Corotocini Fenyes, 1918

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 : 115-116

Tribe Corotocini Fenyes, 1918

Subtribe Abrotelina Seevers, 1957

0375. Abroteles Casey, 1890: 190

Type species: Abroteles beaumonti Casey, 1890

Termitothymus Silvestri, 1901: 1 [synonymized by Borgmeier 1950: 638]

Type species: Termitothymus philetaerus Silvestri, 1901

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

Characters/Description: Borgmeier 1950: 653 (characters); Seevers 1957: 121 (characters in key), 122 (characters); Kistner & Jacobson 1976: 29 (characters).

Key: Seevers 1957: 122 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.

0376. Termitophya Wasmann, 1902a: 95 ( Fig. 76 )

Type species: Termitophya heyeri Wasmann, 1902

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 346 (characters); Seevers 1957: 71 (characters), 71 (characters in key); Jacobson et al. 1986: 41 (characters).

Key: Wasmann & Holmgren 1911: 429 (some species of the genus); Seevers 1937: 19 (species of the genus); Seevers 1957: 72 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 76–87. Habitus; Aleocharinae (76–80); Scaphidiinae (81–85); Piestinae (86–87); 76, after Kistner 2006; 77, after Borgmeier 1950; 78, after Pace 2007; 79, after Kistner 2006; 80, after Pace 2014c; 81, after Matthews 1888; 82, after Fierros- Lopéz 2005; 83, after Fierros-Lopéz 2005; 84, after Fierros-Lopéz 2006; 85, after Matthews 1888; 86, after Bortoluzzi et al. 2017; 87, Peru: department of Cuzco (CEMT); slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.