Panaphantina Jeannel, 1950

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 : 34-39

Subtribe Panaphantina Jeannel, 1950

0074. Acotreba Reitter, 1882b: 209 ( Fig. 20 )

Type species: Acotreba simoni Reitter, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 205 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 519 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 36 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 114 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0075. Allodalminiastes H. Franz, 1996: 104

Type species: Allodalminiastes abnormipenis H. Franz, 1996

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0076. Andiotes H. Franz, 1996: 99

Type species: Andiotes malalcahuelloi H. Franz, 1996

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

Distribution. South America: Chile.

0077. Araucaniotes Jeannel, 1962b: 371

Type species: Araucaniotes parallelus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 348 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0078. Biblomelba O. Park, 1952b: 106

Type species: Biblomelba profunda O. Park, 1952

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

Characters/Description: O. Park 1952b: 104 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 39 (characters), 55 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0079. Biblomimus Raffray, 1904b: 545

Type species: Biblomimus minutus Raffray, 1904

5 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies and Central America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 529 (characters in key); O. Park 1942: 66 (characters in key), 93 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 104 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 34 (characters), 56 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1942: 93 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952b: 108 (species of the genus); O. Park et al. 1976: 24 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Honduras.

0080. Bibloplectopsis Jeannel, 1962b: 343

Type species: Bibloplectopsis chilensis Jeannel, 1962

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0081. Bibloplectus Reitter, 1882c: 529

Type species: Pselaphus ambiguus Reichenbach, 1816

Subgenera:

Bibloplectodes Jeannel, 1949: 49

Type species: Euplectus ruficeps LeConte, 1863

Bibloplectus Reitter, 1882c: 529

Type species: Pselaphus ambiguus Reichenbach, 1816

Minitiola Karaman, 1969: 53 [synonymized by Löbl & Besuchet 2004: 291]

Type species: Minitiola eubeae Karaman, 1969

1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 214 (characters in key), 257 (characters); Raffray 1904b: 529 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 43 (characters in key), 96 (characters); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 37 (characters), 55 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 57 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.

0082. Caligrua Jeannel, 1962b: 352

Type species: Caligrua thoracica Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 348 (characters in key).

Key: Jeannel 1962b: 353 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Chile, Argentina.

0083. Caligruacmes Jeannel, 1963: 359

Type species: Caligruacmes convexicollis Jeannel, 1963

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0084. Dalminiastes Jeannel, 1962b: 373

Type species: Dalminiastes semirugosus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 373 (characters in key).

Key: Jeannel 1962b: 374 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Chile, Argentina.

0085. Dalminiomus Jeannel, 1962b: 378

Type species: Dalminiomus araucanus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 373 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0086. Etopias Jeannel, 1962b: 357

Type species: Etopias longulus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 348 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile. 0087. Fanoridius H. Franz, 1997: 168

Type species: Faronidius andinus H. Franz, 1996

Faronidius H. Franz, 1996: 106 [synonymized by H. Franz 1997: 168]

Type species: Faronidius andinus H. Franz, 1996

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0088. Faronoma Raffray, 1893b: 259 ( Fig. 21 )

Type species: Rybaxis cavangula Reitter, 1889

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 588 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 114 (characters in key), 116 (characters); O. Park 1942: 60 (characters in key), 71 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 55 (characters in key); Jeannel 1962b: 373 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0089. Frutillariotes Jeannel, 1962b: 381

Type species: Frutillariotes kuscheli Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 373 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0090. Lioplectus Raffray, 1898b: 260

Type species: Lioplectus nitidus Raffray, 1898

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 214 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 530 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 43 (characters in key), 99 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 88 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1908b: 64 (species of the genus); O. Park 1942: 98 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952b: 100 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

0091. Mexigaster O. Park, 1952b: 110 ( Fig. 26 )

Type species: Mexigaster boneti O. Park, 1952

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

Characters/Description: O. Park 1952b: 104 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 30 (characters), 55 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0092. Mildana Jeannel, 1964: 9

Type species: Mildana castrii Jeannel, 1964

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0093. Nothoplectus Jeannel, 1963: 360

Type species: Nothoplectus depressus Jeannel, 1963

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0094. Platyplectus Jeannel, 1962b: 377

Type species: Platyplectus chilotus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 373 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0095. Pseudocaligrua H. Franz, 1996: 96

Type species: Pseudocaligrua edentata H. Franz, 1996

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

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0096. Pteroplectus Raffray, 1898b: 259

Type species: Euplectus grandicornis L.W. Schaufuss, 1880

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 214 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 530 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 43 (characters in key), 98 (characters); O. Park 1942: 66 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 104 (characters in key); Jeannel 1962b: 348 (characters in key), 356 (characters).

Key: Jeannel 1962b: 356 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0097. Thesiastes Casey, 1893: 457

Type species: Euplectus debilis LeConte in Schwarz, 1878

6 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 213 (characters in key), 252 (characters); Raffray 1904b: 528 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 42 (characters in key), 90 (characters); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters in key), 97 (characters); O. Park 1952b: 88 (characters in key), 93 (characters); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 36 (characters), 55 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 57 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1904b: 543 (species group); O. Park 1952b: 93 (species of the genus); O. Park et al. 1976: 25 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Jamaica, US Virgin Isl., Grenada.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Guyana, Suriname, Chile.

Other regions: Nearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Oceanic.

0098. Thesium Casey, 1884b: 117

Type species: Euplectus cavifrons LeConte, 1863

Apothinus Sharp, 1887b: 35 [synonymized by Brendel & Wickham 1891: 48]

Type species: Apothinus impressifrons Sharp, 1887

16 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1898b: 205 (characters in key as Apothinus ), 219 (characters as Apothinus ); Raffray 1904b: 519 (characters in key as Apothinus ); Raffray 1908a: 36 (characters in key as Apothinus ), 53 (characters as Apothinus ); O. Park 1942: 66 (characters in key), 67 (characters), 89 (characters); O. Park 1944: 243 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 114 (characters in key), 114 (characters); O. Park et al. 1976: 22 (characters); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 13 (characters), 54 (characters in key); Chandler 1985: 110 (characters in key); Chandler 2002: 56 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1942: 90 (species of the genus); O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); O. Park 1952b: 115 (species of the genus); O. Park et al. 1976: 22 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0099. Trepacmes Jeannel, 1962b: 360

Type species: Trepacmes germaini Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 348 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0100. Tumucania H. Franz, 1997: 168

Type species: Tucumania nogalitoi H. Franz, 1996

Tucumania H. Franz, 1996: 107 [synonymized by H. Franz 1997: 168]

Type species: Tucumania nogalitoi H. Franz, 1996

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

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES 16–27. Habitus; Micropeplinae (16–18), Neophoninae (19), Pselaphinae (20–27); 16, after Campbell 1968; 17, after Campbell 1973c; 18, after Tronquet & Degallier 2010; 19 Chile: region of Los Lagos (VMDC); 20, after Reitter 1883b; 21, after Reitter 1889; 22, after Bryant 1915; 23, after Raffray 1887; 24, after Asenjo 2016; 25, after Asenjo et al. 2017; 26, after O. Park 1952b; 27, after Bruch 1929; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.