Subfamily OXYPORINAE Fleming, 1821

0781. Oxyporus Fabricius, 1775: 267 (Figs. 126–127)

Type species: Staphylinus rufus Linnaeus, 1758

10 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Campbell 1969: 228 (characters).

Key: Scheerpeltz 1960: 78 (Neotropical species); Campbell 1969: 229 (New World species); Campbell 1974: 157 (some species); Campbell 1990: 214 (species of the Mexico and Central America); Navarrete-Heredia & Novelo-Gutiérrez 1990: 231 (Mexican species); Márquez et al. 2005: 7 (Mexican species); Márquez & Asiain 2006: 58 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

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

South America: Bolivia.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0782. Pseudoxyporus Nakane & Sawada, 1956: 116, 120

Type species: Oxyporus hoplites Sharp, 1889

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Campbell 1969: 229 (characters in key), 230 (characters); Makranczy 2012: 113 (characters); M.H. Kim et al. 2016: 344 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.