PTININAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 118-119

SUBFAMILY PTININAE , thespider beetles

Gibbium aequinoctiale Boieldieu 1854 : xxxiv; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 401; Bellés and Halstead 1985: 153; Ivieet al. 2008b: 247. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Montserrat; St. Vincent, widespread New World; cosmopolitan; introduced to New World from Old World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Astored products pest; in buildings; the more common species.

Gibbium psyllioides Czempinski 1778: 51 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 401; Lepesme 1947: 230; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 87; Bellés and Halstead 1985: 153= Gibbium scotias Fabricius 1781: 74 ; Gorham 1898a: 324 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Cuba, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. John, St. Vincent; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; principally a Palaearctic species, mostly in the Mediterranean area. Notes. Astored products pest; in buildings. The West Indian records might be based on misidentifications and need to be verified. Plate 26.

Pitnus (Pitnus) antillanus Bellés 1992: 183 ; Schiller 2004: 12; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 277. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Guana, Mayreau*, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. West Indian Pitnus spp. are leaf miners (Philips et al. 1998), commonly in littoral zone Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R. Brown (seaside lavender).

Ptinus dufaui Pic 1906a: 21, 1909: 168 , 171; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 402; Lepesme 1947: 230, 232; Ivie et al. 2008b: 247; Philips and Smiley 2010: 570. Distribution. Antigua, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 27.

Ptinus fur L. 1758: 393; Lepesme 1947: 231. Distribution. Martinique. Cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. Astored products pest. Plate 27.

Ptinus strangulatus Fall 1905: 120 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Ivie et al. 2008b: 247; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 5. Distribution. Bahamas, Guana, Montserrat. USA (s FL); widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Ptinus tectus (Boieldieu) 1856: 652 ; Hatch 1933: 201; Papp 1962: 417. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica. Widespread in the Americas; cosmopolitan, probably introduced to New World, perhaps native to Australasia; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Notes. Living in many kinds of dry stored foods. Plate 27.

Ptinus tessellatus Gorham 1898a: 324 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 402; Philips and Smiley 2010: 570. Distribution. Barbados *, Grenada *, Guadeloupe *, Martinique *, Mayreau *, Mustique (type locality), St. Lucia *; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 27.