Arhytodini Raffray, 1890b

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 : 73-74

Tribe Arhytodini Raffray, 1890b

0242. Caccoplectinus Chandler & Wolda, 1986: 521

Type species: Caccoplectinus afoveatus Chandler & Wolda, 1886

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

Key: Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: French Guiana.

0243. Caccoplectus Sharp, 1887b: 22

Type species: Caccoplectus celatus Sharp, 1887

34 species (1 in Mexican amber) are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 316 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 316 (characters); O. Park 1944: 242 (characters in key); Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480 (characters); Chandler 2002: 50 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); Chandler 1976a: 304 (species of the genus); Chandler 1976b: 154 (species of the genus); Chandler & Wolda 1986: 480 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0244. Pachacuti Besuchet, 1987: 231

Type species: Pachacuti huggerti Besuchet, 1987

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

Distribution.

South America: Ecuador, Bolivia.

0245. Rhytus Westwood, 1870: 126

Type species: Rhytus vestitus Westwood, 1870

Arhytodes Reitter, 1882b: 209 [synonymized by Newton & Chandler 1989: 7, 54]

Type species: Rhytus vestitus Westwood, 1870

15 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 412 (characters as Arhytodes ); Chandler 1992a: 339 (characters); Chandler 2002: 50 (characters in key). Key: Raffray 1905: 411 (species group); Raffray 1909: 47 (species of the genus as Arhytodes ); O. Park 1942: 344 (species of the genus as Arhytodes ); Chandler 1992a: 340 (species of Panama). Distribution. Central America: Mexico, Panama. South America: Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.

0246. Woldenka Chandler, 1992a: 342

Type species: Woldenka barroensis Chandler, 1992

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

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.