Additions to Neotropical species of the genera Lithocharodes Sharp, 1881 and Somoleptus Sharp, 1881 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Abstract

Amongst the material of the Kansas Natural History Museum, ten new species of the genus Lithocharodes Sharp, 1876 and eight new species of the genus Somoleptus Sharp, 1885 were found for the Neotropical Region. These are: Lithocharodes andersoni sp. nov., L. dubia sp. nov., L. esmeraldae sp. nov., L. falini sp. nov., L. hansoni sp. nov., L. hibbsi sp. nov., L. lituratus sp. nov., L. montanus sp. nov., L. parallelus sp. nov. and L. zamorae sp. nov. and from the genus Somoleptus, the species S. alajuelae sp. nov., S. curtioculatus sp. nov., S. densiceps sp. nov., S. guianensis sp. nov., S. luteicornis sp. nov., S. paramocola sp. nov., S. puntarenae sp. nov. and S. umicola sp. nov. New records were found for Lithocharodes bicolor (Sharp, 1885), L. curtipennis Irmler, 2021, L. puncticeps Sharp, 1885, L. somoleptoides Irmler, 2021, Somoleptus ashei Irmler, 2022, S. humicola Irmler, 2022, S. longicollis (LeConte, 1863), S. obscurus Sharp, 1885 and S. ovatus Irmler, 2022.