Tachyusini 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 : 193-196

Tribe Tachyusini Thomson, 1859

0668. Gnypeta Thomson, 1858: 33

Type species: Homalota labilis Erichson, 1839

Euliusa Casey, 1906: 215 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 173]

Type species: Gnypeta lucens Bernhauer, 1905

Gnypetoma Casey, 1906: 196 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 173]

Type species: Tachyusa baltifera LeConte, 1863

22 species are included in this genus from Latin America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 162 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key); Klimaszewski et al.

170 (characters in 172 (characters as); Paśnik 2010: 37; Paśnik 2010: 39 (characters in key), 102 (characters).

Key: Pace 1990a: 158 (species of the Neotropical region); Pace 2008a: 278 (species of Ecuador).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.

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

Other regions: Nearctic.

0671. Neolara Sharp, 1883: 231

Type species: Neolara centralis Sharp, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Casey 1906: 188 (characters); Fenyes 1920: 167 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key); Paśnik 2010: 39 (characters in key), 105 (characters).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

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

0672. Pseudognypeta Cameron, 1923: 365 Type species: Pseudognypeta picta Cameron, 1923

2 species are known from and are restricted to the West Indies and South America.

Characters/Description: Paśnik 2007: 1121 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 38 (characters in key), 95 (characters). Distribution.

West Indies: Jamaica.

Central America: Costa Rica, Panama.

0673. Tachyusa Erichson, 1837: 307

Type species: Tachyusa constricta Erichson, 1837

Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 6 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88]

Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1874c: 38 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88]

Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875a: 409 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 88]

Caliusa Mulsant & Rey, 1875c: 383 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19]

Type species: Tachyusa balteata Erichson, 1839

Chyusata Tottenham, 1945: 70 [synonymized by ICZN 1961: 241]

Type species: Tachyusa constricta Erichson, 1837

Tachyusilla Casey, 1906: 213 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19]

Type species: Tachyusa balteata Erichson, 1839

Tachyusota Casey, 1906: 213 [synonymized by Paśnik 2006a: 19]

Type species: Tachyusa gemma Casey, 1906

1 species is included in this genus from Central. Paśnik (2006a: 148) in his revision of Tachyusa , concluded that

Tachyusa gratiosa Bernhauer, 1912d: 73 , should be assigned to tribe Bolitocharini Thomson. Characters /Description: Fenyes 1920: 169 (characters), 170 (characters in key as Caliusa ), 172 (characters), 173

(characters as Caliusa ); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key); Paśnik 2006a: 19 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 36

(characters in key), 39 (characters). Key: Paśnik 2006a: 23 (species of the genus). Distribution. Central America: Mexico. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental.

0674. Teliusa Casey, 1906: 203

Type species: Teliusa alutacea Casey, 1906

3 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 174 (characters); Paśnik 2005: 734 (characters); Paśnik 2010: 36 (characters in key), 75 (characters).

Key: Paśnik 2005: 735 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.