APHODIINAE, Arrow, 1909

Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 13-14

SUBFAMILY APHODIINAE

TRIBE APHODIINI

Nialaphodius nigrita (Fabricius) 1801: 73 ( Aphodius ); Gordon and Skelley 2007: 265. = A. cuniculus Chevrolat 1864: 411 , Chapin 1940: 7; synonomy in Bordat 1990: 62; Paulian 1947a: 37 ( Nialus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 795; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 8; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 32; Chalumeau 1983a: 58 (all as Aphodius ( Nialus )); generic synonomy in Skelley et al. 2007. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Cuba, La Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Tortola, Vieques. Widespread southern USA, Mexico to widespread South America , Tobago. Introduced to New World from Afro-tropical region; worldwide in tropics and subtropics. Notes. Common in cow dung.

TRIBE EUPARIINI

Ataenius attenuator Harold 1874: 22 . Stebnicka 2007b: 68. = Ataenius abditoides Chapin 1940: 18 of St. Lucia . Distribution. St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama to Trinidad, Brasil, and Peru; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Ataenius liogaster Bates 1887: 94 ; Chapin 1940: 29; Paulian 1947a: 44; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 813; Stebnicka and Lago 2005: 60 (synonymy); Stebnicka 2007b: 36. = A. edwardsi Chapin 1940: 26 ; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 14; Chalumeau 1983: 174; Chalumeau 1983a: 82; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33. Stebnicka and Lago 2005: 60. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica (overlooked in Stebnicka and Lago 2005: 61), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama, Ecuador (including Galapagos), Trinidad, Venezuela; Micronesia; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius luteomargo Chapin 1940: 36 ; Paulian 1947a: 41; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 811; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 12; Chalumeau 1983a: 84; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33; Stebnicka 2002: 270, 2007b: 22. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, La Désirade, Dominica (type locality), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia ; not Jamaica. Panama, Surinam, Venezuela; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights, found in cow dung.

Ataenius morator Harold 1869: 103 , Stebnicka 2003: 243, 2007b: 32. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia , Vieques. Trinidad, Venezuela south to Argentina; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. In rotting materials, especially dung; frequent in light traps.

Ataenius scutellaris Harold 1867: 82 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 803; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 14; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983a: 69; Stebnicka 2007a: 48, 2007b: 59. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Tortola. Mexico to Bolivia and Brasil, Trinidad; introduced to Vanuatu ( New Hebrides), Seychelles, Mascarenes, Malaya; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius strigicaudus Bates 1887: 96 ; Chapin 1940: 32; Paulian 1947a: 40; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 810; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 13; Chalumeau 1983a: 81; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33; Stebnicka 2004: 214, 2007b: 40. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Mexico to Trinidad, Chile and Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Iguazua blackwelderi (Chapin) 1940: 11 ( Saprosites ); Stebnicka 2009: 51. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Lucia , Puerto Rico. Guyana; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Collected in decayed wood, rotten logs, and under bark of dead trees.