Clavilispinina Newton & Thayer, 1992

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 : 213-214

Subtribe Clavilispinina Newton & Thayer, 1992

0737. Allotrochus Fagel, 1955b: 78 ( Fig. 92 )

Type species: Holotrochus curticollis Fauvel, 1898

5 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 213 (characters in key); Newton 2017: 23 (characters).

Key: Irmler 2000a: 247 (Neotropical species); Naomi & Irmler 2012: 106 (species of the genus); Irmler 2015b: 158 (Cuban species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.

South America: Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.

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

0738. Clavilispinus Bernhauer, 1926: 255 ( Fig. 94 )

Type species: Paralispinus siargaoanus Bernhauer, 1926

Ancaeus Fauvel, 1864: 56 [synonymized by Cameron 1930: 42]

Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864

Neolispinodes Bernhauer, 1937: 579 [synonymized by Herman 2001d: 1232]

Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864

Paralispinus Bernhauer, 1921a: 67 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 291]

Type species: Ancaeus megacephalus Fauvel, 1864

14 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1921a: 67 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 120 (characters in key as Paralispinus ), 156 (characters as Paralispinus ); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 213 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 142 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 157 (species of the West Indies as Paralispinus ); Irmler 1991: 85 (Neotropical species); Irmler 2003b: 350 (Neotropical species of Clavilispinus exiguus group); Irmler 2015b: 158 (Cuban species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago, Barbados.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

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

0739. Geotrochopsis Irmler, 2016a: 109

Type species: Geotrochopsis pubescens Irmler, 2016

3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Key: Irmler, 2016a: 114 (key to species).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica.

South America: Peru, Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 88–99. Habitus; Piestinae (88–91); Osoriinae (92–99); 88, after Pérez et al. 2017; 89, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (MUSM); 90, Peru: department of Cuzco (MUSM); 91, after Brunke et al. 2011; 92, after Sharp 1887a; 93, after Sharp 1887a; 94, after Irmler 1991; 95, after Irmler 2001b; 96, after Bierig 1931; 97, after Sharp 1887a; 98, after Caron et al. 2012; 99, after Bruch 1942; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.