Tribe Placusini Mulsant & Rey, 1871

0659. Euvira Sharp, 1883: 278

Type species: Euvira nigra Sharp, 1883

Crimalia Casey, 1911: 206 [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 168]

Type species: Crimalia quadriceps Casey, 1911

33 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 118 (characters as Crimalia); Cameron 1948b: 233 (characters); Ashe & Kistner 1989: 86 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 130 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 135 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines.

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

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

Other regions: Nearctic.

0660. Kyrtusa Pace, 2008a: 252

Type species: Kyrtusa curticornis Pace, 2008

Kirtusa Pace, 2008a: 225, 252 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 18]

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Ecuador.

0661. Placukorna Santiago-Jiménez in Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro, 2016: 46

Type species: Placukorna ipsa Santiago-Jiménez in Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro, 2016

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0662. Placusa Erichson, 1837: 370 (Fig. 71)

Type species: Aleochara pumilio Gravenhorst, 1802

Subgenera:

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1871: 108

Type species: Placusa adscita Erichson, 1839

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1872b: 198 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92]

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1873c: 74 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92]

Placusa Erichson, 1837: 370

Type species: Aleochara pumilio Gravenhorst, 1802

Pelekoglossa Cameron, 1920a: 226 [Smetana 2004: 492]

Type species: Pelekoglossa cingulata Cameron, 1920

46 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 64 (characters in key), 65 (characters); Klimaszewski et al. 2001: 6 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters).

Key: Pace 2008a: 250 (species of Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution.

West Indies: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Guadeloupe.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

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