Pselaphini Latreille, 1802

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 : 76-77

Tribe Pselaphini Latreille, 1802

0252. Neopselaphus Jeannel, 1951: 8

Type species: Pselaphus bizonatus L.W. Schaufuss, 1886

10 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Besuchet 1982: 798 (characters); Chandler 2002: 50 (characters in key).

Key: Besuchet 1982: 798 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe.

Central America: Mexico, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0253. Pselaphellus Raffray, 1908a: 307

Type species: Pselaphus opacus L.W. Schaufuss, 1886

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 304 (characters in key), 307 (characters); O. Park 1942: 286 (characters in key), 287 (characters); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

South America: Brazil, Argentina.

0254. Pselaphus Herbst, 1792: 106

Type species: Pselaphus heisei Herbst, 1792

Faradayus Reitter, 1909: 217 [synonymized by Jeannel 1951: 6]

Type species: Pselaphus banghaasi Reitter, 1893

Pselaphinus Jeannel, 1951: 10 [synonymized by Newton & Chandler 1989: 63]

Type species: Pselaphus pilipalpis Reitter, 1883

Pselaphoptrus Reitter, 1891a: 139 [synonymized by Besuchet 1999: 58]

Type species: Pselaphoptrus kubischteki Reitter, 1891

Pselaphoxys Raffray, 1890b: 139 [synonymized by Besuchet 1999: 58]

Type species: Pselaphus delicatulus Raffray, 1882

1 species is included in this genus from the West Indies.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 317 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 304 (characters in key and characters); O. Park 1942: 286 (characters in key), 286 (characters); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1904a: 318 (species group).

Distribution. West Indies: Jamaica. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental.