Hypocyphtini Laporte, 1835

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 : 152-154

Tribe Hypocyphtini Laporte, 1835

0505. Callopsenius Wasmann, 1903: 236

Type species: Eupsenius clavicornis Wasmann, 1902

Eupsenius H. Franz, 1989c: 5 [synonymized by Wasmann 1903: 236]

Type species: Eupsenius clavicornis Wasmann, 1902

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1941: 341 (characters); Seevers 1957: 283 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Paraguay.

0506. Cypha Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 176

Type species: Tachyporus granulum Gravenhorst, 1806

Eremodromius Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1961: 148 [synonymized by Assing 2005: 62]

Type species: Eremodromius takhtajani Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1961

Hypocyphtus Gyllenhal, 1827: 294 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 195]

Type species: Scaphidium longicorne Paykull, 1800

Hypocyphtus Stephens, 1829b: 272 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 195]

Hypocyphtus Mannerheim, 1830: 58 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 195]

Hypocyptus Agassiz, 1846: 191 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 195]

Type species: Scaphidium longicorne Paykull, 1800

5 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: St. Lucia.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.

South America: Ecuador, Bolivia.

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

0507. Holobus Solier, 1849: 335 ( Fig. 60 )

Type species: Holobus pigmaeus Solier, 1849

Somatium Wollaston, 1854: 563 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Type species: Somatium anale Wollaston, 1854

24 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 52 (characters in key), 56 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 135 (characters in key as subgenus of Oligota ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, US Virgin Isl., British Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

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

0508. Oligota Mannerheim, 1830: 72

Type species: Aleochara pusillima Gravenhorst, 1806

Deroligota Sharp in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 555 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 121] Type species: Oligota prolixa Sharp, 1885

Gnatholigota Sharp in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 556 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 172] Type species: Oligota latifrons Sharp, 1908

Goliota Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 107 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 174]

Type species: Oligota granaria Erichson, 1837

Goliota Mulsant & Rey, 1874d: 121 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 174]

Logiota Mulsant & Rey, 1873a: 111 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 226]

Logiota Mulsant & Rey, 1873d: 148 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 225]

Type species: Oligota picescens Mulsant & Rey, 1873

Logiota Mulsant & Rey, 1874a: 2 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Logiota Mulsant & Rey, 1874d: 131 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 226]

Microcera Mannerheim, 1830: 72 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 244]

Type species: Microcera inflata Mannerheim, 1830

Nesoligota Sharp in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 557 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 261]

Type species: Oligota latipennis Sharp, 1908

Oligusa Wasmann, 1897: 267 [synonymized by Pace 2008e: 557]

Type species: Oligusa crematogastris Wasmann, 1897

Paroligota Cameron, 1945a: 159 [synonymized by Williams 1976: 248]

Type species: Paroligota zealandica Cameron, 1945

20 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 92 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 51 (characters in key), 52 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key).

Key: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 53 (species of Chile); Frank 1972: 129 (subgenera), 143 (species of the Caribbean region).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, US Virgin Isl., British Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.

South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

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

Figures

FIGURES 52–63. Habitus; Aleocharinae (52–63); 52, after Bruch 1917; 53, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 54, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 55, after Pace 2015e; 56, after Pace 2015a; 57, after Pace 2011b; 58, after Pace 2007; 59, after Pace 2008d; 60, after Pace 2015e; 61, after Pace 2014c; 62, after Pace 2011b; 63, after Pace 2011b; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.