Myrmedoniina Thomson, 1867a

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 : 155-168

Subtribe Myrmedoniina Thomson, 1867a

0511. Amazoncharis Pace, 1990b: 70

Type species: Amazoncharis aspera Pace, 1990

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

Characters/Description: Pace 2008a: 281 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Peru, Brazil.

0512. Asheidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 671

Type species: Asheidium zurquiensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Distribution. Central America: Costa Rica.

0513. Delgadoidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 659

Type species: Delgadoidium ecuatorensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Distribution. South America: Ecuador.

0514. Dromacamatus Bruch, 1933a: 210

Type species: Dromacamatus caviceps Bruch, 1933

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 267 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil, Argentina.

0515. Dromeciton Fauvel, 1904b: 282

Type species: Dromeciton wagneri Fauvel, 1904

Only one species is known from and is restricted to South America. Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 269 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 251 (characters). Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0516. Drusilla Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 177

Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787

Anaulax Bernhauer, 1929d: 231 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 51]

Type species: Astilbus semicircularis Bernhauer, 1929

Evansius Bernhauer, 1933c: 297 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 137]

Type species: Astilbus denticollis Bernhauer, 1933

Thoracophagus Kistner, 2003: 561 [synonymized by Hlaváč et al. 2011: 9]

Type species: Thoracophagus congoensis Kistner, 2003

Subgenera:

Apteranopsis Jeannel, 1960b: 208

Type species: Apteranillus lethierryi Fauvel, 1898

Drusilla Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 177

Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787

Agaricola Gistel, 1834: 10 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 41]

Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787

Astilbus Dillwyn, 1829: 63 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 66]

Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787

Camacopalpus Motschulsky, 1858b: 231 [synonymized by Klimaszewski 1982: 421]

Type species: Camacopalpus flavicornis Motschulsky, 1858

Camacopselaphus Gemminger & Harold, 1868: 549 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 92]

Type species: Camacopalpus flavicornis Motschulsky, 1858

Myrmedonia Erichson, 1837: 286 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 254]

Type species: Staphylinus canaliculatus Fabricius, 1787

Santhota Sharp, 1874: 3 [synonymized by Maruyama 2000: 351]

Type species: Santhota sparsa Sharp, 1874

Tropignorimus Bernhauer, 1915a: 154

Type species: Astilbus carinithorax Bernhauer, 1915

only a single species are included in this genus from South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 136 (characters as Camacopselaphus ), 159 (characters as Santhota ), 261 (characters as Astilbus ), 297 (characters as Myrmedonia ).

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Oceanic.

0517. Ecitana Seevers, 1965: 242

Type species: Ecitana biimpressa Seevers, 1965

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

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0518. Ecitocerus Borgmeier, 1949: 136

Type species: Ecitocerus gracilipes Borgmeier, 1949

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

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0519. Ecitocryptodes Seevers, 1965: 265

Type species: Ecitocryptodes petiolatus Seevers, 1965

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

Characters/Description: Seevers, 1965: 233 (characters in key).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0520. Ecitocryptus Borgmeier, 1930: 173

Type species: Ecitocryptus sulcatus Borgmeier, 1930

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 271 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil.

0521. Ecitodiscus Borgmeier, 1949: 134

Type species: Ecitodiscus pedissequus Borgmeier, 1949

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 240 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0522. Ecitoglossa Borgmeier, 1958: 234

Type species: Ecitoglossa foveicollis Borgmeier, 1958

5 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.

Characters/Description: Seevers, 1965: 235 (characters in key), 259 (characters); Mooney & Kistner, 2005: 252 (characters).

Key: Seevers 1965: 260 (species of the genus); Mooney & Kistner 2005: 262 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

0523. Ecitonia Wasmann, 1894: 209

Type species: Myrmedonia badariottii Wasmann, 1890

5 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 271 (characters); Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 247 (characters). Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0524. Ecitonilla Wasmann, 1894: 210

Type species: Ecitonilla claviventris Wasmann, 1894

5 species are known from and are restricted to South America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 151 (characters); Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 254 (characters). Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0525. Ecitopelta Borgmeier, 1949: 138

Type species: Ecitopelta reticulata Borgmeier, 1949

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 241 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0526. Ecitophila Wasmann, 1890: 314

Type species: Ecitophila omnivora Wasmann, 1890

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 273 (characters); Seevers 1965: 245 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

0527. Ecitophiletus Borgmeier, 1932: 399

Type species: Ecitophiletus constrictus Borgmeier, 1932

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 266 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0528. Ecitophrura Reichensperger, 1939b: 290

Type species: Ecitophrura capito Reichensperger, 1939

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 261 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil.

