Trogastrina Jeannel, 1949

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 : 51-54

Subtribe Trogastrina Jeannel, 1949

0152. Aboeurhexius O. Park, 1952b: 62

Type species: Aboeurhexius crenulatus O. Park, 1952

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

Characters/Description: O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 23 (characters), 53 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 55 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0153. Adrogaster Raffray, 1890b: 100

Type species: Adrogaster longipennis Raffray, 1890

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 211 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 525 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 40 (characters in key), 78 (characters); O. Park 1942: 68 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 88 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0154. Anarmodius Raffray, 1890b: 106

Type species: Trichonyx gibbus L.W. Schaufuss, 1874

3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 114 (characters in key), 122

(characters); O. Park 1942: 68, 70 (characters in key), 72 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key). Key: O. Park 1942: 72 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952b: 61 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Panama. South America: Venezuela, Brazil.

0155. Aporhexius Raffray, 1904b: 593

Type species: Aporhexius pubescens Raffray, 1904

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 115 (characters in key), 125 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters), 68 (characters in key), 73 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Panama. South America: Bolivia.

0156. Conoplectus Brendel, 1888: 301

Type species: Euplectus canaliculatus LeConte, 1849

Hexirhexius Grigarick & Schuster, 1980: 20 [synonymized by Carlton 1 983: 57]

Type species: Euplectus canaliculatus LeConte, 1850

Prorhexius Raffray, 1890b: 107 [synonymized by Brendel 1892: 12]

Type species: Prorhexius sylvaticus Raffray, 1890

2 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 20 (characters as Hexirhexius ), 54 (characters in key as Hexirhexius ); Carlton 1983: 57 (characters); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: Carlton 1983: 59 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0157. Eurhexius Sharp, 1887b: 41

Type species: Eurhexius vestitus Sharp, 1887

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 115 (characters in key), 126 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67, 68 (characters in key), 74 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 22 (characters), 54 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1904b: 588 (species group); O. Park 1942: 75 (group of species), 76–78, 80 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952b: 66 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

0158. Fletcherexius O. Park, 1942: 72

Type species: Eurhexius macrodactylus Fletcher, 1928

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

Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 67 (characters), 70 (characters in key); O. Park 1944: 248 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 20 (characters), 54 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0159. Rhexidius Casey, 1887: 478

Type species: Rhexidius granulosus Casey, 1887

3 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 115 (characters in key), 124 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters); O. Park 1944: 248 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 20 (characters), 54 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); O. Park 1952b: 63 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0160. Rhexinia Raffray, 1890b: 106

Type species: Rhexinia angulata Raffray, 1890

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 1115 (characters in key), 125 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters), 68 (characters in key), 73 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 22 (characters), 53 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1952b: 57 (species of the genus); Grigarick & Schuster 1975: 315 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Colombia, Argentina.

0161. Rhexiola O. Park, 1952b: 57

Type species: Rhexinia mexicana O. Park, 1952

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

Characters/Description: Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 22 (characters), 53 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1952b: 57 (species of the genus as subgenus of Rhexinia )

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0162. Xerhius Raffray, 1891: 305

Type species: Xerhius cordicollis Raffray, 1891

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

Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 70 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 56 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Venezuela.