Tachyporus sericeus, Lacordaire, 1835

Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium. I. Introduction, History, Biographical Sketches, and Omaliine Group, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (265), pp. 651-1066 : 651-1066

sericeus Lacordaire, 1835 , see: Sepedophilus .

sharpi Campbell, 1979: 49 ( Tachyporus ; subgenus Tachyporus ; Type locality: Mexico: km 10, 10,000 feet, V. Popocatepétl. Also cited from Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Arizona, Colorado).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

sibiricus Motschulsky, 1860 , see: obtusus Linné, 1767 .

signifer Pandellé, 1872 , see: quadriscopulatus Pandellé, 1869 .

silvestris Bernhauer, 1915d: 157 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika: Süd-Uluzuru , 1500–2000 m).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

simlaensis Cameron, 1926: 184 , 185 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Chakrata and Simla Districts, 6500 to 8000 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 380 ( Tachyporus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Gridelli, 1934: 83 ( Tachyporus ; Karakoram region).

— Coiffait, 1983: 274 ( Tachyporus ; Kashmir).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, “Karakorum region”.

tristis Cameron, 1932: 381 ( Tachyporus ; variety of simlaensis ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Kashmir: Gulmarg).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; variety of simlaensis ).

singularis Cameron, 1926: 184 , 185 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Chakrata District; Chulli Khud, 8000 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 383 ( Tachyporus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

skalitzkyi Luze, 1901 , see: obscurellus Zetterstedt, 1838 .

snyderi Blackwelder, 1936 , see: jocosus Say, 1832 .

solutus Erichson, 1839b: 236 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Europa).

— Märkel, 1845: 234 ( Tachyporus ; with Formica fuliginosa ).

— P. Lucas, 1846: 105 ( Tachyporus ; notes; Algeria).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 680 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Küster, 1853a: 37 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany; France).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 478 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 421 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 169 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Thomson, 1861: 150 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 559 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Pandellé, 1869: 306 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Sweden; Pyrenees).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 187 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875: 597 [= 1876: 79] ( Tachyporus ; characters; France; Algeria; Syria; Caucasus).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 284 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Fauvel, 1878: 133 [= 1878a: 53] ( Tachyporus ; Algeria).

— Rey, 1882: 217 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 63 [= 1886a: 55] ( Tachyporus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 195 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 350 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region).

— Luze, 1901: 173 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Europe; Caucasus; Mediterranean region).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 123 ( Tachyporus ; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 107 ( Tachyporus ; Corsica).

— Reitter, 1909: 94 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Johansen, 1914: 317 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Denmark).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 321 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1944a: 16 ( Tachyporus ; characters in key).

— Tottenham, 1949: 425 ( Tachyporus ; checklist; Britain).

— Jeannel and Jarrige, 1949: 335 ( Tachyporus ; cave species; Spain).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 207 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Denmark).

— Scheerpeltz, 1956c: 1112 ( Tachyporus ; Cyprus).

— Kerstens, 1956: 80 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Kocher, 1958: 167 ( Tachyporus ; Morocco).

— Scheerpeltz, 1961d: 136 ( Tachyporus ; Italy).

— Ferreira, 1962: 12 ( Tachyporus ; Portugal).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963a: 422 ( Tachyporus ; Greece).

— Lohse, 1964: 239 ( Tachyporus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964d: 86 ( Tachyporus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 409 ( Tachyporus ; Sicily).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 513 ( Tachyporus ; Sicily).

— Palm, 1966: 46 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1967: 59 ( Tachyporus ; Caucasus; Morocco; Algeria; Cyprus; Siberia ; widespread in southern and central Europe; south of northern Europe).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 738 ( Tachyporus ; Poland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 107 ( Tachyporus ; catalog; Austria).

— Bolov, 1969: 514 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Russia).

— Coiffait, 1970e: 63 ( Tachyporus ; Cyprus).

— Osella and Zanetti, 1975: 124 ( Tachyporus ; collected from nest of Talpa europaea ; notes; Italy).

— Pope, 1977: 33 ( Tachyporus ; Britain).

