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 MICROPEPLINAE Leach, 1815 0021. Arrhenopeplus Blackwelder, 1952: 63 ( Fig. 16 ) Type species: Micropeplus tesserula Curtis, 1828 Arrhenopeplus C. Koch, 1937: 257 [ nomen nudum , validated by Blackwelder 1952: 63 ] Type species: [no type species designated] Subgenera: Arrhenopeplus Blackwelder, 1952: 63 [*] Type species: Micropeplus tesserula Curtis, 1828 Sphaeropeplus Coiffait, 1982: 127 Type species: Arrhenopeplus quatordecimcarinatus Coiffait, 1982 1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Distribution. Central America: Mexico , Panama . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic. 0022. Micropeplus Latreille, 1809: 377 ( Fig. 17 ) Type species: Staphylinus porcatus Paykull, 1789 3 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Campbell 1968: 228 (characters in key), 230 (characters); Campbell 1978: 1257 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 47 (characters in key). Key: Campbell 1968: 231 (species of the genus); Campbell 1973c: 575 (species of the genus); Campbell 1978: 1257 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico . Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental. 0023. Peplomicrus Bernhauer, 1928c: 286 ( Fig. 18 ) Type species: Micropeplus uyttenboogaarti Bernhauer, 1928 7 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Campbell 1968: 228 (characters in key), 252 (characters in key); Campbell 1978: 1257 (characters in key); Campbell 1986: 62 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 47 (characters in key). Key: Campbell 1968: 253 (species of the genus); Campbell 1978: 1257 (species of the genus); Campbell 1986: 68 (species of the New World); Campbell 1991b: 40 (species group and species of New World). Distribution. West Indies: Dominican Republic . Central America: Mexico , Guatemala , El Salvador , Costa Rica , Panama . South America: Colombia , Venezuela , Suriname , French Guiana , Ecuador , Peru . Other regions: Palaearctic, Ethiopian.