Mesoporini Cameron, 1959

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 : 170

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Tribe Mesoporini Cameron, 1959 View in CoL

0570. Ambracyptus Lundgren, 1984: 163

Type species: Paracyptus minutissima Seevers, 1971

Paracyptus Seevers, 1971: 82 View in CoL [synonymized by Lundgren 1984: 163]

Type species: Paracyptus minutissima Seevers, 1971

1 species known only from Mexican amber.

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0571. Anacyptus Horn, 1877: 87

Type species: Hypocyptus testaceus LeConte, 1863

Microcyptus Horn, 1882: 1 View in CoL [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 244]

Type species: Hypocyptus testaceus LeConte, 1863

2 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 532 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 124 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Montserrat.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Brazil, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Oriental.

Ashe, J. S. (2002 b) 5. Subfamilia Aleocharinae Fleming, 1821. In: Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Newton, A. F., Thayer, M. K., Ashe, J. S. & Chandler, D. S. (Eds.), Guia ilustrada para los generos de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Mexico [Illustrated guide to the genera of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico]. Universidad de Guadalajara & Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Guadalajara, pp. 121 - 199.

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

Blackwelder, R. E. (1952) The generic names of the beetle family Staphylinidae, with an essay on genotypy. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 200, iv + 483 pp.

Cameron, M. (1959) New species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from Angola (IV). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 48, 113 - 120.

Horn, G. H. (1877) Synopsis of the genera and species of the Staphylinide tribe Tachyporini of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 6, 81 - 128, pl. 1. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076320

Horn, G. H. (1882) [Untitled]. Proceedings of the monthly meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), 10, i-ii.

Lundgren, R. W. (1984) Ambracyptus, a new name for Paracyptus Seevers (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 60, 163.

Seevers, C. H. (1971) Fossil Staphylinidae in Tertiary Mexican amber (Coleoptera). University of California Publications in Entomology, 63, 77 - 86, pls. 2 - 3.