— Muona, 1979: 21 ( Tachyporus ; Finland; Russia; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Baltic States).

— Burakowski, Mroczkowski, and Stefańska, 1980: 199 ( Tachyporus ; catalog; Poland).

— Bordoni, 1982a: 142 ( Tachyporus ; cave collection; Sardinia).

— Frank, 1982: 51 ( Tachyporus ; list of parasites).

— Ádám, 1987: 154 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 113 ( Tachyporus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Gusarov, 1989: 6 ( Tachyporus ; habitat notes; Ukraine).

— Zanetti, 1989: 112 ( Tachyporus ; Italy).

— Nowosad, 1990: 157 ( Tachyporus ; collected from mole nest; notes; Poland).

— Schülke, 1991b: 8 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany; Denmark; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; England; Hungary; Netherlands; Italy; Bosnia; Romania; Bulgaria; Georgia).

— Silfverberg, 1992: 25 ( Tachyporus ; Finland; Russia; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania).

— Tóth, 1993: 37 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Hungary).

— Boháč, 1993: 51 ( Tachyporus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Zanetti, 1995: 35 ( Tachyporus ; Italy).

— Franzen, 1996: 207 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Germany).

— M. Hansen, 1996: 110 ( Tachyporus ; checklist; Denmark).

— Smoleński, 1997: 80 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Poland).

— Eisinger, 1997: 171 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Germany).

— T. Wagner, 1997: 235 ( Tachyporus ; collecting notes; Germany).

— Telnov, Bersevskis, Savich, Kovalevsky, Berdnikov, Doronin, Cibulskis, and Ratniece, 1997: 47 ( Tachyporus ; Latvia).

— Anderson, Nash, and O’Connor, 1997: 21 ( Tachyporus ; Ireland).

— Assing and Schülke, 1999: 18 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

— Assing, 2001: 75 ( Tachyporus ; collected from xerothermous site; Germany).

— Herman, 2001: 36 ( Tachyporus ; nomen protectum).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe, Georgia, Syria.

marginellus Stephens, 1832: 182 ( Tachyporus ; [Note: This name is older than solutus ]; Type locality: London; Bristol).

— Stephens, 1839: 375 ( Tachyporus ; characters; England).

— Hardy, 1851: 66 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of chrysomelinus ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 21 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of solutus ).

— Herman, 2001: 36 ( Tachyporus ; nomen oblitum).

cameroni Donisthorpe, 1944: 67 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Rosbeigh, Co. Kerry, Ireland). — Pope, 1977: 33 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of solutus ).

somaliensis Cameron, 1944d: 316 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Somaliland: Dolphin Bay).

- DISTRIBUTION: Somalia.

spaethi Luze, 1901 , see: nitidulus Fabricius, 1781 .

stacesmithi Campbell, 1979: 37 ( Tachyporus ; subgenus Tachyporus ; Type locality: British Columbia: Creston).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada.

stejnegeri Blackwelder, 1936: 47 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Nikolski , Bering Island, Bering Sea).

— Campbell, 1976b: 235 ( Tachyporus ; characters; type locality on Russian island ) .

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 87 ( Tachyporus ; subgenus Tachyporus ; catalog; may occur in northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

suavis Sharp, 1888: 452 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Fukushima; [Note: See lectotype designation by Schülke, 1998b]. Also cited from Yuyama; Chiuzenji; Nikko).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Nakane, 1963a: 96 ( Tachyporus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 251 ( Tachyporus ; Korea).

— Schülke, 1998b: 392 ( Tachyporus ; lectotype designation: Fukushima; characters; Japan) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Korea.

subflavopictus Coiffait, 1984: 123 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Nepal: Thodung via Those, 3000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

subtestaceus Stephens, 1832 , see: formosus A. Matthews, 1838 .

sudanensis Scheerpeltz, 1974c: 26 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Sudan: Equatoria : Yel-Marili. Also cited from Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan, Ethiopia.

suturalis Cameron, 1932: 382 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Darjeeling Dist. : Ghum).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

tarsalis Sharp, 1887: 782 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Mexico, Salazar ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Campbell, 1979: 56 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Mexico).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

teberdanus Bernhauer, 1938 , see: terminalis Sharp, 1888 .

tehamae Blackwelder, 1936 , see: californicus Horn, 1877 .

temacus Blackwelder, 1936 , see: mexicanus Sharp, 1883 .

terminalis Sharp, 1888: 451 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Shimonosuwa Lake ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Schülke, 1998b: 388 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Russia; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, China, Russia.

manchuricus Bernhauer, 1938a: 22 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Mandschurei: Hengtaohotze).

