Subtribe Staphylinina Latreille, 1802
1001. Creophilus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 172 (Figs. 183–185)
Type species: Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Saprophilus Streubel, 1839: 136 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 344]
Type species: Staphylinus maxillosus Linnaeus, 1758
5 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Moore & Legner 1979: 33 (chracters); Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 128 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key), 447 (characters); Smetana & Davies 2000: 18 (characters in key), 21 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 152 (characters in key); Clarke 2011: 755 (characters); Aballay et al. 2014: 104 (characters in key).
Key: Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 364 (Chilean species); Clarke 2011: 758 (species of the genus).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras.
South America: Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.
1002. Dinothenarus Thomson, 1858: 29 (Fig. 187)
Type species: Staphylinus pubescens DeGeer, 1774
Subgenera:
Dinothenarus Thomson, 1858: 29 [*]
Type species: Staphylinus pubescens DeGeer, 1774
Protabemus Scheerpeltz, 1966c: 114, 115 [synonymized by Smetana 1992: 187]
Type species: Staphylinus xanthocephalus Kraatz, 1859
Parabemus Reitter, 1909: 118 [*]
Type species: Staphylinus fossor Scopoli, 1772
Hypabemus Scheerpeltz, 1966c: 112, 116 [synonymized by Smetana & Davies 2000: 26]
Type species: Staphylinus chrysocomus Mannerheim, 1830
Parocypus Bernhauer, 1915c: 52 [synonymized by Smetana & Davies 2000: 26]
Type species: Staphylinus dehradunensis Bernhauer, 1915
3 species are included in this genus from Central America.
Characters/Description: Smetana & Davies 2000: 20 (characters in key), 26 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key); Santiago-Jiménez 2008: 51 (characters).
Key: Santiago-Jiménez 2008: 56 (key to species of Dinothenarus s. str. of America).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.
1003. Hadrotes Mannerheim, 1852: 313
Type species: Staphylinus crassus Mannerheim, 1846
1 species is included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: LeConte 1861: 64 (characters in key); Horn 1879: 199 (characters); Hatch 1957: 212
(characters); Moore & Legner 1979: 34 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key). Distribution. Central America: Mexico. Other regions: Nearctic, Australian.
1004. Leistotrophus Perty, 1830: 32 (Fig. 197)
Type species: Leistotrophus gravenhorsti Perty, 1830
Discocephalus Nordmann, 1837: 3, tab. 1, fig. 8 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 576]
Type species: Staphylinus versicolor Gravenhorst, 1806
Schizochilus Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 304 [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 111]
Type species: Schizochilus brasiliensis Gray, 1832
1 species is included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Smetana 1959: 394 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key); Márquez & Asiain 2004: 256 (characters). Distribution. Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. Other regions: Nearctic.
1005. Ocypus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 172
Type species: Staphylinus cyaneus Paykull, 1789
Subgenera:
Angulephallus Khachikov, 2005: 23
Type species: Staphylinus brunnipes Fabricius, 1781
Matidus Motschulsky, 1860b: 569
Type species: Matidus forficularius Motschulsky, 1860
Ocypus Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 172 [*]
Type species: Staphylinus cyaneus Paykull, 1789
Goerius Westwood, 1827: 58 [synonymized by Smetana & Davies 2000: 31]
Type species: Staphylinus olens O. Müller, 1764
Isopterum Gistel, 1856: 388, 424 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 205]
Type species: Staphylinus cyaneum Paykull, 1789
Nudabemus Coiffait, 1982: 74 [synonymized by Löbl & Smetana 2004: 674]
Type species: Nudabemus caerulescens Coiffait, 1982
Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 291
Type species: Staphylinus mus Brullé, 1832
Fortunocypus Coiffait, 1964: 82 [synonymized by Coiffait 1974: 483]
Type species: Ocypus fortunatarum Wollaston, 1871
1 species is included in this genus from Central America.
Characters/Description: Smetana & Davies 2000: 21 (characters in key), 31 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian.
1006. Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895: 417 (Fig. 205)
Type species: Staphylinus murinus Linnaeus, 1758
Trichoderma Stephens, 1833b: 98 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 394]
Type species: Staphylinus murinus Linnaeus, 1758
1 species is included in this genus from South America.
Characters/Description: Smetana 1959: 394 (characters in key); Moore & Legner 1979: 27 (chracters); Smetana & Davies 2000: 19 (characters in key), 22 (characters).
Distribution.
South America: Suriname, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.
1007. Platydracus Thomson, 1858: 29 (Figs. 211–218)
Type species: Staphylinus stercorarius Olivier, 1795
Subgenera:
Chaetodracus G. Müller, 1926: 27
Type species: Staphylinus patricius Bernhauer, 1915
Chitocompsus Bernhauer, 1913: 232
Type species: Staphylinus polyphemus Bernhauer, 191
Nesiolinus Bernhauer, 1915e: 122
Type species: Staphylinus bakeri Bernhauer, 1915
Paraplatydracus Levasseur, 1980: 369
Type species: Platydracus girardi Levasseur, 1980
Platydracus Thomson, 1858: 29 [*]
Type species: Staphylinus stercorarius Olivier, 1795
Amichorus Sharp, 1884: 390 [synonymized by Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 323]
Type species: Amichorus fauveli Sharp, 1884
Bemasus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 259 [synonymized by Bernhauer & Schubert 1914: 374]
Type species: Staphylinus lutarius Gravenhorst, 1806
Chapmaniella Bernhauer, 1934a: 145 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 28]
Type species: Chapmaniella miranda Bernhauer, 1934
Euryolinus Bernhauer, 1915b: 297 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 28]
Type species: Staphylinus semicyaneus Bernhauer, 1915
Glenothorax Bierig, 1937a: 199 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 28]
Type species: Glenothorax viridipennis Bierig, 1937
Neotasgius G. Müller, 1925: 41 [synonymized by Smetana & Davies 2000: 24, 39]
Type species: Ocypus brevicornis Weise, 1877
Plesiolinus Bernhauer, 1917c: 93 [synonymized by Newton 2017: 28]
Type species: Staphylinus costaricensis Bernhauer, 1916
Poikilodracus Scheerpeltz, 1974: 168
Type species: Staphylinus brincki Scheerpeltz, 1974
Tropoplatydracus Levasseur, 1980: 367
Type species: Platydracus lecordieri Levasseur, 1980
88 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 135 (characters as Staphylinus); Blackwelder 1943: 394 (characters in key as Staphylinus); Smetana & Davies 2000: 18 (characters in key), 24 (characters); Navarrete- Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key); Aballay et al. 2014: 104 (characters in key); Newton 2017: 30 (characters).
Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 137 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Márquez et al. 2004: 28 (some Mexican species).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Trinidad-Tobago.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental.
1008. Thinopinus LeConte, 1852: 215
Type species: Thinopinus pictus LeConte, 1852
Trichocanthus Motschulsky, 1853: 78 [synonymized by Gemminger & Harold 1868: 576]
Type species: Trichocanthus variegatus Motschulsky, 1853
1 species is included in this genus from Central America.
Characters/Description: Moore & Legner 1979: 35 (chracters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 300 (characters in key).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico.
Other regions: Nearctic.