Diestotini Mulsant & Rey 1871

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 : 125-127

Tribe Diestotini Mulsant & Rey 1871

0416. Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 194

Type species: Diestota mayeti Mulsant & Rey, 1870

Hypselusa Bernhauer in Bernhauer & Scott, 1931: 592 [synonymized by Pace 1986b: 108]

Type species: Hypselusa scotti Bernhauer, 1931

Ousilusa Cameron, 1920a: 234 [synonymized by Pace 2000b: 131]

Type species: Ousilusa myrmicobia Cameron, 1920

Prosilusa Cameron, 1920a: 236 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 323]

Type species: Prosilusa rufa Cameron, 1920

Subgenera:

Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937: 103

Type species: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937

Apheloglossa Casey, 1893: 348 [*]

Type species: Apheloglossa rufipennis Casey, 1893

Amenusa Casey, 1906: 349 [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 165]

Type species: Amenusa angustula Casey, 1906

Elachistarthron Notman, 1920: 715 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 421]

Type species: Elachistarthron ambiguum Notman, 1920

Orthodiatelus Notman, 1920: 716 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 421]

Type species: Orthodiatelus innotabilis Notman, 1920

Pectusa Casey, 1911: 197 [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 165]

Type species: Pectusa oblonga Casey, 1911

Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 194

Type species: Diestota mayeti Mulsant & Rey, 1870

Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1872a: 170 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1873c: 74 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Eutrichostygna Pace, 1986a: 421 [*]

Type species: Diestota chavin Pace, 1986

63 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key as subgenera Diestota and Apheloglossa ).

Key: Pace 1986a: 419 (subgenera of the genus); Klimaszewski & Peck 1998: 230 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Newton & Peck 2006: 137 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Pace 2008a: 270 (species of the subgenus Diestota of Ecuador and Peru), 270 (species of the subgenus Apheloglossa of Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

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

0417. Eudera Fauvel, 1866b: 257 ( Fig. 55 )

Type species: Eudera sculptilis Fauvel, 1866

Cajachara Ashe & Leschen, 1995: 86 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 273]

Type species: Cajachara carltoni Ashe & Leschen, 1995

Eudera Fauvel, 1866a: 8 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Eudera sculptilis Fauvel, 1866

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

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 65 (characters in key), 83 (characters); Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).

Key: Coiffait & Sáiz, 1967: 84 (species of Chile); Pace 2008a: 273 (species of the Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution.

West Indies: US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe.

Central America: Guatemala, Costa Rica.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

0418. Gansia Sharp, 1883: 282

Type species: Gansia bicolor Sharp, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Ashe & Lingafelter 1996: 253 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key), 274 (characters in key).

Key: Ashe & Lingafelter 1996: 257 (species of Mexico and Central America).

Distribution.

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

South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil.

0419. Gansiella Pace, 2008a: 274

Type species: Gansiella peruviana Pace, 2008

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

Characters/Description: Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key), 274 (characters in key).

Key: Pace 2014b: 87 (speceis of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: French Guiana, Peru.

0420. Parasilusa Bernhauer, 1908: 338

Type species: Parasilusa iheringi Bernhauer, 1908

Ocyupora Pace, 1986a: 421 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 254]

Type species: Diestota inca Pace, 1986

8 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Pace 1996b: 417 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).

Key: Pace 2008a: 254 (species of Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution. South America: French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.

0421. Plesiomalota Pace, 1983d: 296

Type species: Homalota republicana Bernhauer, 1921

Subgenera:

Chaetopiezusa Pace, 1985: 378 [*]

Type species: Plesiomalota venezuelanorum Pace, 1985

Heteromalota Pace, 1983d: 298 [*]

Type species: Plesiomalota uhligi Pace, 1983

Leptosomaphya Pace, 1983a: 91 [*]

Type species: Leptosomaphya franzi Pace, 1983

Microchara Pace, 1983d: 300 [*]

Type species: Microchara flava Pace, 1983

Ischnosomaops Pace, 1983a: 93 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 424]

Type species: Leptosomaphya minor Pace, 1983

Microusa Pace, 1983a: 95 [*]

Type species: Microusa franzi Pace, 1983

Plesiomalota Pace, 1983d: 296 [*]

Type species: Homalota republicana Bernhauer, 1920

99 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).

Key: Pace 1986a: 423 (subgenera of the genus); Pace 2001b: 418 (subgenera of the genus); Pace 2008a: 258 (species of Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

0422. Tachiona Sharp, 1883: 284

Type species: Tachiona deplanata Sharp, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 127 (characters); Ashe & Wheeler 1988: 177 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key).

Key: Ashe & Wheeler 1988: 177 (some species of the genus); Ashe 1990: 229 (species of the genus); Ashe 1993: 238 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

Figures

FIGURES 52–63. Habitus; Aleocharinae (52–63); 52, after Bruch 1917; 53, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 54, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 55, after Pace 2015e; 56, after Pace 2015a; 57, after Pace 2011b; 58, after Pace 2007; 59, after Pace 2008d; 60, after Pace 2015e; 61, after Pace 2014c; 62, after Pace 2011b; 63, after Pace 2011b; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.