Tribe Clidicini Casey, 1897

0791. Leptochromus Motschulsky, 1855: 12 (Fig. 135)

Type species: Leptochromus fulvescens Motschulsky, 1855

Hecotus Sharp, 1887b: 70 [synonymized by Csiki 1919: 87]

Type species: Hecotus mexicanus Sharp, 1887

6 species (1 in Mexican amber) are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: O'Keefe 1998: 263 (characters); O’Keefe 1999: 68 (characters); O’Keefe 2002: 214 (characters); Lord et al. 2014: 119 (characters).

Key: O’Keefe 1999: 70 (species of Costa Rica); O’Keefe 2002: 218 (species of the genus); Lord et al. 2014: 122 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Brazil.

0792. Papusus Casey, 1897: 542

Type species: Papusus macer Casey, 1897

5 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: H. Franz 1985c: 184 (characters); O'Keefe 1998: 263 (characters); O'Keefe 2003: 266 (characters).

Key: O'Keefe 2003: 271 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic.