Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845

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 : 74-76

Tribe Ctenistini Blanchard, 1845

0248. Ctenisis Raffray, 1890b: 143

Type species: Desimia dispar Sharp, 1887

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1897: 271 (characters); Raffray 1904a: 337 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 330 (characters in key), 347 (characters); O. Park 1942: 291 (characters in key), 292 (characters); O. Park 1944: 243 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953b: 457 (characters); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1897: 273 (some species of the genus); O. Park 1942: 292 (species of the genus); O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Brazil, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0249. Ctenisodes Raffray, 1897: 274

Type species: Ctenisodes laticeps Raffray, 1897

Pilopius Casey, 1897: 617 [synonymized by Chandler 2000: 168]

Type species: Pilopius lacustris Casey, 1897

4 species are included in this genus from Latin America. The record of Ctenisodes zimmermani (LeConte) for Colombia and Brazil are doubtful.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 337 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 329 (characters in key as Pilopius ), 336 (characters as Pilopius ), 346 (characters); O. Park 1942: 291 (characters in key as Pilopius ), 292 (characters in key), 293 (characters as Pilopius ), 294 (characters); O. Park 1944: 243 (characters in key as Ctenisodes and Pilopius ); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species of Ctenisodes and Pilopius ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Colombia, Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0250. Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816: 75

Type species: Ctenistes palpalis Reichenbach, 1816

Subgenera:

Ctenistes Reichenbach, 1816: 75

Type species: Ctenistes palpalis Reichenbach, 1816

Dionyx LePeletier & Serville in Latreille et al., 1825: 221 [synonymized by Aubé 1 833: 17]

Type species: Dionyx dejeanii LePeletier & Serville, 1825

Leptoctenistes Jeannel, 1956: 171 [synonymized by Besuchet in Löbl and Smetana 2004: 29]

Type species: Ctenistes wittmeri Jeannel, 1956

Tecnesis Peyerimhoff, 1925: 59

Type species: Ctenistes vaulogeri Pic, 1904

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 336 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 329 (characters in key), 337 (characters).

Key: Raffray 1904a: 339 (species group).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.