OXYTELINAE, Fleming, 1821

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 34-35

SUBFAMILY OXYTELINAE

TRIBE THINOBIINI

Apocellus ustulatus Erichson 1840: 813 ; Blackwelder 1943: 89; Herman 2001: 1411; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John; widespread Antilles endemic.

Bledius caribbeanus Blackwelder 1943: 113 ; Herman 2001: 1523; Schiller 2004: 13; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico. Tobago; widespread Antilles and South America .

Carpelimus beattyi Blackwelder 1943: 65 ; Herman 2001: 1641. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, St. Croix, St. Lucia; widespread Antilles endemic.

Carpelimus correctus Blackwelder 1943: 64 ; Herman 2001: 1648; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243 as probably sp. #2. Distribution. Barbados, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Little Cayman, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia (type locality), St. Vincent. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and South America .

[ Carpelimus corticinus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 192 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381 (Troglophloeus) of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1943: 59 does not verify the record of Guadeloupe of this species although it is accepted in Cuba and Jamaica as well as widespread in New and Old Worlds.]

Carpelimus flavipes (Erichson) 1840: 808 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 77; Herman 2001: 1660; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 52. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Argentina, Bolivia; widespread New World.

Carpelimus fulvipes (Erichson) 1840: 804 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 62; Herman 2001: 1664. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Mexico ; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Carpelimus imitator (Bierig) 1935: 14 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 72; Herman 2001: 1670. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; widespread Antilles endemic.

Thinodromus croceipes (Fauvel) 1868: 379 ( Trogophloeus ), replacement name; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 61 ( Carpelimus ); Herman 2001: 1765; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. = Thinodromus arcuatus (Fauvel) 1863: 439 , preoccupied. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat; widespread Antilles endemic.

Trogactus cornucopius (Blackwelder) 1943: 66 ( Carpelimus ); Herman 2001: 1777. Barbados, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE OXYTELINI

Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 188 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 92; Herman 2001: 1359; Ivie et al. 2008b: 242. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines (probably Mustique), Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (NY to FL to KS), Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Tobago, Trinidad, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Europe; Atlantic Islands; Tahiti; Réunion, Mauritius; introduced to Old World?; widespread New World.

Oxytelus incisus Motschulsky 1857: 504 ; Blackwelder 1943: 96; Ramos 1946: 32; Woodruff et al. 1998: 40; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1433; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. = Oxytelus ferrugineus Kraatz 1859: 173 in Fauvel 1901: 71 of Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (FL, TX), Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Brazil; Orient; Africa; Indian and Pacific ocean islands; Australia; introduced to Old World; widespread New World. Note. Perhaps the most common and widespread staphylinid in the West Indies.

Parosus antillarum Wendeler 1928: 33 ; Blackwelder 1943 104; Herman 2001: 1463. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Platystethus spiculus Erichson 1840: 784 ; Blackwelder 1943: 110; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1487. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (CA-TX-FL), Argentina, Mexico , Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Galapagos; Tahiti (introduced); widespread New World.