Acylophorina Outerelo & Gamarra, 1985

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 284-285

Subtribe Acylophorina Outerelo & Gamarra, 1985

0946. Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837: 127

Type species: Acylophorus ahrensii Nordmann, 1837

Rhygmacera Motschulsky, 1845: 40 [synonymized by Motschulsky 1858d: 656]

Type species: Rhygmacera nitida Motschulsky, 1845

Subgenera:

Acylophorus Nordmann, 1837: 127

Type species: Acylophorus ahrensii Nordmann, 1837

Indoacylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123

Type species: Acylophorus microcephalus Cameron, 1932

Neoacylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123 [*]

Type species: Acylophorus oculifer Bierig, 1938

Palpacylophorus Smetana, 1971: 247 , 268 [*]

Type species: Acylophorus leechi Smetana, 1971

Paracylophorus Bierig, 1938a: 123

Type species: Acylophorus schmidti Bierig, 1938

41 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 395 (characters in key), 466 (characters); Smetana 1971: 246 (characters), 250 (characters of the subgenus Acylophorus ), 268 (characters of the subgenus Palpacylophorus ); Smetana 1988: 181 (characters in key), 337 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 298 (characters in key); Schillhammer & Brunke 2018: 311 (characters in key), 317 (characters).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 467 (species of the West Indies); Smetana 1971: 247 (subgenera), 250 (species of the subgenus Acylophorus ); Smetana 1988: 339 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

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