— Schülke, 1995a: 36 ( Tachyporus ; notes; characters; Primorie).

— Schülke, 1998b: 388 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of terminalis ).

teberdanus Bernhauer, 1938a: 23 ( Tachyporus ; variety of manchuricus ; Type locality: Kaukasus: Teberda).

tersus Erichson, 1839b: 237 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Germania, Kirstein ).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 823 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

— Küster, 1853a: 38 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 479 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France; Belgium).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 425 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 171 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 291 [= 1865b: 41] ( Tachyporus ; habitat; France).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 559 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Pandellé, 1869: 301 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany; England; Pyrenees).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 189 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1875: 599 [= 1876: 81] ( Tachyporus ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Italy; Russia).

— Rey, 1882: 241 ( Tachyporus ; subgenus Trachyopus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 196 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 351 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria; Germany; France; England; Finland).

— Luze, 1901: 167 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria; Germany; France; Pyrenees; England; Finland).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 478 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 322 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1944a: 16 ( Tachyporus ; characters in key; name replaces the preoccupied lateralis Stephens ).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 208 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Denmark).

— Kerstens, 1956: 81 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Lohse, 1964: 240 ( Tachyporus ; characters; central Europe).

— Palm, 1966: 48 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1967: 61 ( Tachyporus ; Britain; Ireland; Holland; Belgium; Germany; Austria; France; Spain; Italy; Istria; Romania; Czech Republic; Poland; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland).

— Pope, 1977: 33 ( Tachyporus ; Britain).

— Lucht, 1987: 113 ( Tachyporus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Nowosad, 1990: 161 ( Tachyporus ; collected from mole nest; notes; Poland).

— Tóth, 1993: 39 ( Tachyporus ; cited as valid species; characters; Hungary).

— Boháč, 1993: 51 ( Tachyporus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Zanetti, 1995: 35 ( Tachyporus ; Italy?).

— Schülke, 1998i: 145 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

— Assing and Schülke, 1999: 18 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

lateralis Stephens, 1832: 185 ( Tachyporus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: London ; Suffolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 375 ( Tachyporus ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 21 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of pusillus ).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 559 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of pusillus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 477 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of pusillus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 381 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of pusillus ).

— Cameron, 1944a: 16, 17 ( Tachyporus ; synonym of tersus ).

testaceus Solier, 1849 , see: Sepedophilus .

thoracicus Stephens, 1832 , see: nitidulus Fabricius, 1781 .

transversalis Gravenhorst, 1806: 8 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Brunsvigae).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 240 ( Tachyporus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916:

— Erichson, 1839a: 395 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Erichson, 1839b: 240 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 681 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Küster, 1853a: 41 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Europe).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 479 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 426 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 170 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Thomson, 1861: 151 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Gredler, 1863: 96 ( Tachyporus ; Austria).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 559 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Pandellé, 1869: 301 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Sweden; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 188 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1875: 602 [= 1876: 85] ( Tachyporus ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Russia; Austria; Italy).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 284 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Baltic region).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 189 ( Tachyporus ; Finland).

— Rey, 1882: 235 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 197 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 351 ( Tachyporus ; characters; north and middle Europe).

— Luze, 1901: 164 ( Tachyporus ; characters; northern and central Europe).

— Reitter, 1909: 94 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Johansen, 1914: 318 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Denmark).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 478 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 322 ( Tachyporus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1944a: 16 ( Tachyporus ; characters in key).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 210 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Denmark).

— Kerstens, 1956: 85 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Germany).

— Scheerpeltz, 1963: 16 ( Tachyporus ; Afghanistan).

— Smetana, 1964d: 84 ( Tachyporus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Palm, 1966: 50 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1967: 65 ( Tachyporus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Ireland; Denmark; Ukraine; Baltics; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Romania; Italy; France; Switzerland; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Austria).

— Pope, 1977: 33 ( Tachyporus ; Britain).

— Campbell, 1979: 34 ( Tachyporus ; subgenus Tachyporus ; characters; Ontario; Quebec; Illinois; New York).

— Lucht, 1987: 113 ( Tachyporus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Janák and Vysoky, 1992: 139 ( Tachyporus ; collected with Formica truncorum ; Bohemia).

— Tóth, 1993: 38 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Hungary).

— Boháč, 1993: 51 ( Tachyporus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Zanetti, 1995: 35 ( Tachyporus ; Italy).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 477 ( Tachyporus ; characters; USA).

— Sterrenburg and Schülke, 1997: 22 ( Tachyporus ; Netherlands).

— Schülke, 1998i: 145 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

— Assing and Schülke, 1999: 16 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Afghanistan, Canada, USA.

triangulus Cameron, 1928c: 567 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Sikkim: Gantok , 5000 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 381 ( Tachyporus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

tristis W. J. MacLeay, 1873 , see: Coproporus .

tristis Cameron, 1932 , see: simlaensis Cameron, 1926 .

trisulensis Coiffait, 1983d: 176 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Nepal: Trisuli Gosaikund , 3660 m). - DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

truncatellus Gravenhorst, 1806 , see: Sepedophilus .

undulatus Cameron, 1926: 183 , 185 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Simla Hills; Fagu, 8000 feet). — Cameron, 1932: 379 ( Tachyporus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1934: 1506 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

ussuriensis Schülke, 1998b: 396 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Russia, Prim., Partizansk distr. , Alexeyevsky Khreb., 20 km E. Sergeyevka, S. env. Mt. Olkhovaya, 800–1200 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

vafer Schülke, 1996c: 489 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Austria inf.: Raschberg , Klosternbg. Also cited from Hungary, Turkey, Slovakia, and Serbia).

— Schülke, 1998i: 145 ( Tachyporus ; characters; Austria; Slovakia) .

— Assing and Schülke, 1999: 18 ( Tachyporus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Turkey.

vaulogeri Fauvel, 1900: 59 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Algérie: Edough ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 124 ( Tachyporus ; Algeria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 478 ( Tachyporus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria.

ventriculus Say, 1832 , see: Coproporus .

vernalis O. Müller, 1776 , see: obtusus Linné, 1767 .

vigilans Olliff, 1886 , see: Leucocraspedum .

wrasei Schülke, 1998b: 386 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Russia: Sakhalin, Tymovskiy distr., Zonalnoye vill., 10 km S Palevo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

zerchei Schülke, 1998b: 397 ( Tachyporus ; Type locality: Russia: Khabarovskiy Kray , Boitsovo, 10 km N Bikin, Shivki Mtn., 47.05 N, 134.18 E).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

Termitoplus

[1 species; Neotropical Region]

Termitoplus Silvestri, 1946a: 547 (species included: grandis ). TYPE SPECIES: Termitoplus grandis Silvestri , fixed by original designation and monotypy.

— Blackwelder, 1952: 379 (type species: grandis ).

— Seevers, 1957: 281, 282 (notes; termitophilous).

grandis Silvestri, 1946a: 551 ( Termitoplus ; Type locality: Brasilia: S. Paulo. Also cited from Argentina).

— Seevers, 1957: 282 ( Termitoplus ; termitophile; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Brazil.

Tribe Vatesini

Vatesini Seevers, 1958: 183 (replacement name for Xenocephalini ). TYPE GENUS: Vatesus (see Newton and Thayer, 1992: 67).

— Seevers, 1965: 332 (myrmecophilus species; notes on classification).

— Smetana, 1983: 274 (tribe of Tachyporinae ; characters).

— Newton and Thayer, 1992: 67 (tribe of Tachyporinae ).

Xenocephalini Wasmann, 1887: 411 (genera included: Xenocephalus ). TYPE GENUS: Xenocephalus (see Newton and Thayer, 1992: 67).

— Newton and Thayer, 1992: 67 (synonym of Vatesini ).

Xenocephalidae :

— Holmgren, 1908: 344 (notes for one included species). Vatesus

[26 species; Neotropical Region]

Vatesus Sharp, 1876c: 201 (species included: latitans ). TYPE SPECIES: Vatesus latitans Sharp , fixed by monotypy.

— Duvivier, 1883: 127 (catalog).

— Wasmann, 1900: 241 (characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 (world catalog; 1 species).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 150 (checklist of species from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 414 (type species: latitans ).

— Seevers, 1958: 183 (revision; characters; list of species and their hosts; key to species).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 189 (characters; notes; species group classification; key to species).

— Seevers, 1965: 332 (characters; key to and list of species; myrmecophilus species).

— Ashe and Newton, 1993: 281–283 (phylogenetic relationships).

Xenocephalus Wasmann, 1887: 411 (species included: clypeatus ; preoccupied by Kaup, 1858). TYPE SPECIES: Xenocephalus clypeatus Wasmann , fixed by monotypy.

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 443 (world catalog; 8 species).

— Wasmann, 1929: 81 (characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1472 (synonym of Wasmannotherium ).

— Paulian, 1941: 276 (larval characters).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 406 (type species: clypeatus ).

— Seevers, 1958: 183 (synonym of Vatesus ).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 190 (synonym of Vatesus ).

— Seevers, 1965: 333 (synonym of Vatesus ).

Wasmannotherium Bernhauer, 1921b: 77 (replacement name for Xenocephalus Wasmann ). TYPE SPECIES: Wasmannotherium clypeatum Wasmann , fixed by objective synonymy with Xenocephalus .

— Wasmann, 1929: 81 (synonym of Xenocephalus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1472 (world catalog supplement).

— Bruch, 1932: 3 (notes).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 150 (checklist of species from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1952: 403 (type species).

— Seevers, 1958: 183 (synonym of Vatesus ).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 190 (synonym of Vatesus ).

— Seevers, 1965: 333 (synonym of Vatesus ).

amapaensis Borgmeier, 1961: 204 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Brasil: Oiapoque, Território do Amapá).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

argentinus Bruch, 1932: 3 ( Wasmannotherium ; Type locality: note cited, but presumably Misiones , Argentina).

— Seevers, 1958: 197 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 201 ( Vatesus ; characters; Argentina; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Brazil.

brasiliensis Seevers, 1958: 194 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Boa Sorte. Also cited from Argentina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Brazil.

brevicornis Wasmann, 1925: 56 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1472 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 200 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 199 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

cincinnati Borgmeier, 1961: 207 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Cuiabá , Mato Grosso).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

clypeatus Wasmann, 1887: 412 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Blumenau, Prov. St. Catharina, Brasil).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 188 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil; Panama; Costa Rica; Oaxaca; Chiapas).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 194 ( Vatesus ; characters; Costa Rica; Bolivia).

— Akre and Torgerson, 1969 ( Vatesus ; natural history and behavior; Panama).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico.

panamensis Mann, 1925: 166 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Barro Colorado , Canal Zone, Panama).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 188 ( Vatesus ; synonym of clypeatus ).

henricischmidti Wasmann, 1929: 81 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: La Caja, 8 km westlich von San José in Costarica) .

— Reichensperger, 1932: 13 ( Xenocephalus ; notes).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 188 ( Vatesus ; synonym of clypeatus ).

gemellus Borgmeier, 1961: 200 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Campinas , Goiás).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

gigas Wasmann, 1909: 181 ( Xenocephalus , cited as Xenophalus ; Type locality: Amazonas, Alto Purus, Ponte Alegre am oberen Rio Purus).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Wasmann, 1929: 81 ( Xenocephalus ; characters).