0529. Ecitoplectus Borgmeier, 1931: 364

Type species: Ecitoplectus transiens Borgmeier, 1931

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 270 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0530. Ecitopolites Borgmeier, 1949: 140

Type species: Ecitopolites scopifer Borgmeier, 1949

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

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0531. Ecitotyphlus Borgmeier, 1949: 144

Type species: Ecitotyphlus apterus Borgmeier, 1949

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 255 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0532. Ecitoxenidia Wasmann, 1909a: 179

Type species: Ecitoxenia brevipes Brues, 1902

Ecitocolax Borgmeier, 1949: 145 [synonymized by Seevers 1965: 246]

Type species: Ecitocolax longicornis Borgmeier, 1949

Ecitoxenidia Wasmann, 1902c: 91 [nomen nudum, noted by Blackwelder 1952: 143]

Type species: [no type species designated]

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 335 (characters); Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 246 (characters); Kistner et al. 1996: 62 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key).

Key: Seevers 1959: 76 (species of the genus); Kistner et al. 1996: 66 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0533. Eurydiotyphla Pace, 1986a: 447

Type species: Eurydiotyphla franzi Pace, 1986

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

Distribution.

South America: Bolivia.

0534. Falagonia Sharp, 1883: 212

Type species: Falagonia mexicana Sharp, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 275 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key), 647 (characters); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

0535. Falagonilla Reichensperger, 1939b: 295

Type species: Falagonilla cursor Reichensperger, 1939

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 252 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0536. Gallardoia Bruch, 1924: 257

Type species: Gallardoia argentina Bruch, 1924

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

Key: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 265 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil, Argentina.

0537. Labidilla Borgmeier, 1949: 132

Type species: Labidilla dentiguttur Borgmeier, 1949

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 250 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0538. Labidoculex Reichensperger, 1936a: 234

Type species: Labidoculex fragilis Reichensperger, 1936

3 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America. Characters/Description: Borgmeier 1958: 230 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 252 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico. South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.

0539. Macrogerodonia Bernhauer, 1941: 292 ( Fig. 64 )

Type species: Zyras magnicollis Bernhauer, 1941

Macrogerodonia Bernhauer, 1951: 281 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Zyrastilbodes Scheerpeltz, 1962b: 200 [synonymized by Pace 1986a: 451]

Type species: Myrmedonia scabripennis Sharp, 1876

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

Characters/Description: Bernhauer, 1951: 281 (characters).

Key: Scheerpeltz 1962b: 204 (species of Zyrastilbodes ); Pace 1986a: 456 (some species of Peru); Pace 2001b: 429 (some species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Guadeloupe, St. Lucia.

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

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

0540. Manausdota Pace, 2008b: 193

Type species: Manausdota amazonica Pace, 2008

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

Key: Pace 2008b: 193 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0541. Microdonia Casey, 1893: 318

Type species: Microdonia occipitalis Casey, 1893

5 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 278 (characters); Seevers 1965: 236 (characters in key), 244 (characters); Kistner et al. 1996: 47 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 126 (characters in key).

Key: Seevers 1959: 67 (species of the genus); Kistner et al. 1996: 52 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0542. Myrmecoxenia Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884: 35

Type species: Myrmecoxenia pampeana Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1884

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 279 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

0543. Myrmedonota Cameron, 1920a: 272

Type species: Myrmedonota cingulata Cameron, 1920

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

Characters/Description: Bourguignon & Roisin 2006: 2 (characters); Eldredge 2010: 18 (characters); Mathis & Eldredge 2014: 96 (characters); Santiago-Jiménez 2014: 50 (characters); Navarro & Caron 2018: 148 (characters).

Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2014: 51 (species of the Nearctic and Neotropics); Navarro & Caron 2018: 148 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic, Oriental, Oceanic.

