Decarthrina O. Park, 1951

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Subtribe Decarthrina O. Park, 1951

0210. Decarthron Brendel, 1865: 30

Type species: Bryaxis formiceti LeConte, 1849

Subgenera:

Decarfuss Newton & Chandler, 1989: 5 , 44 [*]

Type species: Bryaxis monoceros L.W. Schaufuss, 1882

Decarfuss O. Park, 1942: 194 [nomen nudum, validated by Newton & Chandler 1989: 5, 44] Type species: [no type species designated]

Decarthron Brendel, 1865: 30 [*] Type species: Bryaxis formiceti LeConte, 1849

81 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Reitter 1882a: 139 (characters in key); Raffray 1904a: 116 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 198 (characters in key), 249 (characters); O. Park 1942: 124 (characters in key), 185 (characters); O. Park 1944: 242 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953b: 439 (characters); O. Park 1954b: 19 (characters in key); O. Park et al. 1976: 58 (characters); Chandler 2002: 53 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1904a: 185 (species group); O. Park 1942: 186 (group of species), 189–194 (species of the genus), 200 (species of Decarthron and Drasinus from Barro Colorado island); O. Park 1944: 230 (Brazilian species), 251 (Mexican species); Becker & Sanderson 1953b: 440 (species of Honduras); O. Park 1958: 69 (cavernicolous species from Eastern of the United States); O. Park et al. 1976: 59 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0211. Euteleia Raffray, 1904a: 183

Type species: Bryaxis recens L.W. Schaufuss, 1880

3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 116 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 198 (characters in key), 248

(characters); O. Park 1942: 123 (characters in key), 201 (characters); Chandler 2002: 53 (characters in key). Key: O. Park 1942: 201 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico. South America: Brazil.

0212. Raffrayolus Jakobson, 1914: 528

Type species: Itamus laticeps Raffray, 1904

Itamus Raffray, 1904a: 196 [synonymized by Jakobson 1914: 528]

Type species: Itamus laticeps Raffray, 1904

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 117 (characters in key as Itamus ); Raffray 1908a: 198 (characters in key as Itamus ), 251 (characters as Itamus ); O. Park 1942: 124 (characters in key as Itamus ), 201 (characters as Itamus );

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.