai), Australia and New Zealand ; introduced in USA but apparently reported in error from Cuba . Remus pruinosus ( Erichson 1840 ) [reported from CASA ( Cuba ) in error] Philonthus pruinosus Erichson 1840 : 510 . Type locality: Sardinia . Type depository: ZMHB? #?ST. Distribution: Europe, Turkey , Russia , Canary Is., Azores,?Madeira; Cuba in error? Notes: Cuba record in Herman (2001d) and Peck (2005) based on discussion of R. pruinosus by Bierig (1934) , but as noted by Frank & Ahn (2011: 56) Bierig did not present any Cuba (or other New World) records.