Leptochirini Sharp, 1887a

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 : 207-208

Tribe Leptochirini Sharp, 1887a

0716. Leptochirus Germar, 1823: 35 ( Figs. 103–104 )

Type species: Leptochirus scoriaceus Germar, 1823

Subgenera:

Leptochirus Germar, 1823: 35 [*]

Type species: Leptochirus scoriaceus Germar, 1823

Mesochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120 [*]

Type species: Cucujus maxillosus Fabricius, 1801

Strongylochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120

Type species: Leptochirus laevis Laporte, 1840

Tropiochirus Bernhauer, 1903a: 120 [*]

Type species: Leptochirus proteus Fauvel, 1864

57 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1903a: 117 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 120 (characters in key), 162 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 212 (characters in key); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters in key); Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2013: 1258 (characters as subgenus Tropiochirus ).

Key: Bernhauer 1903a: 120 (subgenera and species); Asenjo & Ribeiro-Costa 2013: 1283 (species of the subgenus Tropiochirus ).

Distribution.

West Indies: Trinidad-Tobago.

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

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

Other regions: Palaearctic, Oriental.

0717. Plastus Bernhauer, 1903a: 142

Type species: Leptochirus convexus Laporte, 1835

Subgenera:

Barychirus Greenslade, 1971: 135

Type species: Priochirus colossalis Bernhauer, 1927

Eutriacanthus Jakobson, 1908: 466

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Triacanthochirus Bernhauer, 1923: 63 [synonymized by Greenslade, 1971: 137]

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Triacanthus Bernhauer, 1903: 136 , 158 [synonymized by Bernhauer, 1923b: 63]

Type species: Leptochirus unicolor Laporte, 1835

Exochirus Greenslade, 1971: 139

Type species: Leptochirus beccarii Fauvel, 1878

Leiochirus Greenslade, 1971: 134

Type species: Priochirus latifrons Greenslade, 1971

Plastus Bernhauer, 1903: 142

Type species: Leptochirus convexus Laporte, 1835

Sinumandibulus Wu & Zhou, 2007: 81

Type species: Priochirus japonicus Sharp, 1889

Stigmatochirus Bernhauer, 1903: 141 , 159

Type species: Priochirus dohrni Fauvel, 1902

Syncampsochirus Bernhauer, 1903: 141 , 159 [*]

Type species: Leptochirus samoensis Blanchard, 1853

1 species is included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters, characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

0718. Priochirus Sharp, 1887a: 740 ( Fig. 112 )

Type species: Priochirus haemorrhous Sharp, 1887

Subgenera:

Cephalomerus Bernhauer, 1903a: 139 , 159

Type species: Leptochirus pygmaeus Kraatz, 1859

Euleptarthrus Jakobson, 1908: 466

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Leptarthrus Bernhauer, 1903a: 141 , 159 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1933: 1004]

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Neoleptarthrus Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1004 [synonymized by Greenslade 1971: 132]

Type species: Leptochirus longicornis Fauvel, 1864

Priochirus Sharp, 1887a: 740 [*]

Type species: Priochirus haemorrhous Sharp, 1887

Paraborolinus Nakane & Sawada, 1960: 121

Type species: Borolinus bicornis Nakane & Sawada, 1960

Peucodontus Bernhauer, 1903a: 140 , 159

Type species: Leptochirus mandibularis Kraatz, 1859

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

Characters/Description: Bernhauer 1903a: 135 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 212 (characters in key); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (characters in key), 89 (characters).

Key: Bernhauer 1903a: 136 (subgenera and species of the genus); Wu & Zhou 2007: 81 (subgenera of the genus).

Distribution.

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

South America: Colombia, Ecuador.

Other regions: Palaearctic, Oriental.

Figures

FIGURES 100–111. Habitus; Osoriinae (100–111); 100, after Sharp 1887a; 101, after Irmler 2007b; 102, after Fauvel 1901; 103, Brazil (CEMT); 104, Brazil: state of São Paulo (CEMT); 105, after Irmler 2003a; 106, after Sharp 1887a; 107, after Irmler 2003c; 108, after Irmler 2003a; 109, after Scheerpeltz 1951; 110, after Sharp 1887a; 111, after Bruch 1942; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 112–123. Habitus; Osoriinae (112–118); Oxytelinae (119–123); 112, after Sharp 1887a; 113, after Bruch 1942; 114, after Sharp 1887a; 115, after Irmler 2003c; 116, after Sharp 1887a; 117, after Irmler 2003a; 118, after Sharp 1887a; 119, after Sharp 1887a; 120, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 121, after Caron & Ribeiro-Costa 2007; 122, after Sharp 1887a; 123, after Makranczy 2014; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.