Homalotina Heer, 1839

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 : 143-145

Subtribe Homalotina Heer, 1839

0466. Anomognathus Solier, 1849: 337

Type species: Anomognathus filiformis Solier, 1849

Theetura Thomson, 1858: 32 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 547]

Type species: Homalota cuspidata Erichson, 1839

Subgenera:

Anomognathus Solier, 1849: 337 [*]

Type species: Anomognathus filiformis Solier, 1849

Mindoria Cameron, 1941: 401

Type species: Mindoria paradoxa Cameron, 1941

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 64 (characters in key), 77 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

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

0467. Cephaloxynum Bernhauer, 1907: 382

Type species: Cephaloxynum gestroi Bernhauer, 1907

Subgenera:

Cephaloxynum Bernhauer, 1907: 382 [*]

Type species: Cephaloxynum gestroi Bernhauer, 1907

Ponticulus Bierig, 1931: 424 [*]

Type species: Cephaloxynum rambouseki Bierig, 1931

6 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key), 458 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 459 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica.

Central America: Mexico, Panama.

South America: Bolivia, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0468. Homalota Mannerheim, 1831: 487

Type species: Aleochara plana Gyllenhal, 1810

Epipeda Mulsant & Rey, 1871: 136 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545]

Type species: Aleochara plana Gyllenhal, 1810

Epipeda Mulsant & Rey, 1872b: 226 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 150]

Lampromalota Cameron, 1920a: 246 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545]

Type species: Lampromalota brunneicollis Cameron, 1920

Mimomalota Cameron, 1920a: 242 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 545]

Type species: Mimomalota bispina Cameron, 1920

Stonalota Mannerheim, 1846: 508 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 189]

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

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 55 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key). Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

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

0469. Peliusa Erichson, 1839a: 192

Type species: Peliusa labiata Erichson, 1839

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Distribution.

South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia.

Other regions: Madagascan, Oriental.

0470. Thecturota Casey, 1893: 357 ( Fig. 78 )

Type species: Thecturota tenuissima Casey, 1893

Hemithecta Casey, 1911: 211 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 564]

Type species: Thecturota ruficollis Casey, 1911

Leptischnusa Pace, 1983d: 308 [synonymized by Pace 1990b: 58]

Type species: Leptischnusa schuberti Pace, 1983

Oligurota Casey, 1893: 361 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 564]

Type species: Oligurota pusio Casey, 1893

Pragensiella Machulka, 1941: 100 [synonymized by Muona 1984: 227, 230]

Type species: Pragensiella magnifica Machulka, 1941

4 species are included in this genus from the West Indies and South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 128 (characters).

Key: Klimaszewski & Peck 1998: 230 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Newton & Peck 2006: 137 (species of the Galapagos Isl.).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe.

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

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

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.