Chiliopelates Jeannel

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 12

Genus Chiliopelates Jeannel

Chiliopelates Jeannel, 1964: 222 (as subgenus of Dasypelates ); Newton, 1998: 78, 167 (sensu novo, to generic status). Type species: Dasypelates pictus Jeannel (orig. des.).

= Dasypelates of Jeannel (sensu 1957, 1962) and other authors (Type species Dasypelates gracilis subsequently established as senior synonym of type species of Pelatonoma , see under that genus below); Newton, 1998: 167 syn.

= Topaliola Hlisnikovský, 1964b: 311 ; Newton, 1998: 78, 167 syn. Type species: Topaliola crenulata Hlisnikovský (as Topalia crenulata ) (orig. des.).

= Topalia ; Hlisnikovský, 1964b: 312 (misspelling of Topaliola ; not Balogh and Csiszar [1963]); Newton, 1998: 78 syn.

Key: to species in Salgado, 2006: 97.

Distribution: Southern Chile, southwestern Argentina.

Biology: Some species attracted to carrion, but most occur on fungusy logs and in litter in forests.