Platandriina Hanley, 2002c

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 : 149-150

Subtribe Platandriina Hanley, 2002c

0489. Ligulata Hanley & Ashe, 1998: 184

Type species: Ligulata hansoni Hanley & Ashe, 1998

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

Characters/Description: Hanley 2003a: 88 (characters in key), 119 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0490. Microlia Casey, 1910a: 144 ( Fig. 65 )

Type species: Dolosota pernix Casey, 1910

Nosora Casey, 1911: 145 [synonymized by Gusarov 2002b: 2]

Type species: Nosora azteca Casey, 1911

Tinotoma Cameron, 1923: 386 [synonymized by Hanley 2003a: 122, 125]

Type species: Tinotoma rufotestacea Cameron, 1923

7 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 308 (characters as Nosora ); Gusarov 2002b: 2 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key); Hanley 2003a: 88 (characters in key), 122 (characters).

Key: Gusarov 2002b: 8 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic, Australian, Oceanic.

0491. Platandria Casey, 1893: 345

Type species: Platandria mormonica Casey, 1893

Tetrallus Bernhauer, 1905: 252 [synonymized by Hanley 2003a: 114]

Type species: Tetrallus fenyesi Bernhauer, 1905

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 309 (characters), 310 (characters as Tetrallus ); Génier & Klimaszewski 1986: 202 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 125 (characters in key); Hanley 2003a: 88 (characters in key), 112 (characters); Pace 2008a: 365 (characters in key).

Key: Génier & Klimaszewski 1986: 205 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica.

South America: Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian.

Figures

FIGURES 64–75. Habitus; Aleocharinae (64–75); 64, after Pace 2015a; 65, after Bortoluzzi et al. 2016; 66, after Kanao et al. 2012; 67, after Pace 1999c; 68, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 69, after Pace, 2011b; 70, after Bruch 1933a; 71, after Pace 2015e; 72, Chile: region of Coquimbo (MUSM); 73, after Pace 1996b; 74, after Pace 1987b; 75, after Kistner 2006; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.