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 andersonisp. nov., L. dubiasp. nov., L. esmeraldaesp. nov., L. falinisp. nov., L. hansonisp. nov., L. hibbsisp. nov., L. lituratussp. nov., L. montanussp. nov., L. parallelussp. nov. and L. zamoraesp. nov. and from the genus Somoleptus, the species S. alajuelaesp. nov., S. curtioculatussp. nov., S. densicepssp. nov., S. guianensissp. nov., S. luteicornissp. nov., S. paramocolasp. nov., S. puntarenaesp. nov. and S. umicolasp. 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.