Subgenus Gyrophaena Mannerheim, 1830: 74

Type species: Staphylinus nanus Paykull, 1800 .

[order of taxa following that in the checklist]

Description. Body flavate to brown, usually not uniformly coloured; mesosternal process longer than metasternal process, its apex not margined; pronotum at most two-thirds wider than long; antennal 5 th article not conspicuously broader than 4 th, articles 4–10 usually incrassate (Seevers 1951).