Sbtribu Phloeoporina Thomson, 1859

0608. Phloeopora Erichson, 1837: 311

Type species: Aleochara corticalis Gravenhorst, 1802

Phloeodroma Kraatz, 1856b: 338 [synonymized by Lohse 1989: 223]

Type species: Phloeodroma concolor Kraatz, 1856

35 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 321 (characters as Phloeodrama), 322 (characters); Pace 1987c: 168 (characters in key); Lohse et al. 1990: 125 (characters in key), 140 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key).

Key: Pace 1987b: 503 (some species of Chile).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Chile, Argentina.

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