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 Subfamily PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a 0709. Hypotelus Erichson, 1839a: 31 ( Figs. 86–87 ) Type species: Hypotelus pusillus Erichson, 1840 Antropiestus Bernhauer, 1917a: 45 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550 ] Type species: Piestus andinus Bernhauer, 1917 Eccoptopiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 295 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550 ] Type species: Piestus laevis Solsky, 1872 13 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Erichson 1840: 840 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key and characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 550 (characters); Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 456 (characters). Key: Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 458 (species of the genus). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Dominican Republic , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil . Other regions: Nearctic. 0710. Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806: 223 ( Figs. 88–90 ) Type species: Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806 Elytropiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 294 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500 ] Type species: Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917 Trachypiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 291 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500 ] Type species: Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864 Trichocoryne Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 306 [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126 ] Type species: Zirophorus penicillatus Dalman, 1821 Zirophorus Dalman, 1821: 372 [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126 ] Type species: Zirophorus fronticornis Dalman, 1821 47 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key), 43 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 500 (characters); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (characters). Key: Blackwelder 1943: 44 (species of the West Indies); Scheerpeltz 1951: 5 (species of Zirophorus ); Scheerpeltz 1952a: 282 (subgenera and species); Newton & Peck 2006: 141 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Caron et al. 2012: 504 (species of the genus); Caron et al. 2013: 129 (species of the genus); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (species of the genus). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba , Jamaica , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Saint-Barthelemy , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent & Grenadines , Grenada , Trinidad-Tobago. Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Honduras , El Salvador , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname , French Guiana , Ecuador , Galapagos Isl., Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina . Other regions: Nearctic. 0711. Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815 : pl.1 ( Fig. 91 ) Type species: Siagonium quadricorne Kirby & Spence, 1815 1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic. Subfamily OSORIINAE Erichson, 1839a