Medonina Casey, 1905

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 261-267

Subtribe Medonina Casey, 1905

0869. Achenomorphus Motschulsky, 1858d: 647

Type species: Achenomorphus columbicus Motschulsky, 1858

Subgenera:

Achenomorphus Motschulsky, 1858d: 647

Type species: Achenomorphus columbicus Motschulsky, 1858

Aderocharis Sharp, 1886: 552 [*]

Type species: Paederus corticinus Gravenhorst, 1802

Dorocharis Blackwelder, 1939: 99 [*]

Type species: Aderocharis chapini Blackwelder, 1939

10 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key of Aderocharis ), 250 (characters of Aderocharis ); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 251 (species of the subgenus Aderocharis of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0870. Argoderus Bierig, 1933: 498 ( Fig. 151 )

Type species: Argoderus panamensis Bierig, 1933

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

0871. Deroderus Sharp, 1886: 577 Type species: Deroderus vestitus Sharp, 1886 Lypomedon Blackwelder, 1952: 228 [synonymized by Frania 1986: 474] Type species: Lithocharis tabacina Casey, 1884 Polymedon Casey, 1905: 156 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 228] Type species: Lithocharis tabacina Casey, 1884

4 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Frania 1986: 472 (characters); Frania 1987: 250 (characters of larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0872. Ecitocleptis Borgmeier, 1949: 115

Type species: Ecitocleptis socia Borgmeier, 1949

4 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil.

0873. Ecitomedon Bernhauer, 1925: 35

Type species: Ecitomedon bruchi Bernhauer, 1925

6 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Brazil, Argentina.

0874. Eusclerus Sharp, 1886: 575

Type species: Eusclerus rugifrons Sharp, 1886

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

0875. Hypomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878b: 152

Type species: Lithocharis debilicornis Wollaston, 1857

Asteria Fauvel, 1889: 120 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 65]

Type species: Medon effluens Fauvel, 1889

Chloëcharis Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 257 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103]

Type species: Chloecharis rufula Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884

Euastenus Fiori, 1915b: 10 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103]

Type species: Euastenus pallidus Fiori, 1915

Hemimedon Casey, 1905: 160 [synonymized by Fauvel 1889: 120]

Type species: Hemimedon angustus Casey, 1905

Lena Casey, 1886b: 211 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103]

Type species: Lena testacea Casey, 1886

Only one species is included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Galapagos Isl., Peru, Brazil, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0876. Labrocharis Bierig, 1933: 494

Type species: Labrocharis obsoleta Bierig, 1933

Subgenera:

Labrocharis Bierig, 1933: 494 [*]

Type species: Labrocharis obsoleta Bierig, 1933

Labroporus Bierig, 1933: 496 [*]

Type species: Labrocharis imitatrix Bierig, 1933

3 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

0877. Leiporaphes Bernhauer, 1912c: 37

Type species: Medon attarum Bernhauer, 1912

Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America.

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

0878. Lithocharis Dejean, 1833: 65

Type species: Paederus ochraceus Gravenhorst, 1802

Metaxyodonta Casey, 1886a: 29 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1 912: 231]

Type species: Metaxyodonta alutacea Casey, 1886

33 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 252 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 239 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 379 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 149 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 240 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Saint-Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

0879. Lypeticus Sharp, 1886: 556

Type species: Lithocharis munda Sharp, 1876

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

South America: Brazil.

0880. Medon Stephens, 1833a: 273

Type species: Medon ruddii Stephens, 1833

Subgenera:

Cryptoporus Motschulsky, 1858d: 654

Type species: Cryptoporus flavipes Motschulsky, 1858

Medon Stephens, 1833a: 273 [*]

Type species: Medon ruddii Stephens, 1833

Oxymedon Casey, 1905: 177 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 104]

Type species: Oxymedon rubrum Casey, 1905

Medonodonta Casey, 1905: 176

Type species: Medonodonta alutacea Casey, 1905

Mespalerus Sharp, 1886: 560 [*]

Type species: Mespalerus debilis Sharp, 1886

Nitimedon Hatch, 1957: 158

Type species: Medon quadratum Hatch, 1957

Platymedon Casey, 1889b: 184

Type species: Platymedon laticolle Casey, 1889

Paramedon Casey, 1905: 166 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 104]

Type species: Paramedon arizonicum Casey, 1905

Tetramedon Casey, 1905: 178

Type species: Tetramedon rufipenne Casey, 1905

24 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 270 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 380 (characters in key), 386 (characters); Frania 1987: 2553 (characters, larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 270 (species of the West Indies); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 387 (Chilean species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Guatemala.