0544. Myrmoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1873: 98

Type species: Myrmedonia tuberiventris Fairmaire, 1855

Myrmoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 130 [ Hlaváč et al. 2011: 56]

Nototaphra Casey, 1893: 327 [synonymized by Wasmann 1901b: 252]

Type species: Nototaphra lauta Casey, 1893

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 281 (characters as Nototaphra ), 298 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

0545. Newtonidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 707

Type species: Newtonidium magdalenensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 711 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Colombia.

0546. Orphnebius Motschulsky, 1858b: 263 ( Fig. 68 )

Type species: Orphnebius ventricosus Motschulsky, 1858

Gastroacanthodonia Scheerpeltz, 1972a: 92 [synonymized by Pace 2008a: 335]

Type species: Acanthodonia nevermanni Scheerpeltz, 1972

Subgenera:

Aulacothoracobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147

Type species: Orphnebius wasmannianus Bernhauer, 1929

Deroleptus Bernhauer, 1915a: 150

Type species: Astilbus bigladiosus Bernhauer, 1915

Colpoleptus Bernhauer, 1929e: 143

Type species: Astilbus superbus Bernhauer, 1916

Megalocephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 146 [synonymized by Assing 2016b: 63)

Type species: Orphnebius falagrioides Bernhauer, 1929

Orphnebiota Cameron, 1920c: 97

Type species: Orphnebiota rufocastanea Cameron, 1920

Mesocephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 146

Type species: Orphnebius bakeri Bernhauer, 1929

Microcephalobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147

Type species: Orphnebius miricornis Bernhauer, 1929

Microrphnebius Pace, 1985: 386 [*]

Type species: Orphnebius ruficollis Pace, 1985

Orphnebius Motschulsky, 1858b: 263 [*]

Type species: Orphnebius ventricosus Motschulsky, 1858

Hygroptera Motschulsky, 1860a: 86

Type species: Hygroptera termitis Motschulsky, 1860

Stenaspidobius Bernhauer, 1929d: 228

Type species: Orphnebius burgeoni Bernhauer, 1929

Strabocephalium Bernhauer, 1911b: 91

Type species: Strabocephalium mirabile Bernhauer, 1911

Thoracobius Bernhauer, 1929e: 147

Type species: Orphnebius brevicollis Bernhauer, 1929

50 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 281 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key).

Key: Bernhauer 1929e: 146 (subgenera and some species); Pace 2008a: 335 (species of Ecuador and Peru). Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.

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

Other regions: Ethiopian, Oriental, Oceanic.

0547. Pella Stephens, 1833b: 95

Type species: Staphylinus limbatus Paykull, 1789

Lepla Tottenham, 1939a: 226 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 28]

Type species: Aleochara lugens Gravenhorst, 1802

Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1873d: 152 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 27]

Type species: Myrmedonia excepta Mulsant & Rey, 1873

Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1873b: 54 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz 1926: 694]

Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1874a: 6 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Myrmelia Mulsant & Rey, 1874c: 86 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Pellochromonia Reitter, 1909: 43 [synonymized by Maruyama 2006: 28]

Type species: Myrmedonia ruficollis Grimm, 1845

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 296 (characters), 298 (characters as Pellochromonia ), 299 (characters as Myrmelia ); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 716 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

South America: Brazil, Ecuador.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.

0548. Pseudodinusa Bernhauer, 1912d: 78

Type species: Pseudodinusa richteri Bernhauer, 1912

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 284 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

0549. Pseudofalagonia Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 678

Type species: Falagonia crassiventris Sharp, 1883

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 683 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

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

South America: Colombia.

0550. Pseudothamiaraea Cameron, 1923: 363

Type species: Pseudothamiaraea brunnea Cameron, 1923

Only one species is known from and is restricted to the West Indies.

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Haiti.

0551. Scotodonia Wasmann, 1894: 210

Type species: Myrmedonia diabolica Wasmann, 1890

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

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 286 (characters); Seevers 1965: 235 (characters in key), 251 (characters); Kistner & Berghoff 2008: 619–620 (characters).

Distribution.

South America: Brazil.

0552. Sharpidium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 691

Type species: Sharpidium surinamensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 647 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 695 (species of the genus).

