Notes on the genera Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 and Suphisellus Zimmermann, 1919, a cocktail of encrypted Suphiselloides genera (Coleoptera: Noteridae: Noterinae: Noterini)

The genus Suphisellus harbors genetically divergent taxa due to poor characterization and lack of comparison with the type species, S. bicolor Crotch, 1873. These differences are manifested in the genitalia and other morphological characters of all species considered to belong to the genus. However, they all share one common character state (the pseudo-triangular proventral process) and two additional ones (a cleft of the fourth maxillary palpomere and a lateral fold of the pronotum). The latter two are not found in all species and, when present, show great variability, indicating the presence of different generic taxa. Currently, 51 species of Suphisellus are recorded, but not all have the genital terminalia and their genitalia studied, especially the genitalia of the female. The genus itself represents a mixture or assemblage of Neotropical and Nearctic generic taxa encrypted. This situation, together with the morphological variations of groups of taxa that have been grouped under common characters, creating new genera, suggests the creation of a "Suphisellus or Suphiselloides genus group". Key is constructed to separate the Suphiselloides genera and a map with the geographic distribution in Venezuela.