South America: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

0881. Monocharis Sharp, 1886: 569

Type species: Lithocharis vestita Sharp, 1876

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Venezuela, Brazil.

0882. Myrmecomedon Bernhauer, 1912c: 35

Type species: Myrmecomedon bruchi Bernhauer, 1912

Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America.

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

0883. Neomedon Sharp, 1886: 557

Type species: Neomedon princeps Sharp, 1886

10 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0884. Ophiomedon Sharp, 1886: 567

Type species: Ophiomedon stipes Sharp, 1886

7 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Australian, Oceanic.

0885. Pseudomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878b: 166

Type species: Lathrobium obsoletum Nordmann, 1837

Euphonus Fauvel, 1902c: 181 [synonymized by Assing 2009a: 1183]

Type species: Euphonus pallidus Fauvel, 1902

Pseudomedon Mulsant & Rey, 1878c: 166 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 327–328]

Ramona Casey, 1886b: 213

Type species: Ramona capitulum Casey, 1886

2 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Chile.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Australian.

0886. Sciocharis Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 260

Type species: Sciocharis castanoptera Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884

Sciocharella Casey, 1905: 158 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1970a: 229, 244]

Type species: Sciocharella delicatula Casey, 1905

68 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 260 (characters); Bernhauer 1921d: 35 (characters).

Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 263 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Scheerpeltz 1970a: 230 (Central and South American species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0887. Scioporus Sharp, 1886: 561 ( Fig. 172 )

Type species: Scioporus brunneus Sharp, 1886

13 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil.

0888. Scopobium Blackwelder, 1939: 97

Type species: Ophiomedon anthracinum Cameron, 1913

Only one species is known from and is restricted to the West Indies.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 97 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 306 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

0889. Stilocharis Sharp, 1886: 576

Type species: Stilocharis longula Sharp, 1886

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Frania 1986: 475 (characters); Frania 1987: 2553 (characters, larvae); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0890. Stilomedon Sharp, 1886: 565

Type species: Lithocharis convexa Sharp, 1876

14 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 255 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 256 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina.

0891. Suniotrichus Sharp, 1886: 587

Type species: Suniotrichus capillaris Sharp, 1886

4 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 97 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Peru, Brazil.

0892. Sunius Stephens, 1829a: 24

Type species: Paederus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1792

Tetracanthognathus Scheerpeltz, 1963b: 432 [synonymized by Assing 2010: 1052]

Type species: Tetracanthognathus kuehnelti Scheerpeltz, 1963

Subgenera:

Caloderma Casey, 1886a: 5 [*]

Type species: Caloderma rugosum Casey, 1886

Sunius Stephens, 1829a: 24

Type species: Paederus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1792

Medonella Casey, 1905: 178 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103]

Type species: Medonella minuta Casey, 1905

Micromedon Casey, 1905: 155 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 103]

Type species: Lithocharis seminigra Fairmaire, 1860

Oligopterus Casey, 1886a: 12 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1944: 118]

Type species: Oligopterus cuneicollis Casey, 1886

Xenocharis Bierig, 1934c: 328 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1994: 118]

Type species: Xenocharis occipitalis Bierig, 1934

Trachysectus Casey, 1886a: 32

Type species: Lathrobium confluentum Say, 1834

9 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 297 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 99 (characters in key, Hypomedon ); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 259 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 149 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 261 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Galapagos Isl.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

0893. Thinocharis Kraatz, 1859a: 142

Type species: Thinocharis pygmaea Kraatz, 1859

2 species are included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 231 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 232 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian.

Figures

FIGURES 148–159. Habitus; Pseudopsinae (148–150); Paederinae (151–159); 148, after Herman 1975; 149, Ecuador: province of Napo (CNC); 150, after Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2010; 151, after Bierig 1933; 152, after Sharp 1886; 153, after Assing 2012a; 154, after Jiménez-Sánchez & Galián 2013; 155, after Bierig 1933; 156, after Bruch 1928; 157, after Assing 2012b; 158, after Borgmeier 1936; 159, after Sharp 1886; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 172–183. Habitus; Paederinae (172–175); Staphylininae (176–183); 172, after Fauvel 1901; 173, after Assing 2013; 174, after Herman 1979; 175, after Sharp 1886; 176, after Brunke & Solodovnikov 2014a; 177, Chile: region of Valparaíso (MUSM); 178, Chile: region Metropolitana de Santiago (MUSM); 179, Chile: region of Araucanía (MUSM); 180, Chile: region of Valparaíso (MUSM); 181, after Ashe & Timm 1988; 182, Brazil: state of Paraná (MUSM); 183, Chile: region of Antofagasta (CEMT); slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.