Scaphisomatini Casey, 1893

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 : 203-204

Tribe Scaphisomatini Casey, 1893

0704. Alexidia Reitter, 1880: 43

Type species: Alexidia rogenhoferi Reitter, 1880

4 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Löbl & Leschen 2003: 316 (characters); Leschen & Löbl 2006: 19 (characters in key). Key: Löbl & Leschen 2003: 316 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil.

0705. Amalocera Erichson, 1845: 4

Type species: Amalocera picta Erichson, 1845

5 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Löbl 1974: 39 (characters); Leschen & Löbl 2006: 19 (characters in key).

Key: Löbl 1974: 39 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0706. Baeocera Erichson, 1845: 4

Type species: Baeocera falsata Achard, 1920

Amaloceroschema Löbl, 1967: 1 [synonymized by Ogawa & Löbl 2013: 302]

Type species: Baeocera freudei Löbl, 1967

Cyparella Achard, 1924: 28 [synonymized by Löbl 1987: 856]

Type species: Scaphisoma rufoguttatum Fairmaire, 1898

Eubaeocera Cornell, 1967: 2 [synonymized by Löbl 1977b: 5]

Type species: Baeocera abdominalis Casey, 1900

Sciatrophes Blackburn, 1903: 100 [synonymized by Löbl 1977a: 102]

Type species: Sciatrophes latens Blackburn, 1903

24 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 168 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 202 (characters in key); Leschen & Löbl 2006: 19 (characters in key).

Key: Matthews 1888: 168 (species of Central America); Löbl 1983: 162 (Chilean species); Fierros-Lopéz 2010:

206 (Mexican species)); Löbl 2018: 1312 (Chilean species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua.

South America: Colombia, Galapagos Isl., Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

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

0707. Scaphisoma Leach, 1815: 89 ( Fig. 84 )

Type species: Silpha agaricina Linnaeus, 1758

Caryoscapha Ganglbauer, 1899: 343 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 2006: 24]

Type species: Scaphisoma limbatum Erichson, 1845

Macrobaeocera Pic, 1925: 195 [synonymized by Löbl 1975a: 271]

Type species: Scaphosoma phungi Pic, 1922

Macroscaphosoma Löbl, 1970b: 128 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 2006: 25]

Type species: Macroscaphosoma collarti Löbl, 1970

Metalloscapha Löbl, 1975b: 384 [synonymized by Löbl 2002: 182]

Type species: Metalloscapha papua Löbl, 1975

Mimoscaphosoma Pic, 1928: 49 [synonymized by Löbl 1997: 83]

Type species: Scaphosoma bruchi Pic, 1928

Pseudoscaphosoma Pic, 1915b: 31 [synonymized by Löbl 1975a: 270]

Type species: Pseudoscaphosoma testaceomaculatum Pic, 1915

Scaphella Achard, 1924: 29 [synonymized by Löbl 1970a: 730]

Type species: Scaphosoma antennatum Achard, 1920

Scaphiomicrus Casey, 1900: 58 [synonymized by Fall 1910: 119]

Type species: Scaphisoma pusilla LeConte, 1860

Scaphosoma Agassiz, 1846: 332 [synonymized by Löbl 1997: 82]

Type species: Silpha agaricina Linnaeus, 1758

Scaphosomum Gistel, 1856: 36 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Silpha agaricina Linnaeus, 1758

Scutoscaphosoma Pic, 1916: 3 [synonymized by Löbl 1981: 156]

Type species: Scaphosoma rouyeri Pic, 1916

38 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 170 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 202 (characters in key); Leschen & Löbl 2006: 18 (characters in key), 24 (characters).

Key: Matthews 1888: 171 (species of Central America); Fierros-Lopéz 2006: 67 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina.

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

0708. Toxidium LeConte, 1860: 324 ( Fig. 85 )

Type species: Toxidium gammaroides LeConte, 1860

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

Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 178 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 201 (characters in key); Leschen & Löbl 2006: 19 (characters in key).

Key: Matthews 1888: 178 (species of Central America).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.

South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental.

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.