Tribe Mycetoporini Thomson, 1859

0278. Bryoporus Kraatz, 1857a: 452

Type species: Tachinus cernuus Gravenhorst, 1806

24 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 509 (characters in key), 526 (characters); Campbell 1993a: 6 (characters in key), 8 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 106 (characters in key); Newton & Peck 2006: 134 (characters in key).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 527 (species of the West Indies); Campbell 1993a: 6 (some species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas), Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

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

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Galapagos Isl., Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.

0279. Carphacis Gozis, 1886: 14

Type species: Staphylinus striatus Olivier, 1795

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Campbell 1980: 936 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 106 (characters in key). Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

0280. Ischnosoma Stephens, 1829a: 22

Type species: Tachinus splendidus Gravenhorst, 1806

Leichotes Gistel, 1834: 9 [synonymized by Campbell 1991a: 74]

Type species: Tachinus splendidus Gravenhorst, 1806

Myteroxis Gozis, 1886: 14 [synonymized by Ganglbauer 1895: 367]

Type species: Tachinus splendidus Gravenhorst, 1806

Ischnosomata Strand, 1935: 293 [synonymized by Campbell 1 991a: 75]

Type species: Tachinus splendidus Gravenhorst, 1806

6 species are included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Campbell 1991a: 74 (characters), 9 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 106 (characters in key).

Key: Campbell 1991a: 78 (species group and species of North and Central America).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental.

0281. Lordithon Thomson, 1859: 47 (Figs. 34–35)

Type species: Oxyporus pygmaeus Fabricius, 1777

Bobitobus Tottenham, 1939a: 225 [synonymized by Schülke 2009: 832]

Type species: Staphylinus lunulatus Linnaeus, 1760

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

Characters/Description: Campbell 1982: 10 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 107 (characters in key); Schülke 2009: 832 (characters).

Key: Campbell 1982: 13 (subgenera and species of the North and Central America); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 403 (Chilean species as Bolitobius).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian.

0282. Mycetoporus Mannerheim, 1830: 62

Type species: Tachinus punctus Gravenhorst, 1806

Schinomosa Tottenham, 1939a: 226 [synonymized by Campbell 1991a: 9]

Type species: Tachinus punctus Gravenhorst, 1806

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Campbell 1991a: 9 (characters), 9 (characters in key); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 106 (characters in key).

Key: Campbell 1991a: 13 (species group and species of Mexico and North America).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oriental.