Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America) Author Peck, Stewart B. Author Gnaspini, Pedro Author Newton, Alfred F. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-02-18 4741 1 1 114 journal article 22512 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1 a9286570-20d6-4a5b-af31-d4717ed26de9 1175-5326 3772899 2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF Genus Dasypelates Portevin Dasypelates Portevin, 1907: 74 ; Jeannel, 1936: 111 (redescription); sensu of Newton, 1998: 78 , 167 (see note under Chiliopelates ). Type species: Dasypelates gracilis Portevin (monotypy). = Pelatonoma Jeannel, 1957: 50 ; Newton, 1998: 78 , 167 syn. Type species: Pelatonoma pubescens Jeannel (= Dasypelates gracilis Portevin ) (orig. des.). Key: to species in Salgado, 2011a: 243 . Distribution: Southern Chile , southwestern Argentina . Biology: Common at carrion and dung, also on fungi of various kinds and in forest litter.