SUBFAMILYTROGOSSITINAE, Latreille, 1802

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SUBFAMILYTROGOSSITINAE

[ Airora striatopunctata Reitter 1876b: 20 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 392. Distribution. West Indies; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Brazil.]

[ Calanthasoma flavomaculata Reitter 1876b: 11 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 391. Distribution. West Indies; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records.]

Colydobius dufaui Léveillé 1907: 405 ; Grouvelle in Grouvelleand Raffray 1908: 42; Lepesme 1947: 178; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 395. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Found under bark of Ficus laurifolia Hort. Berol. ex Kunath and Bouche , in littoral zone. Ivieet al. (2008b: 248) list an undetermined species in this genus on Montserrat, and Daltry (2009: 66) one from St. Lucia. Plate 28.

Nemosoma fleutiauxi Lepesme 1947: 177 ; Schiller 2004: 23. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Ivie et al. (2008b: 248) list an undetermined species in this genus on Montserrat.

Nemosoma landesi Léveillé 1901: 318 ; Lepesme 1947: 176; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 392. Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic. Plate 28.

[ Temnoscheila borrei (Reitter) 1875b: 37 ( Trogosita ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 392 ( Temnocheila ). Distribution. West Indies, no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Colombia.]

[ Temnoscheila insignis (Reitter) 1875b: 11 ( Trogosita ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 393 ( Temnocheila ). Distribution. West Indies, no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Colombia.]

Temnoscheila obscura (Reitter) 1875b: 18 ( Trogosita ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 387; Lepesme 1947: 181; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 393; Ivieet al. 2008b: 248 ( Temnocheila ); Daltry 2009: 66. = Temnoscheila ebenina Blanchard 1853: 205 ; Champion 1898: 400, probably misidentification for recordof Mustique; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 392 ( Temnocheila ) of Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not North America . Ivieet al. (2008b: 248) indicate another species in this genus for Montserrat. Plate 28.

[ Tenebroides bipustulata Fabricius 1801: 152 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 393. Distribution. West Indies, no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Mexico to Argentina.]

Tenebroides floridanus Schaeffer 1918: 199 ; Barron 1971: 111; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 58. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, PuertoRico. USA (FL, LA), Mexico , Brazil, Surinam; widespread New World.

Tenebroides mauritanicus (L.) 1758: 417 ( Tenebrio ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 387; Lepesme 1947: 179; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 394; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 88; Barron 1971: 93. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. USA (FL), Mexico to Argentina; cosmopolitan; introduced to New World. Notes. The cadelle beetle; an important stored products pest in flour, meal, and grains; also found under tree bark. Plate 28.

Tenebroides steinheili Reitter 1875c: 75 ; Champion 1898: 399; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 395. Distribution. Mustique? Colombia; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Apossible misidentification of the following.

Tenebroides transversicollis (Jacquelin du Val) 1857: 255 ( Trogosita ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 388; Lepesme 1947: 180; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 395; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 277; Ivieet al. 2008b: 248. = Tenebroides punctulata Reitter 1875c: 74 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 388; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 394; Lepesme 1947: 180, synonymy. Distribution. Antigua *, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Marie- Galante, Montserrat, Nevis *, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts *; widespread Antillesendemic. Notes. Daltry 2009: 66 reports two unidentified species from St. Lucia.

Tenebroides sp. 1 , new species record. Distribution. Grenada *, single island endemic? Notes. Adistinctly larger (body length 14 mm) and darkly colored species.

Tenebroides sp. 2 , new species record. Distribution. Guadeloupe *, singleisland endemic? Notes. A small species with patterned body from upper elevation cloud forest

Tenebroides sp. 3 , new species record. Distribution. Grenada *, Guadeloupe *; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Asmaller species, body length 3 mm, with unicolorous testaceus body.