Oxytelini Fleming, 1821

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 : 223-226

Tribe Oxytelini Fleming, 1821

0766. Anotylus Thomson, 1859: 44

Type species: Oxytelus sculpturatus Gravenhorst, 1806

Anotylops Fagel, 1957b: 8 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 145]

Type species: Anotylops seydeli Fagel, 1957

Boettcherinus Bernhauer, 1936b: 82 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelus planaticollis Bernhauer, 1936

Delopsis Fauvel, 1895a: 198 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 342]

Type species: Delopsis cornuta Fauvel, 1895

Emopotylus Bernhauer, 1910: 359 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelus cuernavacanus Bernhauer, 1910

Metoxytelus Coiffait & Sáiz, 1968: 422 [synonymized by Hammond 1 976: 145]

Type species: Oxytelus sulcicollis Gemminger & Harold, 1868

Microxytelus Fagel, 1956: 272 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelus nitidifrons Wollaston, 1871

Neoplatystethus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 127 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146]

Type species: Neoplatystethus hameedi Abdullah & Qadri, 1970

Neopyctocraerus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 126 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146]

Type species: Neopyctocraerus shafqati Abdullah & Qadri, 1970

Oncoparia Bernhauer in Bernhauer & Jeannel, 1936: 214 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 145]

Type species: Oncoparia parasita Bernhauer, 1936

Oxytelodes Bernhauer, 1908: 290 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelodes holdhausi Bernhauer, 1908

Oxytelops Fagel, 1956: 273 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Staphylinus tetracarinatus Block, 1799

Oxytelopsis Fauvel, 1895a: 199 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 83]

Type species: Oxytelopsis cimicoides Fauvel, 1895

Oxytelosus Cameron, 1950b: 92 [synonymized by Fagel 1956: 274]

Type species: [no type species designated]

Oxytelosus Fagel, 1956: 274 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelus abnormalis Cameron, 1938

Paracaccoporus Steel, 1948: 188 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Oxytelus ocularis Fauvel, 1877

Pseudodelopsis Fagel, 1957b: 3 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 414]

Type species: Pseudodelopsis scotti Fagel, 1957

Pseudoplatystethus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 129 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146]

Type species: Neoplatystethus meccii Abdullah & Qadri, 1970

Pseudopyctocraerus M. Abdullah & Qadri, 1970: 125 [synonymized by Hammond 1976: 146]

Type species: Platystethus mahmoodi Abdullah & Qadri, 1970

Rimba Blackwelder, 1952: 342 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 83]

Type species: Delopsis cornuta Fauvel, 1895

Styloxys Gozis, 1886: 15 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1943: 91]

Type species: Staphylinus rugosus Fabricius, 1775

58 species are included in this genus from Latin America. A very large genus, extremely poorly known considering its great Neotropical diversity; the majority of the species in the region are undescribed [György Makranczy, personal communication].

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1908: 290 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key), 415 1943: 57 (characters in key), 88 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key), 447 (characters); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 411 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 89 (species of the West Indies); Chani-Posse & Scheibler 2013: 198 (species of the southwestern of the South America).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cayman Is., Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

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

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

0768. Ecitoclimax Borgmeier, 1934: 452

Type species: Ecitoclimax tarsalis Borgmeier, 1934

Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Formerly monotypical genus, with a recently discovered second species (yet undescribed). Myrmecophilous habits possible [György Makranczy, personal communication].

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 339 (characters); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 403 (characters); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0769. Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802: 101 ( Fig. 122 )

Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767

Anisopsidius Fagel, 1960: 8 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82]

Type species: Anisopsis quadricollis Bernhauer, 1932

Anisopsis Fauvel, 1904a: 108 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82]

Type species: Anisopsis flexuosa Fauvel, 1904

Anisopsodes Fagel, 1960: 11 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 404]

Type species: Anisopsodes ornatus Fagel, 1960

Hoplitodes Fauvel, 1904a: 109 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82]

Type species: Hoplitodes echidne Fauvel, 1904

Paranisopsis Cameron, 1938: 3 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 404]

Type species: Paranisopsis dorylina Cameron, 1938

Paroxytelopsis Cameron, 1933b: 36 [synonymized by Makranczy 2006: 82]

Type species: Paroxytelopsis dorylinus Cameron, 1933

Subgenera:

Epomotylus Thomson, 1859: 43

Type species: Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806

Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802: 101

Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767

Basilewskyorus Fagel, 1957a: 41 [synonymized by Herman 1970a: 408]

Type species: Oxytelus rugegensis Cameron, 1956

Caccoporus Thomson, 1859: 43 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 648]

Type species: Staphylinus piceus Linnaeus, 1767

Tanycraerus Thomson, 1859: 43

Type species: Oxytelus luteipennis Erichson, 1839

12 species are included in this genus from Latin America. A mostly Old World genus with a small diversity in the Neotropics [György Makranczy, personal communication].

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 365 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 57 (characters in key), 91 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 415 (characters in key of subgenus Epomotylus ); Herman 1970a: 362 (characters in key), 408 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 91 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Saint-Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

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

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

0770. Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830: 46 ( Fig. 124 )

Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792

Subgenera:

Craetopycrus Tottenham, 1939a: 225

Type species: Oxytelus cornutus Gravenhorst, 1802

Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830: 46

Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792

Pyctocraerus Thomson, 1859: 43 [synonymized by Fauvel 1872: 178]

Type species: Staphylinus morsitans Paykull, 1792

8 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 358 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 57 (characters in key), 109 (characters); Herman 1970a: 361 (characters in key), 401 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 230 (characters in key); Makranczy 2006: 105 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 145 (characters in key).

Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 359 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina.

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

Figures

FIGURES 112–123. Habitus; Osoriinae (112–118); Oxytelinae (119–123); 112, after Sharp 1887a; 113, after Bruch 1942; 114, after Sharp 1887a; 115, after Irmler 2003c; 116, after Sharp 1887a; 117, after Irmler 2003a; 118, after Sharp 1887a; 119, after Sharp 1887a; 120, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 121, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 122, after Sharp 1887a; 123, after Makranczy 2014; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 124–135. Habitus; Oxytelinae (124–125); Oxyporinae (126–127); Megalopsidiinae (128–131); Scydmaeninae (132–135); 124, after Palomino & Dale 1989; 125, after Sharp 1887a; 126, after Márquez & Asiain 2006; 127, after Márquez et al. 2005; 128, after Puthz 2012; 129, after Sharp 1887a; 130, after Puthz 2012; 131, Chile: region of Araucanía (VMDC); 132, after Jałoszyński 2013a; 133, after Jałoszyński 2013e; 134, after Jałoszyński 2011a; 135, after Lord et al. 2014; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.