Distribution. South America: Suriname, French Guiana, Peru.

0553. Termitognathus Borgmeier, 1959b: 304

Type species: Termitognathus caviceps Borgmeier, 1959

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

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0554. Tetradonella Jacobson & Kistner, 1998: 254

Type species: Tetradonella latiarea Jacobson & Kistner, 1998

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

Key: Jacobson & Kistner 1998: 258 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

South America: Peru.

0555. Tetralophodes Bernhauer, 1922a: 18

Type species: Tetralophodes bruchi Bernhauer, 1922

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

Distribution.

South America: Argentina.

0556. Thayeridium Santiago-Jiménez, 2010: 666

Type species: Thayeridium darienensis Santiago-Jiménez, 2010

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

Characters/Description: Santiago-Jiménez 2010: 646 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2016: 275 (characters in key).

Distribution. Central America: Panama.

0557. Typhlonusa Borgmeier, 1958: 231

Type species: Typhlonusa opacicornis Borgmeier, 1958

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 233 (characters in key), 259 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Costa Rica.

0558. Wasmannina Mann, 1925: 75

Type species: Wasmannina trapezicollis Mann, 1925

Ecitochlamys Borgmeier, 1933a: 473 [synonymized by Seevers 1965: 183, 268]

Type species: Ecitochlamys comes Borgmeier, 1933

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

Characters/Description: Seevers 1965: 234 (characters in key), 268 (characters).

Distribution.

Central America: Panama.

South America: Bolivia, Brazil.

0559. Zyras Stephens, 1833b: 91

Type species: Aleochara haworthi Stephens, 1832

Zyras Stephens, 1835: 430 [ Newton & Thayer 2003]

Subgenera:

Acanthocnemidonia Bernhauer, 1936a: 265

Type species: Zyras miricauda Bernhauer, 1936

Acrothoraconia Bernhauer, 1934b: 216

Type species: Zyras mombassana Bernhauer, 1934

Androdonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 69

Type species: Myrmedonia laminata Roth, 1851

Anophthalmodonia Bernhauer, 1936a: 266

Type species: Zyras jordani Bernhauer, 1936

Antronia Bernhauer, 1928a: 54

Type species: Zyras orbicollis Bernhauer, 1928

Thoracodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21 [synonymized by Last 19 77b: 79]

Type species: Myrmedonia aculeata Eppelsheim, 1885

Aplastonia Bernhauer, 1932: 170

Type species: Zyras rugosissimus Bernhauer, 1932

Apostenonia Bernhauer, 1929b: 201

Type species: Zyras quadrituberculatus Bernhauer, 1929

Apterygodonia Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 100

Type species: Zyras apterus Scheerpeltz, 1963

Aulacodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 53

Type species: Zyras glaberrimus Bernhauer, 1928

Botsa Blackwelder, 1952: 84

Type species: Zyras tuberculatus Bernhauer, 1932

Watsa Bernhauer, 1932: 171 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 84]

Type species: Zyras tuberculatus Bernhauer, 1932

Callodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 55

Type species: Zyras politus Bernhauer, 1928

Cameronodonia Dvořák, 1981: 58

Type species: Zyras carinipennis Cameron, 1950

Thoracodonia Cameron, 1950a: 127 [synonymized by Dvořák 1 981: 58]

Type species: Zyras carinipennis Cameron, 1950

Camonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 27

Type species: Myrmedonia speciosa Erichson, 1839

Cephalodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 25

Type species: Zyras bicoloriceps Bernhauer, 1928

Colpodonia Bernhauer, 1929b: 196

Type species: Zyras densithorax Bernhauer, 1929

Craspa Blackwelder, 1952: 110

Type species: Zyras antilope Bernhauer, 1908

Craspedonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 20 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 110]

Type species: Zyras antilope Bernhauer, 1908

Crateodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 68

Type species: Zyras schoutedeni Bernhauer, 1928

Ctenodonia Wasmann, 1894: 208 [*]

Type species: Ctenodonia inclyta Wasmann, 1894

Dentothalmonia Last, 1956: 209

Type species: Zyras probatus Last, 1956

Diaulaconia Bernhauer, 1928a: 73 [*]

