Tribe Diestotini Mulsant & Rey 1871
0416. Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 194
Type species: Diestota mayeti Mulsant & Rey, 1870
Hypselusa Bernhauer in Bernhauer & Scott, 1931: 592 [synonymized by Pace 1986b: 108]
Type species: Hypselusa scotti Bernhauer, 1931
Ousilusa Cameron, 1920a: 234 [synonymized by Pace 2000b: 131]
Type species: Ousilusa myrmicobia Cameron, 1920
Prosilusa Cameron, 1920a: 236 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 323]
Type species: Prosilusa rufa Cameron, 1920
Subgenera:
Aphaenoglossa Peyerimhoff, 1937: 103
Type species: Aphaenoglossa normandi Peyerimhoff, 1937
Apheloglossa Casey, 1893: 348 [*]
Type species: Apheloglossa rufipennis Casey, 1893
Amenusa Casey, 1906: 349 [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 165]
Type species: Amenusa angustula Casey, 1906
Elachistarthron Notman, 1920: 715 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 421]
Type species: Elachistarthron ambiguum Notman, 1920
Orthodiatelus Notman, 1920: 716 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 421]
Type species: Orthodiatelus innotabilis Notman, 1920
Pectusa Casey, 1911: 197 [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 165]
Type species: Pectusa oblonga Casey, 1911
Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1870: 194
Type species: Diestota mayeti Mulsant & Rey, 1870
Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1872a: 170 [Newton & Thayer 2003]
Diestota Mulsant & Rey, 1873c: 74 [Newton & Thayer 2003]
Eutrichostygna Pace, 1986a: 421 [*]
Type species: Diestota chavin Pace, 1986
63 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key as subgenera Diestota and Apheloglossa).
Key: Pace 1986a: 419 (subgenera of the genus); Klimaszewski & Peck 1998: 230 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Newton & Peck 2006: 137 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Pace 2008a: 270 (species of the subgenus Diestota of Ecuador and Peru), 270 (species of the subgenus Apheloglossa of Ecuador and Peru).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.
0417. Eudera Fauvel, 1866b: 257 (Fig. 55)
Type species: Eudera sculptilis Fauvel, 1866
Cajachara Ashe & Leschen, 1995: 86 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 273]
Type species: Cajachara carltoni Ashe & Leschen, 1995
Eudera Fauvel, 1866a: 8 [Newton & Thayer 2003]
Type species: Eudera sculptilis Fauvel, 1866
15 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America.
Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 65 (characters in key), 83 (characters); Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).
Key: Coiffait & Sáiz, 1967: 84 (species of Chile); Pace 2008a: 273 (species of the Ecuador and Peru).
Distribution.
West Indies: US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe.
Central America: Guatemala, Costa Rica.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.
0418. Gansia Sharp, 1883: 282
Type species: Gansia bicolor Sharp, 1883
15 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.
Characters/Description: Ashe & Lingafelter 1996: 253 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key), 274 (characters in key).
Key: Ashe & Lingafelter 1996: 257 (species of Mexico and Central America).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil.
0419. Gansiella Pace, 2008a: 274
Type species: Gansiella peruviana Pace, 2008
3 species are known from and are restricted to South America.
Characters/Description: Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key), 274 (characters in key).
Key: Pace 2014b: 87 (speceis of the genus).
Distribution.
South America: French Guiana, Peru.
0420. Parasilusa Bernhauer, 1908: 338
Type species: Parasilusa iheringi Bernhauer, 1908
Ocyupora Pace, 1986a: 421 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 254]
Type species: Diestota inca Pace, 1986
8 species are known from and are restricted to South America.
Characters/Description: Pace 1996b: 417 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).
Key: Pace 2008a: 254 (species of Ecuador and Peru).
Distribution. South America: French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.
0421. Plesiomalota Pace, 1983d: 296
Type species: Homalota republicana Bernhauer, 1921
Subgenera:
Chaetopiezusa Pace, 1985: 378 [*]
Type species: Plesiomalota venezuelanorum Pace, 1985
Heteromalota Pace, 1983d: 298 [*]
Type species: Plesiomalota uhligi Pace, 1983
Leptosomaphya Pace, 1983a: 91 [*]
Type species: Leptosomaphya franzi Pace, 1983
Microchara Pace, 1983d: 300 [*]
Type species: Microchara flava Pace, 1983
Ischnosomaops Pace, 1983a: 93 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 424]
Type species: Leptosomaphya minor Pace, 1983
Microusa Pace, 1983a: 95 [*]
Type species: Microusa franzi Pace, 1983
Plesiomalota Pace, 1983d: 296 [*]
Type species: Homalota republicana Bernhauer, 1920
99 species are known from and are restricted to South America.
Characters/Description: Pace 1986a: 419 (characters in key); Pace 2008a: 254 (characters in key).
Key: Pace 1986a: 423 (subgenera of the genus); Pace 2001b: 418 (subgenera of the genus); Pace 2008a: 258 (species of Ecuador and Peru).
Distribution.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.
0422. Tachiona Sharp, 1883: 284
Type species: Tachiona deplanata Sharp, 1883
8 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.
Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 127 (characters); Ashe & Wheeler 1988: 177 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 129 (characters in key).
Key: Ashe & Wheeler 1988: 177 (some species of the genus); Ashe 1990: 229 (species of the genus); Ashe 1993: 238 (species of the genus).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.