Bythinoplectini L.W. Schaufuss, 1890

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 : 24-26

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5935894

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scientific name

Bythinoplectini L.W. Schaufuss, 1890
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Tribe Bythinoplectini L.W. Schaufuss, 1890 View in CoL

Subtribe Bythinoplectina L.W. Schaufuss, 1890

0034. Besucheteidos Comellini, 1985: 748

Type species: Besucheteidos guaimi Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 188 (characters in key), 189 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Venezuela, Ecuador.

0035. Bythinoplectoides Comellini, 1985: 739

Type species: Bythinoplectoides gigas Comellini, 1985

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 150 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0036. Bythinoplectus Reitter, 1882b: 209

Type species: Bythinoplectus foveatus Reitter, 1883

31 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Raffray 1897: 229 (characters); Raffray 1898b: 204 (characters in key); Raffray 1904b: 501 (characters in key); Raffray 1908a: 22 (characters in key), 24 (characters); O. Park 1944: 242 (characters in key); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 403 (characters in key), 404 (characters); Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key), 716 (characters); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 151 (characters); Chandler 2002: 54 (characters in key).

Key: O. Park 1944: 251 (Mexican species); O. Park 1945a: 278 (species of the genus); O. Park 1952a: 7 (species of the genus); Becker & Sanderson 1953a: 406 (species of Honduras); O. Park et al. 1976: 5 (species of the West Indies); Newton & Peck 2006: 133 (species of Galapagos Isl.).

Distribution.

West Indies: Bahamas, Cuba, US Virgin Isl., Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

South America: Suriname, French Guiana, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0037. Dichocoryna Comellini, 1985: 742

Type species: Dichocoryna longipalpis Comellini, 1985

2 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key), 742 (characters); Coulon 1989: 188 (characters in key), 191 (characters); Chandler 2001: 75 (characters in key), 76 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Venezuela.

Other regions: Oriental, Australian.

0038. Hendecameros Comellini, 1985: 754

Type species: Hendecameros costaricense Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 234 (characters in key), 236 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil.

0039. Octomeros Comellini, 1985: 714

Type species: Octomeros sulcatum Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 708 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 189 (characters in key), 222 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil.

0040. Poeciloceras Comellini, 1985: 712

Type species: Poeciloceras portentosum Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 708 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 86 (characters in key), 162 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil, Paraguay.

0041. Pyxidion Comellini, 1985: 744

Type species: Pyxidion acinaces Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 85 (characters in key), 135 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Brazil, Paraguay.

0042. Schizocoryna Comellini, 1985: 740

Type species: Schizocoryna wagneri Comellini, 1985

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

Characters/Description: Comellini 1985: 710 (characters in key); Coulon 1989: 234 (characters in key), 240 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

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