A REVISION OF THE SPECIES OF THE SUBFAMILY HABROCERINAE (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE) OF THE WORLD

At present the subfamily Habrocerinae comprises two genera, Habrocerus Erichson and Nomimocerus Coiffait and Saiz. A worldwide revision of t he genus Habrocerus Erichson yielded altogether 13 valid species. 7 ne w species are described: H. ibericus sp. n. from Southwest Europe, H. simulans sp. n. from the Eastern Mediterranean region, H. cyprensis sp . n. from Cyprus, N. canariensis sp. n. from the Canary Islands, H. in dicus sp. n. from India, H. costaricensis sp. n. from Costa Pica and H . schillhammeri sp. n. from Sumatra. H. capillaricornis ssp. pisidicus Korge is raised to, species rank. Lectotypes are designated for Habro cerus cagillaricornis (Gravenhorst) and H. schwarzi Horn. Nomimocerus tichomirovae Filatova is transferred to Habrocerus. H. magnus Leconte from North America is excluded from the genus. 3 new species of Nomimo cerus Coiffait and Saiz, formerly known to contain only the type speci es, N. marginicollis (Solier), are described: N. longispinosus sp. n., N. peckorum sp. n., both from Chile, and N. parvispinosus sp. n. from Argentina and Chile. The systematic position and the morphological ch aracteristics, particularly the structure of the male abdomen, of Habr ocerus and Nomimocerus are outlined. For each species details and illu strations of differential characters as well as data on distribution a nd, if available, bionomics are presented. Diagnostic keys allowing se paration of Habrocerus and Nomimocerus adults are provided.