Oxypodina Thomson, 1859

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 : 178-181

Subtribe Oxypodina Thomson, 1859

0599. Ambodina Sharp, 1883: 157

Type species: Ambodina granulata Sharp, 1883

Only one species is known from and is restricted to Central America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 382 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 124 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0600. Calodera Mannerheim, 1830: 85

Type species: Calodera nigrita Mannerheim, 1830

Callidera Agassiz, 1846: 60 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 89]

Type species: Calodera nigrita Mannerheim, 1830

Callidera Gistel, 1856: 387 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 89]

Type species: Calodera nigrita Mannerheim, 1830

Caloderella Bernhauer, 1921b: 182 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1934: 1672]

Type species: Calodera nigerrima Bernhauer, 1921

Caloderodema Scheerpeltz, 1974: 375 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Calodera basutoensis Scheerpeltz, 1974

Caloderona Bernhauer, 1921f: 176 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 91]

Type species: Calodera dilatata Bernhauer, 1921

Caloderopsis Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1672 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 91]

Type species: Calodera nigerrima Bernhauer, 1921

Ityocara Thomson, 1867a: 239 [synonymized by Assing 2003: 225]

Type species: Calodera rubens Erichson, 1837

Ityocara Thomson, 1867b: 46 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 206]

Type species: Calodera rubens Erichson, 1837

Nasirema Casey, 1893: 307 [synonymized by Assing 2002: 196]

Type species: Nasirema humilis Casey, 1893

Pentaulacodera Bernhauer, 1943: 179 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 298]

Type species: Calodera grandipennis Bernhauer, 1943

Triaulacodera Bernhauer, 1943: 180 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 393]

Type species: Calodera minima Bernhauer, 1943

7 species are included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 85 (characters); Fenyes 1920: 329 (characters), 338 (characters as Ityocara ), 339 (characters as Nasirema ); Pace 1987c: 168 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

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

0601. Cousya Mulsant & Rey, 1875e: 258

Type species: Calodera nigrata Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856

Chilomorpha Krása, 1914: 146 [synonymized by Assing & Schülke 2007: 34]

Type species: Chilomorpha bernhaueri Krása, 1914

Cousya Mulsant & Rey, 1875d: 420 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 109]

5 species are included in this genus from the West Indies.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 353 (characters in key), 354 (characters).

Key: Pace 2001b: 431 (some species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Grenada.

South America: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Oriental.

0602. Ocalea Erichson, 1837: 298

Type species: Ocalea castanea Erichson, 1837

Subgenera:

Ocalea Erichson, 1837: 298

Type species: Ocalea castanea Erichson, 1837

Tetrocalea Cameron, 1939b: 576

Type species: Ocalea rufobrunnea Cameron, 1939

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

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 79 (characters); Fenyes 1920: 340 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key).

Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 80 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala.

South America: Bolivia, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Australian.

0603. Oxypoda Mannerheim, 1830: 69

Type species: Oxypoda spectabilis Märkel, 1844

Ancillota Casey, 1910a: 165 [synonymized by Gusarov 2003e: 15]

Type species: Ancillota sollemnis Casey, 1910

Moluciba Casey, 1911: 156 [synonymized by Gusarov 2003e: 15]

Type species: Moluciba grandipennis Casey, 1911

Oxeopus Gistel, 1856: 387 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 280]

Subgenera:

Atlantoxypoda Zerche, 1996: 304

Type species: Oxypoda assingi Zerche, 1996

Baeoglena Thomson, 1867a: 248

Type species: Oxypoda praecox Erichson, 1839

Bessopora Thomson, 1859: 37

Type species: Oxypoda testacea Erichson, 1839

Dromyusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875e: 192 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Oxypoda picta Mulsant & Rey, 1875

Dromyusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875d: 354 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Canaroxypoda Zerche, 1996: 296

Type species: Oxypoda palmensis Zerche, 1996

Cyrtonychochaeta Scheerpeltz, 1947: 347

Type species: Cyrtonychochaeta hoelzeli Scheerpeltz, 1947

Demosoma Thomson, 1859: 37

Type species: Oxypoda formiceticola Märkel, 1841

Deropoda Bernhauer, 1902: 134

Type species: Oxypoda amicta Erichson, 1839

Baptopoda Bernhauer, 1902: 133 [synonymized by Assing 2004b: 70]

Type species: Oxypoda magnicollis Fauvel, 1878

Disochara Thomson, 1858: 34

Type species: Oxypoda elongatula Aubé, 1850

Mycetodrepa Thomson, 1859: 37

Type species: Aleochara alternans Gravenhorst, 1802

Oxypoda Mannerheim, 1830: 69 [*]

Type species: Oxypoda spectabilis Märkel, 1844

Paroxypoda Ganglbauer, 1895: 64

Type species: Oxypoda lugubris Kraatz, 1856

Podoxya Mulsant & Rey, 1875e: 135 [*]

Type species: Oxypoda lentula Erichson, 1837

Podoxya Mulsant & Rey, 1875d: 297 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Sedomoma Tottenham, 1939a: 226

Type species: Oxypoda soror Thomson, 1855

Sphenoma Mannerheim, 1830: 68 [*]

Type species: Sphenoma abdominale Mannerheim, 1830

Thliboptera Thomson, 1859: 37 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Oxypoda togata Erichson, 1839

31 species (1 in Mexican amber) are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 219 (characters as Moluciba ), 363 (characters); Lohse et al. 1990: 125

(characters in key), 126 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key); Gusarov 2003e: 15 (characters). Key: Fenyes 1920: 363 (subgenera). Distribution. Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama. South America: Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian.

0604. Polylobus Solier, 1849: 354 ( Fig. 72 )

Type species: Polylobus maculipennis Solier, 1849

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 377 (characters); Klimaszewski & Sturm 1991: 3 (characters); Pace 1997b: 43 (characters in key); Pace 2000a: 400 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key).

Key: Klimaszewski & Sturm 1991: 3 (Colombian species associate to Espeletia flowers of the Paramo region).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Panama.

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

Other regions: Australian.

0605. Tectusa Bernhauer, 1899: 18

Type species: Leptusa difficilis Eppelsheim, 1881

Parocyusa Bernhauer, 1902: 223 [synonymized by Assing & Schülke 2007: 32]

Type species: Ocyusa holdhausi Bernhauer, 1902

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 353 (characters in key as Parocyusa ), 356 (characters as Parocyusa ), 358 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key as Parocyusa ).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

0606. Xenomma Wollaston, 1854: 543

Type species: Xenomma planifrons Wollaston, 1854

7 species are included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 381 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

Other regions: Palaearctic.

0607. Zoosetha Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 4

Type species: Homalota inconspicua Erichson, 1839

Ocyusida Bernhauer, 1900b: 197 [synonymized by Assing 1998: 74]

Type species: Ocyusida skalitzkyi Bernhauer, 1900

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 353 (characters in key), 354 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

Other regions: Palaearctic.

Figures

FIGURES 64–75. Habitus; Aleocharinae (64–75); 64, after Pace 2015a; 65, after Bortoluzzi et al. 2016; 66, after Kanao et al. 2012; 67, after Pace 1999c; 68, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 69, after Pace, 2011b; 70, after Bruch 1933a; 71, after Pace 2015e; 72, Chile: region of Coquimbo (MUSM); 73, after Pace 1996b; 74, after Pace 1987b; 75, after Kistner 2006; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.