Gabronthus Tottenham 1955

Gabronthus Tottenham 1955: 178 . Type species: Gabrius maritimus Motschulsky, 1858, by original designation.

Notes: There are 52 valid species of Gabronthus distributed worldwide, but only three of them have been reported from the Neotropical region (Caribbean islands), all of them as adventive species (Frank 1983, Peck 2005). The current concept of the genus is that of Smetana (1995: 478).

Gabronthus maritimus (Motschulsky 1858) [adventive in CASA]

Gabrius maritimus Motschulsky 1858: 661 . Type locality: Alexandrie en Egypte. Type depository: ZMUM?. Distribution: Europe, Turkey, Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodriguez, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is., Oriental; adventive in Cuba. Notes: as Philonthus (Gemminger and Harold 1868: 594); comb. nov. ex Philonthus (Tottenham, 1955: 185); Cuba (Peck 2005).

Gabronthus mgogoricus Tottenham 1955 [adventive in CASA]

Gabronthus mgogoricus Tottenham 1955: 185 . Type locality: Rhodesia: Mashonaland, Salisbury. Type depository: BMNH HT ♂, 23 PT. Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania; adventive in Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., USA (se). Note: Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, USA, originally from Africa (Peck 2005).

Gabronthus thermarum (Aubé 1850) [adventive in CASA]

Philonthus thermarum Aubé 1850: 316 . Type locality: Jardin des Plantes in Paris, France. Type depository: MRSN/ MCSN? #? ST. Distribution: Palearctic, Azores, Africa, Japan, Nepal, India, Taiwan, China, adventive in Canada (e), USA (e), Mexico, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Less. Antilles, Guadeloupe, Zaire, Australia, New Caledonia, South Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles. Notes: comb. nov. ex Philonthus (Tottenham 1955: 183); distribution, also within Mexico (Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002), Lesser Antilles (Peck 2011a: Northern Leeward Is., Peck et al. 2014: Guadeloupe Archipelago).