Hyptiomina Casey, 1906

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 : 290

Subtribe Hyptiomina Casey, 1906

0966. Holisus Erichson, 1839a: 298 ( Fig. 194 )

Type species: Holisus analis Erichson, 1839

Hyptioma Casey, 1906: 362 [synonymized by Casey 1910c: 106]

Type species: Hyptioma cubensis Casey, 1906

Piestomorphus Motschulsky, 1858d: 666 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 596]

Type species: Piestomorphus ater Motschulsky, 1858

31 species (1 in Dominican amber) are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key), 460 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 298 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 152 (characters in key); Chani-Posse 2014a: 74 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 461 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Antigua & Barbuda, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines.

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

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

Other regions: Nearctic, Ethiopian.

Figures

FIGURES 184–195. Habitus; Staphylininae (184–195); 184, Peru: department of Lima (MUSM); 185, Brazil: state of Paraná (MUSM); 186, after Chatzimanolis 2014a; 187, after Santiago-Jiménez 2008; 188, after Smetana 1982; 189, after Chatzimanolis 2012; 190, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 191, after Navarrete-Heredia & Márquez 1998; 192, after Klimaszewski et al. 2013; 193, after Márquez 2001; 194, after Erichson 1840; 195, after Márquez 2003; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.