Subtribe Paederina Fleming, 1821
0923. Eupaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957a: 269
Type species: Paederus cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1830
Only a single species is included in this genus from South America.
Distribution.
South America: Peru, Chile.
Other regions: Oriental.
0924. Paederus Fabricius, 1775: 268 (Fig. 167)
Type species: Staphylinus riparius Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera:
Anomalopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1966a: 400
Type species: Paederus lacordairei Perroud, 1864
Eopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957b: 458
Type species: Paederus caligatus Erichson, 1840
Gnathopaederus Chapin, 1927: 75
Type species: Gnathopaederus szechuanus Chapin, 1927
Harpopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957b: 459
Type species: Paederus schoenherri Czwalina, 1889
Oedopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957b: 466 [synonymized by Assing 2015b: 184]
Type species: Paederus chinensis Bernhauer, 1931
Heteropaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957b: 460 [*]
Type species: Paederus fuscipes Curtis, 1826
Neopaederus Blackwelder, 1939: 97 [*]
Type species: Paederus morio Mannerheim, 1830
Nepalopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1976b: 111
Type species: Paederus nepalensis Scheerpeltz, 1976
Oreinopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1976b: 112
Type species: Paederus vastus Scheerpeltz, 1976
Paederognathus Wendeler, 1928: 37 [*]
Type species: Paederus turrialbanus Wendeler, 1927
Gnathopaederus Wendeler, 1927: 1 [synonymized by Wendeler 1928: 37]
Type species: Paederus turrialbanus Wendeler, 1927
Paederognathus Wendeler, 1931: 43 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 286]
Type species: Paederus turrialbanus Wendeler, 1927
Paederus Fabricius, 1775: 268 [*]
Type species: Staphylinus riparius Linnaeus, 1758
Geopaederus Gistel, 1848: x [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 169]
Type species: Staphylinus riparius Linnaeus, 1758
Leucopaederus Casey, 1905: 67 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 111]
Type species: Paederus ustus LeConte, 1858
Paederillus Casey, 1905: 62 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 111]
Type species: Paederus littorarius Gravenhorst, 1806
Poederomorphus Gautier des Cottes, 1862: 75
Type species: Poederomorphus pedoncularius Gautier des Cottes, 1862
Dioncopaederus Scheerpeltz, 1957b: 464 [synonymized by Herman 2003: 5]
Type species: Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst, 1802
Pseudopaederus Bernhauer, 1915a: 137
Type species: Paederus nigerrimus Bernhauer, 1915
88 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 288 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 97 (characters in key); Blackwelder, 1943: 230 (characters in key), 321 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 266 (characters in key).
Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 290 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Blackwelder 1943: 322 (species of the West Indies); Scheerpeltz 1965a: 214 (Venezuelan species); Sanderson 1967: 59 (species of the Greater Antillean); Vieira et al. 2014: 246 (Brazilian species of medical importance).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Martinique, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad-Tobago.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.