SUBFAMILYOXYTELINAE, Fleming, 1821

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 72-74

SUBFAMILYOXYTELINAE

TRIBETHINOBIINI

Apocellus ustulatus Erichson 1840: 813 ; Blackwelder 1943: 89; Herman 2001: 1411; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243; Franket al. 2011: 5. Distribution. Caymans, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John; widespread Antillesendemic.

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

Bledius punctatissimus LeConte 1877: 226 ; Herman 2001: 1599; Frank et al. 2011: 5. = Bledius exposus Blackwelder 1943: 114 of Antigua. Distribution. Antigua, Jamaica, Caymans, PuertoRico, St. John, St. Thomas. USA (CA, LA to FL to MD), Mexico , Colombia, Ecuador (including Galapagos); widespread New World.

Carpelimus aridus (Jacquelin Du Val) 1856: 43 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 73; Herman 2001: 1640; Franket al. 2011: 5. Distribution. Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Mexico , Guatemala, Trinidad; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 243) list six undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat.

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

Carpelimus correctus Blackwelder 1943: 64 ; Herman 2001: 1648; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243 as probably sp. number 2; Frank et al. 2011: 5. Distribution. Barbados, Caymans, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Caymans , Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix , St. Lucia (type locality), St. Vincent. Trinidad ; widespread Antillesand South America .

[ Carpelimus corticinus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 192 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiauxand 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; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 52. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, PuertoRico, 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, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (TX, FL), Mexico to Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil; widespread New World.

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

Carpelimus petomus Blackwelder 1943: 76 . Distribution. Antigua, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas; widespread Antillesendemic.

Carpelimus scrobiger (Cameron) 1923: 393 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 76; Herman 2001: 1699. Grenada (type locality), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Vieques ; widespread Antillesendemic.

Carpelimus sordidus (Cameron) 1923: 394 ( Trogophloeus ); Frank et al. 2011: 6. Distribution. Caymans, Guadeloupe (based on 2 FMNH specimens); widespread Antilles endemic.

Carpelimus subtilior (Cameron) 1923: 296 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 78; Herman 2001: 1704. Distribution. Grenada, Jamaica; widespread Antillesendemic.

Carpelimus varicornis (Bernhauer) 1904: 24 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 73; Herman 2001: 1709. = Trogophloeus laetipennis Cameron 1923: 395 of Grenada. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada (type locality), Hispaniola. Trinidad ; widespread Antillesand South America .

Thinobius exasperatus Blackwelder 1943: 108 ; Herman 2001: 1744; Ivieet al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat; widespread Antillesendemic.

Thinobius miricornis Cameron 1913: 324 ; Blackwelder 1943: 107; Herman 2001: 1752. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent (type locality) ; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Thinobius nitidulus Bernhauer 1905: 11 ; Blackwelder 1943: 109; Herman 2001: 1753. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; widespread Antillesendemic.

Thinobius opaculus Cameron 1923: 396 ; Blackwelder 1943: 106; Herman 2001: 1754. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Hispaniola, Jamaica; widespread Antillesendemic.

Thinodromus centralis (Sharp) 1887: 701 ( Trogophloeus ). Distribution. Grenada (based on 2 specimens in FMNH). Guatemala, Panama, Trinidad; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

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

Thinodromus smithi (Bernhauer) 1909: 229 ( Carpelimus ); Blackwelder 1943: 67; Herman 2001: 1774. = Carpelimus smithianus (Scheerpeltz) 1933: 403 ( Trogophloeus ); replacement name for Trogophloeus smithi Cameron 1913: 323 of Grenada. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Hispaniola, St. Croix. Trinidad, Bolivia, Argentina; widespread Antillesand South America .

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

TRIBEOXYTELINI

Anotylus dentifrons (Fauvel) 1904: 107 ( Oxytelus ); Blackwelder 1943: 1349; Herman 2001: 1349. Distribution. St. Vincent. Peru; not Brazil; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Anotylus glareosus (Wollaston) 1854: 610 ( Oxytelus ); Blackwelder 1943: 100; Herman 2001: 1355; Ivie et al. 2008b: 242. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Vincent. Tropicopolitan; Africa, Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands, se Asia; introduced to Old World?; widespread Antillesendemic?

Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 188 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 92; Herman 2001: 1359; Ivieet al. 2008b: 242; Franket al. 2011: 5. Distribution. Antigua, Caymans, 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; Bennettand Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1433; Ivieet al. 2008b: 243; Franket al. 2011: 6. = Oxytelus ferrugineus Kraatz 1859: 173 in Fauvel 1901: 71 of Guadeloupe, of St. Vincent. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, PuertoRico, 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. Plate 7.

Parosus antillarum Wendeler 1928: 33 ; Blackwelder 1943 104; Herman 2001: 1463 ( P. artillarus ); Makranczy 2014: 86. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Tobago, Venezuela; Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Parosus skalitzkyi Bernhauer 1905: 12 ; Blackwelder 1943: 103; Herman 2001: 1464; Makranczy 2014: 127. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

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