— Seevers, 1958: 190 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 197 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica.

goeldii Wasmann, 1900: 244 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Theresopolis, Orgelgebirge,

Staat de Rio de Janeiro; [Note: See lectotype designation by Seever, 1958]).

— Holmgren, 1908: 344 ( Xenocephalus ; notes; Peru).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1472 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 196 ( Vatesus ; lectotype designation; characters; Brazil) .

— Borgmeier, 1961: 206 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Peru.

goianus Borgmeier, 1961: 196 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Campinas , Goiás).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

gracilis Borgmeier, 1961: 199 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Campinas , Goiás).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

henricischmidti Wasmann, 1929, see: clypeatus Wasmann, 1887 .

hypomeralis Borgmeier, 1959 , see: schneirlai Seevers, 1958 .

latitans Sharp, 1876c: 202 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Parana, South America ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Vatesus ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 188 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 197 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

schmalzi Wasmann, 1900: 242 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Joinville, S. Catharina).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 188 ( Vatesus ; synonym of latitans ).

limulus Wasmann, 1900: 243 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Theresopolis, Orgelgebirge, Staat Rio de Janeiro).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 195 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 204 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

lucidus Mann, 1926: 454 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Hamburg Farm , Santa Clara Province, Costa Rica).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 200 ( Vatesus ; characters; Costa Rica; Panama; British Honduras).

- DISTRIBUTION: Belize, Costa Rica, Panama.

mexicanus Bernhauer, 1917 n: 4 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Mexiko: Ver. Cordoba).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 191 ( Vatesus ; characters; Mexico; Costa Rica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica, Mexico.

panamensis Mann, 1925 , see: clypeatus Wasmann, 1887 .

paraguayensis Seevers, 1958: 192 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Paraguay: Horqueta ).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 198 ( Vatesus ; characters; Paraguay).

- DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay.

perplexus Borgmeier, 1961: 198 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Juquiá, Staat São Paulo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

praedatorius Seevers, 1958: 196 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Panama Canal Zone , Barro Colorado Island. Also cited as Costa Rica).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 205 ( Vatesus ; characters; Panama).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica, Panama.

punctipennis Bernhauer, 1917 n: 5 (Xenochephalus; Type locality: Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro, Bom. Jes. d. Itepaboana ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 195 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 205 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

rettenmeyeri Seevers, 1958: 192 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Panama Canal Zone , Barro Colorado Island).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 198 ( Vatesus ; characters; Panama; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama, Brazil.

rufus Wasmann, 1909: 181 ( Xenocephalus , cited as Xenophalus ; Type locality: Südbrasilien: Rio Grande do Sul, bei Rio Grande).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 199 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 200 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

schmalzi Wasmann, 1900 , see: latitans Sharp, 1876 .

schneirlai Seevers, 1958: 199 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Panama Canal Zone, Barro Colorado). — Borgmeier, 1961: 206 ( Vatesus ; characters; Panama).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama, Brazil.

hypomeralis Borgmeier, 1959: 5 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Campinas , Goiás).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 206 ( Vatesus ; synonym of schneirlai ).

schuppii Wasmann, 1890: 315 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Rio Gr. d. Sul).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 194 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil; Paraguay).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 202 ( Vatesus ; cited as schuppi; characters; Argentina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

simulans Borgmeier, 1961: 206 ( Vatesus ; Type locality: Campinas , Goiás).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

splendidus Wasmann, 1925: 56 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1473 ( Wasmannotherium ; catalog).

— Seevers, 1958: 190 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 199 ( Vatesus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

trilobita Wasmann, 1894: 211 ( Xenocephalus ; Type locality: Colonia Alpina, Sta. Rita de Theresopolis, Orgelgebirge 800 m, Prov. Rio de Janeiro; [Note: See lectotype designation by Seevers, 1958]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 444 ( Xenocephalus ; catalog).

— Borgmeier, 1956: 4 ( Wasmannotherium ; synonym of schuppii ).

— Seevers, 1958: 194 ( Vatesus ; lectotype designation; synonym of schuppii ).

— Borgmeier, 1961: 203 ( Vatesus ; valid species; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.