Type species: Zyras biseriatus Bernhauer, 1915

Euryalonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 35

Type species: Zyras capensis Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926

Eurydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 20

Type species: Zyras usambarae Bernhauer, 1915

Euryncephalodonia Scheerpeltz, 1974: 346

Type species: Zyras flavomaculatus Scheerpeltz, 1974

Euryndonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 68

Type species: Zyras peringueyi Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926

Fealina Bernhauer, 1929b: 200

Type species: Zyras insularis Bernhauer, 1929

Glossacantha Gemminger & Harold , 1 868: 519 [*]

Type species: Acanthoglossa badia Motschulsky, 1860

Acanthoglossa Motschulsky, 1860a: 88 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 519]

Type species: Acanthoglossa badia Motschulsky, 1860

Grammodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 55

Type species: Myrmedonia frontalis Erichson, 1839

Isothoracodonia Bernhauer, 1936c: 328

Type species: Zyras crassicornis Bernhauer, 1936

Lastia Dvořák, 1984: 199

Type species: Zyras bundukiensis Last, 1960

Solus Last, 1960b: 52 [synonymized by Dvořák 1984: 199]

Type species: Zyras bundukiensis Last, 1960

Leptodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 26

Type species: Zyras marshalli Bernhauer, 1928

Macrodonia Wasmann, 1894: 207

Type species: Macrodonia vandepolli Wasmann, 1894

Neotropopella Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 140 [*]

Type species: Zyras brasiliensis Scheerpeltz, 1976

Pachydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 34

Type species: Zyras dubius Bernhauer, 1928

Paragrammodonia Bernhauer, 1935c: 105

Type species: Zyras overlaeti Bernhauer, 1935

Parophthalmonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 60

Type species: Zyras kristenseni Bernhauer, 1915

Platydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21

Type species: Zyras notandus Bernhauer, 1915

Polydonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21

Type species: Zyras linki Bernhauer, 1915

Pycnodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 21

Type species: Zyras lioglutoides Bernhauer, 1915

Remionea Blackwelder, 1952: 338

Type species: Zyras escherichi Bernhauer, 1915

Eremonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 19 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 338]

Type species: Zyras escherichi Bernhauer, 1915

Rhopalodonia Cameron, 1939b: 546

Type species: Myrmedonia clavicornis Kraatz, 1859

Rocnema Blackwelder, 1952: 342

Type species: Myrmedonia bangae Cameron, 1926

Blepharonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 24 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 342]

Type species: Myrmedonia bangae Cameron, 1926

Sinozyras Pace, 1999b: 684

Type species: Zyras pygmaeus Pace, 1999

Subversoris Last, 1977a: 943

Type species: Zyras chadensis Last, 1977

Synthoracodonia Scheerpeltz, 1974: 370

Type species: Zyras meridioafricanus Scheerpeltz, 1974

Taprodonia Cameron, 1939b: 516

Type species: Myrmedonia nietneri Kraatz, 1857

Termidonia Motschulsky, 1860a: 87

Type species: Termidonia laminata Motschulsky, 1860

Rhynchodonia Wasmann, 1896b: 620 [ Smetana 2004: 461]

Type species: Myrmedonia feae Wasmann, 1896

Termitelia Cameron, 1939b: 517

Type species: Zyras insignis Cameron, 1939

Termitodonia Cameron, 1936: 184

Type species: Zyras flavus Cameron, 1936

Trigonodonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 22

Type species: Zyras panganianus Bernhauer, 1915

Trigonozyras Cameron, 1943: 143

Type species: Zyras sarawakensis Cameron, 1943

Tropidonia Bernhauer, 1928a: 52

Type species: Zyras tubericollis Bernhauer, 1928

Visendor Last, 1960a: 91

Type species: Zyras marukana Cameron, 1933

Zyras Stephens, 1833b: 91 [*]

Type species: Aleochara haworthi Stephens, 1832

72 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Fenyes 1920: 293 (characters); Seevers 1957: 233 (characters); Ashe 2002b: 127 (characters in key); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 714 (characters); Hlaváč & Jászay 2009: 52 (characters).

Key: Fenyes 1920: 294 (subgenera); Klimaszewski et al. 2005: 707 (species of the America north of Mexico).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, US Virgin Isl., Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

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.