title: A review of the genus Scaponopselaphus Scheerpeltz (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The genus Scaponopselaphus Scheerpeltz was originally described to accommodate the species Trigonopselaphusmutator Sharp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this paper, I review Scaponopselaphus and describe a new species from Colombia as Scaponopselaphusdiaspartos n. sp. Illustrations are provided for the identification of specimens and the presence of spatulate setae on first mesotarsomere is shown to be a unique characteristic of Scaponopselaphus within Xanthopygina.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, United States of America.
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatzimanolis
keywords: Staphylininae; Staphylinini; Xanthopygina; neotropics