Leptochirini Sharp, 1887a

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 : 207-208

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Tribe Leptochirini Sharp, 1887a View in CoL

0716. Leptochirus Germar, 1823: 35 ( Figs. 103–104 View FIGURES 100–111 )

Type species: Leptochirus scoriaceus Germar, 1823

Subgenera:

Leptochirus Germar, 1823: 35 View in CoL [*]

Type species: Leptochirus scoriaceus Germar, 1823

Mesochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120 [*]

Type species: Cucujus maxillosus Fabricius, 1801

Strongylochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120

Type species: Leptochirus laevis Laporte, 1840

Tropiochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120 [*]

Type species: Leptochirus proteus Fauvel, 1864

57 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1903a: 117 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 120 (characters in key), 162 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 212 (characters in key); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters in key); Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2013: 1258 (characters as subgenus Tropiochirus ).

Key: Bernhauer 1903a: 120 (subgenera and species); Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2013: 1283 (species of the subgenus Tropiochirus ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Oriental.

0717. Plastus Bernhauer, 1903a: 142

Type species: Leptochirus convexus Laporte, 1835

Subgenera:

Barychirus Greenslade, 1971: 135

Type species: Priochirus colossalis Bernhauer, 1927

Eutriacanthus Jakobson, 1908: 466

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Triacanthochirus Bernhauer, 1923: 63 [synonymized by Greenslade, 1971: 137]

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Triacanthus Bernhauer, 1903: 136 View in CoL , 158 [synonymized by Bernhauer, 1923b: 63]

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Exochirus Greenslade, 1971: 139

Type species: Leptochirus beccarii Fauvel, 1878

Leiochirus Greenslade, 1971: 134

Type species: Priochirus latifrons Greenslade, 1971

Plastus Bernhauer, 1903: 142 View in CoL

Type species: Leptochirus convexus Laporte, 1835

Sinumandibulus Wu & Zhou, 2007: 81

Type species: Priochirus japonicus Sharp, 1889

Stigmatochirus Bernhauer, 1903: 141 , 159

Type species: Priochirus dohrni Fauvel, 1902

Syncampsochirus Bernhauer, 1903: 141 , 159 [*]

Type species: Leptochirus samoensis Blanchard, 1853

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters, characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

0718. Priochirus Sharp, 1887a: 740 ( Fig. 112 View FIGURES 112–123 )

Type species: Priochirus haemorrhous Sharp, 1887

Subgenera:

Cephalomerus Bernhauer, 1903a: 139 , 159

Type species: Leptochirus pygmaeus Kraatz, 1859

Euleptarthrus Jakobson, 1908: 466

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Leptarthrus Bernhauer, 1903a: 141 View in CoL , 159 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1933: 1004]

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Neoleptarthrus Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1004 [synonymized by Greenslade 1971: 132]

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Priochirus Sharp, 1887a: 740 View in CoL [*]

Type species: Priochirus haemorrhous Sharp, 1887

Paraborolinus Nakane & Sawada, 1960: 121

Type species: Borolinus bicornis Nakane & Sawada, 1960

Peucodontus Bernhauer, 1903a: 140 , 159

Type species: Leptochirus mandibularis Kraatz, 1859

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

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1903a: 135 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 212 (characters in key); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters in key), 89 (characters).

Key: Bernhauer 1903a: 136 (subgenera and species of the genus); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (subgenera of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Ecuador.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Oriental.

References

Asenjo, A. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. (2013) Revision of the neotropical subgenus Tropiochirus of the genus Leptochirus Germar 1824 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Journal of Natural History, 47 (19 - 20), 1257 - 1285. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2012.763053

Bernhauer, M. (1903 a) Die Staphyliniden-Tribus Leptochirina nebst analytischen Bestimmungstabellen der Gattungen und Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1903 (1), 113 - 160.

Bernhauer, M. (1923 b) Synonymische Bemerkungen bezuglich mehrfach beschriebener Staphylinidengattungen und Arten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 40 (1 - 4), 63. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 2586

Blackwelder, R. E. (1943) Monograph of the West-Indian beetles of the family Staphylinidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 182, viii + 658 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.182. i

Fauvel, A. (1864) Etudes sur les Staphylinides de l'Amerique centrale, principalement du Mexique. Notices Entomologiques, 2, 3 - 62, 66, pl. 1.

Germar, E. F. (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. In: Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Vol. 1. J. C. Hendel et Fili, Halae [Halle]. xxiv + 624 pp., 2 pls. [Note: nominal year of publication 1824]

Greenslade, P. J. M. (1971) The genus Priochirus Sharp, 1887 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) revision of subgeneric classification and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 123 (2), 125 - 187. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1971. tb 00842. x

Jakobson, G. G. (1908) Zhuki Rossii i Zapadnoi Evropy. Part 6. A. F. Devriena, St. Petersburg, pp. 401 - 480.

Laporte, F. L. (1835) Etudes Entomologiques, ou description d'insectes nouveaux, et observations sur la synonymie. Premiere Partie, Carnassiers. Mequignon-Marvis Pere et Fils, Paris, pp. 95 - 159, 4 pls.

Nakane, T. & Sawada, K. (1960) The Coleoptera of Yakushima Island, Staphylinidae. The scientific reports of Kyoto Prefectural University (Natural science and living science), 3 A (2), 121 - 126.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Newton, A. F., Thayer, M. K., Ashe, J. S. & Chandler, D. S. (2002) Guia ilustrada para los generos de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Mexico. Universidad de Guadalajara y CONABIO, Mexico. xii + 401 pp.

Scheerpeltz, O. (1933) Staphylinidae VII: Supplementum I. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, vol. 6. Pars 129. W. Junk, Berlin. pp. 989 - 1500.

Sharp, D. S. (1887 a) Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae. 1 (2), 673 - 802.

Wu, J. & Zhou, H. Z. (2007) Phylogetic analysis and reclassification of the genus Priochirus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 21, 73 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 06010

Figures

FIGURES 100–111. Habitus; Osoriinae (100–111); 100, after Sharp 1887a; 101, after Irmler 2007b; 102, after Fauvel 1901; 103, Brazil (CEMT); 104, Brazil: state of São Paulo (CEMT); 105, after Irmler 2003a; 106, after Sharp 1887a; 107, after Irmler 2003c; 108, after Irmler 2003a; 109, after Scheerpeltz 1951; 110, after Sharp 1887a; 111, after Bruch 1942; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 112–123. Habitus; Osoriinae (112–118); Oxytelinae (119–123); 112, after Sharp 1887a; 113, after Bruch 1942; 114, after Sharp 1887a; 115, after Irmler 2003c; 116, after Sharp 1887a; 117, after Irmler 2003a; 118, after Sharp 1887a; 119, after Sharp 1887a; 120, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 121, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 122, after Sharp 1887a; 123, after Makranczy 2014; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.