PSEUDOPSINAE Ganglbauer, 1895

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 : 253

Subfamily PSEUDOPSINAE Ganglbauer, 1895

0846. Pseudopsis Newman, 1834: 313 ( Figs. 148–150 )

Type species: Pseudopsis sulcata Newman, 1834

Subgenera:

Pseudopsiella Bernhauer, 1939d: 204

Type species: Pseudopsis arrowi Bernhauer, 1939

Chiliopseudopsis Coiffait & Sáiz, 1968: 458 [synonymized by Herman 1975: 257]

Type species: Pseudopsis adustipennis Fairmaire & Germaine, 1862

Pseudopsis Newman, 1834: 313 [*]

Type species: Pseudopsis sulcata Newman, 1834

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

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 457 (characters), 458 (characters, Chiliopseudopsis ); Herman 1975: 257 (characters).

Key: Herman 1975: 262 (species of the genus); Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2010: 231 (South American species).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian.

Figures

FIGURES 148–159. Habitus; Pseudopsinae (148–150); Paederinae (151–159); 148, after Herman 1975; 149, Ecuador: province of Napo (CNC); 150, after Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2010; 151, after Bierig 1933; 152, after Sharp 1886; 153, after Assing 2012a; 154, after Jiménez-Sánchez & Galián 2013; 155, after Bierig 1933; 156, after Bruch 1928; 157, after Assing 2012b; 158, after Borgmeier 1936; 159, after Sharp 1886; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.