Subfamily SCAPHIDIINAE Latreille, 1807

Tribe Cypariini Achard, 1924

0702. Cyparium Erichson, 1845: 3 (Fig. 81)

Type species: Cyparium palliatum Erichson, 1845

Yparicum Achard, 1920: 126 [synonymized by Löbl 1992: 498] Type species: Yparicum yunnanum Achard, 1920

27 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 165 (characters); Leschen & Löbl 1995: 448 (characters in key), 448 (characters); Hwang & Ahn 2001: 369 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 201 (characters in key); Fierros-Lopéz 2002: 8 (characters).

Key: Matthews 1888: 166 (species of Central America); Fierros-Lopéz 2002: 10 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic.

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

South America: Colombia, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

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