Scopaeina Mulsant & Rey, 1878c

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 : 267-269

Subtribe Scopaeina Mulsant & Rey, 1878c

0894. Euscopaeus Sharp, 1886: 548

Type species: Euscopaeus crassitarsis Sharp, 1886

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

Characters/Description: Coiffait 1960b: 284 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Panama.

0895. Micranops Cameron, 1913: 350

Type species: Micranops brunneus Cameron, 1913

Microscopaeus Coiffait, 1981a: 19 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Scopaeus microphthalmus Eppelsheim, 1888

Nivorus Herman, 1965a: 119 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Orus cameroni Blackwelder, 1943

6 species are included in this genus from the West Indies and South America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters).

Key: Herman 1965a: 120 (species of Nivorus ); Herman 1965b: 86 (species of Nivorus ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Grenada.

South America: Suriname, Brazil, Argentina.

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

0896. Orus Casey, 1885b: 136 ( Fig. 166 )

Type species: Orus punctatus Casey, 1885

Subgenera:

Leucorus Casey, 1905: 192 [*]

Type species: Leucorus rubens Casey, 1905

Orus Casey, 1885b: 136

Type species: Orus punctatus Casey, 1884

Pycnorus Casey, 1905: 194

Type species: Scopaeus dentiger LeConte, 1880

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 277 (characters); Herman 1965b: 74 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters).

Key: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 277 (species of the West Indies as Orus ); Herman 1965a: 113 (subgenera), 114 (species of the subgenus Leucorus ); Herman 1965b: 74 (species of the subgenera Orus and Pycnorus ).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0897. Scopaeomerus Sharp, 1886: 538

Type species: Scopaeomerus chiriquensis Sharp, 1886

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

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

0898. Scopaeus Erichson, 1839a: 29

Type species: Paederus laevigatus Gyllenhal, 1827

Alloscopaeus Coiffait, 1968: 414 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Scopaeus didymus Erichson, 1840

Anomoscopaeus Coiffait, 1968: 426 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Xantholinus gracilis Sperk, 1835

Euscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Coiffait 1968: 414]

Type species: Scopaeus didymus Erichson, 1840

Geoscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 284 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Scopaeus baudrimonti Coiffait, 1952

Heteroscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Coiffait 1968: 418]

Type species: Scopaeus sericans Mulsant & Rey, 1855

Hyposcopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]

Type species: Scopaeus scitulus Baudi di Selve, 1857

Stilpon Coiffait, 1952: 6 [synonymized by Coiffait 1960b: 284]

Type species: Scopaeus baudrimonti Coiffait, 1952

Subgenera:

Asiascopaeus Coiffait, 1984: 176

Type species: Scopaeus asiaticus Bernhauer, 1915

Hyperscopaeus Coiffait, 1984: 174

Type species: Scopaeus spathiferus Coiffait, 1970

Scopaeodera Casey, 1886b: 220 [*]

Type species: Echiaster nitidus LeConte, 1863

Scopaeoma Casey, 1905: 211

Type species: Scopaeus rotundiceps Casey, 1886

Scopaeopsis Casey, 1905: 214 [*]

Type species: Echiaster opacus LeConte, 1863

Scopaeus Erichson, 1839a: 29 , 604 [*]

Type species: Paederus laevigatus Gyllenhal, 1827

Leptorus Casey, 1886b: 220 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]

Type species: Scopaeus exiguus Erichson, 1840

Polyodontus Solier, 1849: 310 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]

Type species: Polyodontus angustatus Solier, 1849

Pseudorus Casey, 1910b: 190 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]

Type species: Pseudorus prolixipennis Casey, 1910

Scoponeus Motschulsky, 1858d: 641 [synonymized by Kraatz 1862b: 61]

Type species: Scoponeus testaceus Motschulsky, 1858

Typhloscopaeus Jarrige, 1951: 333

Type species: Scopaeus pauliani Jarrige, 1951

62 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Erichson 1840: 604 (characters); Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 245 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 100 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 279 (characters); Coiffait 1960b: 284 (characters in key as Geoscopaeus ), 284 (characters in key of Scopaeus ); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 380 (characters in key), 389 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters); Newton & Peck 2006: 148 (characters in key).

Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 246 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Blackwelder 1939: 100 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 280 (species of the West Indies); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 389 (Chilean species).

Distribution.

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

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

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

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

Figures

FIGURES 160–171. Habitus; Paederinae (160–171); 160, after Assing 2013; 161, after Bierig 1933; 162, after Coiffait & Sáiz 1968; 163, after Asenjo 2011; 164, after Fauvel 1901; 165, after Herman 2013; 166, after Sharp 1886; 167, after Vieira et al. 2014; 168, after Fauvel 1901; 169, after Campbell & Peck 1989; 170, after Sharp 1885; 171, after Bruch 1930a; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.