Scaphidiini Latreille, 1806

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 : 202

Tribe Scaphidiini Latreille, 1806

0703. Scaphidium Olivier, 1790: 20 .1 ( Figs. 82–83 )

Type species: Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790

Ascaphidium Pic, 1915a: 24 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Ascaphidium sikorai Pic, 1915

Cribroscaphium Pic, 1920: 93 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium irregulare Pic, 1920

Falsoascaphidium Pic, 1923: 16 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium subdepressum Pic, 1921

Hemiscaphium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium striatipenne Gestro, 1879

Hyposcaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium rufopygum Lewis, 1893

Isoscaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium quadriguttatum Say, 1823

Pachyscaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium arrowi Achard, 1920

Parascaphium Achard, 1923: 97 [synonymized by Löbl 1968: 386]

Type species: Scaphium optabile Lewis, 1893

Scaphidiolum Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium basale Laporte, 1840

Scaphidopsis Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium pardale Laporte, 1840

68 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 159 (characters); Leschen & Löbl 1995: 448 (characters in key), 453 (characters); Hwang & Ahn 2001: 369 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 201 (characters in key); Fierros-Lopéz 2005: 12 (characters). Key: Matthews 1888: 159 (species of Central America); Fierros-Lopéz 2005: 14 (species of Central America). Distribution. Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Oceanic.

Figures

FIGURES 76–87. Habitus; Aleocharinae (76–80); Scaphidiinae (81–85); Piestinae (86–87); 76, after Kistner 2006; 77, after Borgmeier 1950; 78, after Pace 2007; 79, after Kistner 2006; 80, after Pace 2014c; 81, after Matthews 1888; 82, after Fierros- Lopéz 2005; 83, after Fierros-Lopéz 2005; 84, after Fierros-Lopéz 2006; 85, after Matthews 1888; 86, after Bortoluzzi et al. 2017; 87, Peru: department of Cuzco (CEMT); slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.