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.