Tyrini Reitter, 1882b

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 : 77-80

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Tribe Tyrini Reitter, 1882b View in CoL

Subtribe Somatipionina Jeannel, 1949

0255. Aploderina Raffray, 1904a: 386

Type species: Aploderina sulcicornis Raffray, 1904

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 369 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 358 (characters in key), 393 (characters); O. Park 1942: 296 (characters in key), 332 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 91 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Bolivia.

0256. Cercoceroides Raffray, 1896a: 137

Type species: Cercocerus germaini Raffray, 1890

7 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 371 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 402 (characters); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key), 334 (characters); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953b: 460 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key).

Key: Raffray 1905: 409 (species of the genus); O. Park 1942: 334 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Honduras.

South America: Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay.

0257. Cercoceropsis Raffray, 1904a: 370

Type species: Cercoceropsis longipes Raffray, 1904

2 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 370 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 358 (characters in key), 396 (characters); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key), 333 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1942: 333 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil, Paraguay.

0258. Cercocerulus Raffray, 1905: 411

Type species: Phalepsus hirsutus L.W. Schaufuss, 1886

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 371 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 403 (characters); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key), 338 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0259. Circocerus Motschulsky, 1855: 16

Type species: Circocerus perplexus Motschulsky, 1855

Apharus Reitter, 1882a: 129 View in CoL [synonymized by Chandler 2013: 324]

Type species: Apharus muelleri Reitter, 1882

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 370 (characters in key as Apharus ); Raffray 1908a: 358 (characters in key as Apharus ), 395 (characters as Apharus ); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key as Apharus ), 305 (characters as Apharus ); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key as Apharus ); Becker & Sanderson 1953b: 459 (characters as Apharus ); Borgmeier 1954: 208 (characters as Apharus ); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key), 51 (chacters in key as Apharus ); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 91 (characters in key); Chandler 2013: 324 (characters).

Key: O. Park 1942: 306 (species of Apharus ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil.

0260. Ephimia Reitter, 1882b: 203

Type species: Ephimia simoni Reitter, 1883

Juxtahamotopsis O. Park, 1942: 303 View in CoL [synonymized by O. Park et al. 1976: 66]

Type species: Juxtahamotopsis bardeni Park, 1942

5 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies and Central America. Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 310 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 319 (characters in key), 326 (characters); O. Park 1942: 289 (characters), 296 (characters in key as Juxtahamotopsis ); O. Park et al. 1976: 66 (characters); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key). Key: O. Park 1942: 290 (species of the genus); O. Park et al. 1976: 66 (species of the West Indies). Distribution. West Indies: Cuba, US Virgin Isl., Grenada. Central America: Nicaragua, Panama.

0261. Hamotidius Jeannel, 1962b: 476

Type species: Hamotidius hirtellus Jeannel, 1962

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

Characters/Description: Jeannel 1962b: 473 (characters in key); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key). Distribution.

South America: Chile.

0262. Hamotocellus Raffray, 1912: 444

Type species: Hamotocellus hirsutus Raffray, 1912

2 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: O. Park 1942: 296 (characters in key); O. Park 1946b: 448 (characters); Borgmeier 1954: 204 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 91 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0263. Hamotus Aubé, 1844: 91

Type species: Hamotus latericius Aubé, 1844

Subgenera:

Hamotoides L.W. Schaufuss, 1888: 298 [*]

Type species: Hamotus tritomus Reitter, 1882

Hamotus Aubé, 1844: 91 View in CoL [*]

Type species: Hamotus latericius Aubé, 1844

Mothaus Jeannel, 1962b: 477 View in CoL [synonymized by Hlaváč & Chandler 2 005: 86]

Type species: Mothaus delamarei Jeannel, 1962

97 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Reitter 1888: 225 (characters), 235 (characters in key); Raffray 1904a: 370 (characters in key); Raffray 1904a: 388 (characters); Raffray 1905: 405 (characters of the subgenus Hamotoides ); Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 359 (characters in key of the subgenus Hamotoides ), 397 (characters), 398 (characters of the subgenus Hamotoides ); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key as subgenera Hamotoides and Hamotus ), 308 (characters); O. Park 1944: 243 (characters in key); Jeannel 1962b: 473 (characters in key as Hamotus and Mothaus ); O. Park et al. 1976: 71 (characters); Chandler 2002: 51 (characters in key); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 86 (characters), 90 (characters in key for subgenus Hamotus ), 91 (characters in key for subgenus Hamotoides ).

Key: Reitter 1883a: 374 (some species of Central and South America); Reitter 1888: 230 (some species of the genus); Raffray 1904a: 388 (species of the genus); Raffray 1905: 405 (species of the subgenus Hamotoides ); O. Park 1942: 311 (subgenera), 311 (subgeneric groups of Hamotus ), 312 (subgeneric groups of Hamotoides ), 312–319 (species of the genus); O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

West Indies: Montserrat, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

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

Other regions: Nearctic.

0264. Motschtyrus Chandler, 2000: 173

Type species: Tychus pilosus Motschulsky, 1855

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

Characters/Description: Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

0265. Phamisulus Reitter, 1888: 234

Type species: Phamisulus hetschkoi Reitter, 1888

Neophamisus Reitter, 1888: 234 View in CoL [synonymized by Raffray 1890b: 158]

Type species: Phamisus horroris L.W. Schaufuss, 1886

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

Characters/Description: Reitter 1888: 235 (characters), 235 (characters in key, Neophamisus ); Raffray 1904a: 370 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 400 (characters); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key), 332 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 91 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0266. Pselaphocompsus Raffray, 1908a: 402

Type species: Pselaphocompsus punctatus Raffray, 1908

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

Characters/Description: Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key); Raffray 1912: 447 (characters); O. Park 1942: 297 (characters in key), 337 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 90 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0267. Pseudohamotus Raffray, 1890b: 154

Type species: Hamotus conjunctus Reitter, 1883

5 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1904a: 370 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 359 (characters in key), 401 (characters); O. Park 1942: 296 (characters in key), 336 (characters); Hlaváč & Chandler 2005: 91 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1942: 337 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

South America: Brazil.

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