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.