A review of the small carrion beetle genus Dissochaetus Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae; Cholevinae) in México

Descriptions, a key to species, and distribution maps are presented for the 18 species of Dissochaetus Reitter, 1884 known from Mexico. Twelve new species are described from Mexico and these are: D. acanthus Peck and Cook from Puebla and Veracruz states; D. angustiformis Peck and Cook from Oaxaca and Guerrero states; D. bifurcus Peck and Cook from Hidalgo, Chiapas, Puebla and San Luis Potosi states; D. brevis Peck and Cook from Durango, Estado...