MICROSILPHINAE Crowson, 1950

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 : 14

Subfamily MICROSILPHINAE Crowson, 1950

0003. Microsilpha Broun, 1886: 889 ( Fig. 6 )

Type species: Microsilpha litorea Broun, 1886

Acruliodema Scheerpeltz, 1972d: 45 [synonymized by Newton & Thayer 1995: 291]

Type species: Acruliodema argentinum Scheerpeltz, 1972

Micragyrtes Champion, 1918: 46 [synonymized by Newton & Thayer 1995: 291]

Type species: Micragyrtes ocelligerus Champion, 1918

3 species are included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Newton & Thayer 1995: 289 (characters in key as subfamily), 291 (characters as subfamily); Jeannel 1962a: 484 (characters as Micragyrtes ).

Distribution.

South America: Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Australian.

Figures

FIGURES 4–15. Habitus; Glypholomatinae (4–5), Microsilphinae (6), Omaliinae (7–11), Proteininae (12–15); 4, after Thayer 1997; 5, after Thayer 1997; 6, after Scheerpeltz 1972d; 7, after Thayer 2003; 8, after Thayer 2003; 9, after Thayer 2003; 10, after Thayer 2003; 11, after Scheerpeltz 1972d; 12, after Steel 1966; 13, after Cuccodoro 2011; 14, after Bierig 1940; 15, after Frank & Thomas 1984b; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.