Dimerini Raffray, 1908a

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 : 26-28

Tribe Dimerini Raffray, 1908a

0044. Barroeuplectoides O. Park, 1942: 101

Type species: Barroeuplectoides zeteki O. Park, 1942

2 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.

Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 69 (characters in key); O. Park 1952b: 88 (characters in key); Grigarick & Schuster 1980: 19 (characters), 54 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 17 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

0045. Ocabaraja Schuster & Grigarick, 1980: 39

Type species: Ocabaraja romingeri Schuster & Grigarick, 1980

2 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies and South America.

Characters/Description: Coulon 1989: 17 (characters).

Distribution.

West Indies: Dominican Republic.

South America: Venezuela.

0046. Tuberoplectus O. Park, 1952b: 96

Type species: Tuberoplectus plaumanni O. Park, 1952

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Key: Raffray 1904b: 539 (species groups); Raffray 1908a: 85 (subgenera and species groups); O. Park 1942: 100 (Neotropical species of the genus); O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); O. Park 1952b: 89 (Neotropical species of the genus); O. Park et al. 1976: 26 (species of the West Indies).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile.

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

0049. Mitrametopus Raffray, 1911: 50

Type species: Mitracephala longipennis Raffray, 1890

Mitracephala Raffray, 1890b: 107 [synonymized by Raffray 1911: 50]

Type species: Mitracephala longipennis Raffray, 1890

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904b: 587 (characters in key as Mitracephala ); Raffray 1908a: 115 (characters in key as Mitracephala ), 128 (characters as Mitracephala ); O. Park 1942: 67 (characters in key as Mitracephala ), 83 (characters as Mitracephala ).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.