Anthophagini 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 : 15

Tribe Anthophagini Thomson, 1859

0004. Amphichroum Kraatz, 1857b: 947

Type species: Lathrimaeum canaliculatum Erichson, 1840

Stachygraphis Horn, 1883: 285 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1910: 70]

Type species: Stachygraphis maculata Horn, 1883

Only one species is known in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 34 (characters in key); Thayer 2003: 314 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0005. Anthobium Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 175 ( Fig. 7 )

Type species: Omalium atrocephalum Gyllenhal, 1827

Eudeliphrum Champion, 1920: 244 [synonymized by Cameron 1930: 151]

Type species: Eudeliphrum gracilipalpe Champion, 1920

Lathrimaeum Erichson, 1839b: 624 [synonymized by Kloet & Hincks 1945: 161]

Type species: Omalium atrocephalum Gyllenhal, 1827

Subgenera:

Anthobium Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 175

Type species: Omalium atrocephalum Gyllenhal, 1827

Prionothorax Luze, 1905: 68

Type species: Lathrimaeum reflexum Reitter, 1891

2 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 34 (characters in key); Thayer 2003: 315 (characters in key).

Key: Thayer 2003: 344 (Mexican species).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

Figures

FIGURES 4–15. Habitus; Glypholomatinae (4–5), Microsilphinae (6), Omaliinae (7–11), Proteininae (12–15); 4, after Thayer 1997; 5, after Thayer 1997; 6, after Scheerpeltz 1972d; 7, after Thayer 2003; 8, after Thayer 2003; 9, after Thayer 2003; 10, after Thayer 2003; 11, after Scheerpeltz 1972d; 12, after Steel 1966; 13, after Cuccodoro 2011; 14, after Bierig 1940; 15, after Frank & Thomas 1984b; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.