Placusini Mulsant & Rey, 1871

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 : 191-192

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1

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scientific name

Placusini Mulsant & Rey, 1871
status

 

Tribe Placusini Mulsant & Rey, 1871 View in CoL

0659. Euvira Sharp, 1883: 278

Type species: Euvira nigra Sharp, 1883

Crimalia Casey, 1911: 206 View in CoL [synonymized by Seevers 1978: 168]

Type species: Crimalia quadriceps Casey, 1911

33 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 118 (characters as Crimalia ); Cameron 1948b: 233 (characters); Ashe & Kistner 1989: 86 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 130 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 135 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Brazil, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0660. Kyrtusa Pace, 2008a: 252

Type species: Kyrtusa curticornis Pace, 2008

Kirtusa Pace, 2008a: 225 View in CoL , 252 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 18]

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Ecuador.

0661. Placukorna Santiago-Jiménez in Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro, 2016: 46

Type species: Placukorna ipsa Santiago-Jiménez in Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro, 2016

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0662. Placusa Erichson, 1837: 370 ( Fig. 71 View FIGURES 64–75 )

Type species: Aleochara pumilio Gravenhorst, 1802

Subgenera:

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1871: 108

Type species: Placusa adscita Erichson, 1839

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1872b: 198 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92]

Calpusa Mulsant & Rey, 1873c: 74 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92]

Placusa Erichson, 1837: 370 View in CoL

Type species: Aleochara pumilio Gravenhorst, 1802

Pelekoglossa Cameron, 1920a: 226 View in CoL [ Smetana 2004: 492]

Type species: Pelekoglossa cingulata Cameron, 1920

46 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Coiffait & Sáiz 1967: 64 (characters in key), 65 (characters); Klimaszewski et al. 2001: 6 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 131 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez & Santiago-Navarro 2016: 49 (characters).

Key: Pace 2008a: 250 (species of Ecuador and Peru).

Distribution.

West Indies: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Guadeloupe.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Loc

Placusini Mulsant & Rey, 1871

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S. 2019
2019
Loc

Kirtusa

Newton, A. F. 2017: 18
Pace, R. 2008: 225
2008
Loc

Pelekoglossa

Smetana, A. 2004: 492
Cameron, M. 1920: 226
1920
Loc

Crimalia

Seevers, C. H. 1978: 168
Casey, T. L. 1911: 206
1911
Loc

Calpusa

Blackwelder, R. E. 1952: 92
Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1873: 74
1873
Loc

Calpusa

Blackwelder, R. E. 1952: 92
Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1872: 198
1872
Loc

Calpusa

Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1871: 108
1871
Loc

Placusa

Erichson, G. F. 1837: 370
1837
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