The Neotropical species of the genus Lithocharodes Sharp, 1876 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Xantholinini)
Authors: Irmler Ulrich 
Published: October 2021

The Neotropical species of the genus Lithocharodes were studied. A total of 26 new species were found. These are: L. aculeata spec. nov., L. ashei spec. nov., L. bierigi spec. nov., L. bicornis spec. nov., L. boliviana spec. nov., L. brooksi spec. nov., L. compacta spec. nov., L. curtipennis spec. nov., L. denticulata spec. nov., L. dubiosa spec. nov., L. ecuadoriensis spec. nov., L. elongata spec. nov., L. hanagarthi spec. nov., L. karinae spec. nov., L. katharinae spec. nov., L. lescheni spec. nov., L. nigerrima spec. nov., L. nigrita spec. nov., L. obscura spec. nov., L. pampana spec. nov., L. peruana spec. nov., L. silvicola spec. nov., L. somoleptoides spec. nov., L. surinamensis spec. nov., L. triangula spec. nov., and L. verhaaghi spec. nov. The following species described under Lithocharodes were transferred to the genus Somoleptus Sharp, 1885: S. cavicola (Blackwelder, 1943) (comb. nov.) and S. strigulata (Blackwelder 1943) (comb. nov.). The following four species described under the genus Somoleptus were transferred to Lithocharodes: L. bicolor (Sharp, 1885) (new combination) and S. gracilis Sharp, 1885 (new synonymy), which is conspecific with L. bicolor; L. clavicornis (Erichson, 1839) described as Leptacinus clavicornis and transferred to Somoleptus by Sharp (1885) (new combination); L. elegans (Sharp, 1885) (new combination); L. gracilis, L. rambouseki, L. cameroni (new synonymies) are conspecific with L. fusciventris Sharp, 1885. New records from the West Indies and Central America were given for L. floridanus (LeConte, 1880) and L. nigripennis (LeConte, 1863). Lectotypes were designated for L. fusciventris, L. gracilis, L. fuscula, and L. spinigera.

Nomenclatural acts

Lithocharodes aculeata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A18023B2-0E8E-4094-A5ED-3DCF051C0185Lithocharodes ashei spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3464349F-B225-4FFB-A2DA-A9F5F286E872Lithocharodes bierigi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:40819238-8854-4AA3-8080-FEA8778C77CELithocharodes boliviana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:352DDE6B-383B-45B8-90B1-1D1689422F37Lithocharodes brooksi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3903CAF2-1B67-4B6A-9979-72E6336CA165Lithocharodes compacta spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3253E356-C82F-425A-B034-8AD4AFFB91F7Lithocharodes curtipennis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:49C417E3-A17C-4A28-9D32-950C09CDBD1DLithocharodes denticulata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B194FB8-EFFE-4301-9681-174E24B19557Lithocharodes dubiosa spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A9BFC64A-5AEA-499E-ABB9-94BE1F8F05B6Lithocharodes ecuadoriensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D5751DC8-DA8F-4F7E-A57E-3FCB3BE8A990Lithocharodes elongata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E056AF32-00F8-4072-97F7-7FA40129C9BALithocharodes hanagarthi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CB47DB88-4D42-4FC9-AF39-A5ED1D1758A3Lithocharodes karinae spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:067347B8-B4E1-4B17-96D3-9ADBA83D340FLithocharodes katharinae spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B16D6F77-971F-4D61-9934-BAB22A68A1A9Lithocharodes lescheni spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:56C738F3-B7E8-48CD-8D89-549249716A46Lithocharodes nigerrima spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AC1C7A9C-0F22-4211-B88E-F95ACF767B38Lithocharodes nigrita spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:51DB16D4-FB55-4338-B12D-AFD4290322C0Lithocharodes obscura spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F520ED25-EB0D-4CFB-AD03-F8322592C96CLithocharodes pampana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EFDF07C-A8EE-42CB-B1E8-901599251C83Lithocharodes peruana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:44E3E16F-6262-4A6B-8BF1-CE656372382ALithocharodes silvicola spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:307A352E-8017-4653-AB6C-530BB6694978Lithocharodes somoleptoides spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FBFC297-E285-4637-853C-2DC467FE2E1CLithocharodes surinamensis spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AF3EE982-3573-4991-9AEF-A34345F2BA88Lithocharodes triangula spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8BCFB5FF-F6A3-4F93-A1CE-033F3898DE6BLithocharodes verhaaghi spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:37168761-B2E0-4845-94ED-83B48C45CF71