Euaesthetini Thomson, 1859

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 : 248-250

Tribe Euaesthetini Thomson, 1859

0829. Edaphus Motschulsky, 1857: 7 ( Figs. 143–144 )

Type species: Edaphus nitidus Motschulsky, 1857

Edaphellus Fauvel, 1878a: 220 [synonymized by Székessy 1939: 98]

Type species: Edaphellus novaeguineae Fauvel, 1878

Edaphus LeConte, 1861: 67 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 144]

Type species: Edaphus nitidus LeConte, 1861

Hawkeswoodedaphus Makhan, 2007: 1 [synonymized by Puthz 2 011a: 18]

Type species: Edaphus aschnaae Makhan, 1995

Microphthartus Blattný, 1925: 185 [synonymized by Puthz 1974: 912]

Type species: Microphthartus luridus Blattný, 1925

Rhenanus Wüsthoff, 1935: 48 [synonymized by Holdhaus 1936: 10]

Type species: Rhenanus rosskotheni Wüsthoff, 1935

Tetrameres L.W. Schaufuss, 1877a: 460 [synonymized by L.W. Schaufuss 1877b: 24]

Type species: Tetratarsus plicatulus L.W. Schaufuss, 1877

Tetratarsus L.W. Schaufuss, 1877b: 24 [synonymized by Reitter 1882b: 211]

Type species: Tetratarsus plicatulus L.W. Schaufuss, 1877

107 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 257 (characters in key).

Key: Puthz 1973: 51 (Neotropical species); Puthz 2001c: 26 (Mexican species); Puthz 2006a: 84 (species of ventralis group); Puthz 2014: 814 (species of the New World).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile.

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

0830. Euaesthetus Gravenhorst, 1806: 201

Type species: Euaesthetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1806

Eristhetus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 174 [synonymized by Lacordaire 1854: 109]

Type species: Euaesthetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1806

15 species are included in this genus from the West Indies and Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 257 (characters in key).

Key: Puthz 2001b: 32 (Neotropical species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

Central America: Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0831. Octavius Fauvel, 1873b: 62

Type species: Octavius pyrenaeus Fauvel, 1873

Exoctavius Bierig, 1934b: 221 [synonymized by Puthz 1 977b: 106]

Type species: Exoctavius bermudezi Bierig, 1934

Brinckiellus Scheerpeltz, 1974: 98 , 105 [synonymized by Puthz 1980: 27]

Type species: Brinckiellus capensis Scheerpeltz, 1974

Doletica Cameron, 1938: 1 [synonymized by Kistner 1962: 101]

Type species: Doletica bicolor Cameron, 1938

Nepalopeplus Coiffait, 1982: 129 [synonymized by Puthz 1 987: 453]

Type species: Nepalopeplus himalayicus Coiffait, 1982

Thaxterius Bernhauer, 1935b: 213 [synonymized by Kistner 1960a: 117]

Type species: Thaxterius sulcicollis Bernhauer, 1935

Traegardhius Scheerpeltz, 1974: 93 , 105 [synonymized by Puthz 1980: 27]

Type species: Traegardhius natalensis Scheerpeltz, 1974

Turellus Sharp, 1876a: 423 [synonymized by Puthz 1980: 26]

Type species: Turellus batesi Sharp, 1876

26 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fauvel 1873a: 220 (characters); Puthz 1977b: 106 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 257 (characters in key).

Key: Puthz 1977b: 108 (some Neotropical species); Puthz 2001a: 27 (Neotropical species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

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

South America: Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

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

0832. Phaenoctavius Pace, 1986d: 45 ( Fig. 145 )

Type species: Phaenoctavius brasiliensis Pace, 1986

Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America.

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0833. Schatzmayrina C. Koch, 1934: 63

Type species: Schatzmayrina oxyclypea C. Koch, 1934

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Puthz 2007: 84 (characters).

Key: Puthz 2007: 85 (some species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.

0834. Tamotus L.W. Schaufuss, 1872: 248

Type species: Tamotus femoratus L.W. Schaufuss, 1874

Paredaphus Bernhauer, 1915b: 291 [synonymized by Puthz 1973: 60]

Type species: Paredaphus tropicus Bernhauer, 1915

10 species are known from and are restricted to Latin America.

Characters/Description: L.W. Schaufuss 1882a: 170 (characters); Bernhauer 1915b: 291 (characters); Puthz 1973: 60 (characters).

Key: Puthz 1973: 62 (species of the genus); Puthz 2002: 123 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba.

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay.

Figures

FIGURES 136–147. Habitus; Scydmaeninae (136–139); Steninae (140–141); Euaesthetinae (142–145); Solieriinae (146); Leptotyphlinae (147); 136, after Jałoszyński 2014b; 137, after Jałoszyński 2012c; 138, after Jałoszyński 2013d; 139, after Jałoszyński 2014c; 140, after Fauvel 1901; 141, after Fauvel 1901; 142, after Puthz 2008; 143, after Puthz 2006b; 144, after Puthz 2006b; 145, after Pace 1986d; 146, after Coiffait & Sáiz 1968; 147, after Coiffait & Decou 1972; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.