SCARITINAE, Bonelli, 1810

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 : 14-15

SUBFAMILY SCARITINAE

TRIBE CLIVINI

Ardistomis atripennis Putzeys 1866: 202 ; Nichols 1988: 102. = Ardistomis laevistriata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 363 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Swampinhabiting halophobic hygrobiont.

Ardistomis guadeloupensis Kult 1950: 307 ; Nichols 1988: 101. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Lower to upper montane wet forest humicole.

Aspidoglosssa cribrata Putzeys 1846: 634 ; Nichols 1988: 99. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Venezuela, Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile.

Aspidoglossa schach (Fabricius) 1792: 153 ( Carabus ); Nichols 1988: 99 (new combination); Ivie et al. 2008b: 237. = Aspidoglossa semicrenata Chaudoir 1843: 735 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 364; Erwin and Sims 1984: 427. = Aspidoglossa guadeloupensis Putzeys 1846: 632 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, French Guiana; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Paraclivina) fasciata Putzeys 1846: 624 ; Nichols 1988: 94; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 12. Distribution. Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Granada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix. Mexico , Central and South America , eastern USA (FL); introduced to Old World, Philipine and Mariana Islands; widespread New World. Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile, often associated with agriculture.

Clivina (Paraclivina) near latiuscula Putzeys 1866: 154; Nichols 1988: 95. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Paraclivina) marginipennis Putzeys 1846: 619 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 363; Nichols 1988: 95. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. Eastern USA?, Mexico excluding Yucatan?; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile, frequently associated with agriculture.

Clivina (Paraclivina) tuberculata Putzeys 1846: 615 ; Nichols 1988: 95. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia. Colombia, Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Semiclivina) elongata Chaudoir 1843: 734 ; Nichols 1988: 93. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Halocoryza arenaria (Darlington) 1939: 84 ( Schizogenius ); Nichols 1988: 90; Schiller 2004: 14; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 13; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 82. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas. USA (south FL), Mexico , Panama, Brazil; Cameroon (introduced?); widespread New World. Notes. Found on marine beaches in the intertidal zone, in mangrove swamps; halobiont.

Oxydrepanus micans Putzeys 1866: 105 ; Nichols 1988: 97. = Oxydrepanus rufus Putzys 1846: 564 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 363 of Guadeloupe; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 13 of Bahamas. Distribution. Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico. Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Swamp inhabiting humicolous hygrobiont.

Semiardistomis laevistriatus (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 363 ( Ardistomis ); Nichols 1988: 100. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Humicole, under rotting bark.

TRIBE SCARITINI

Scarites (Distichus) octocoelus (Chaudoir) 1855 50 ( Taeniolobus ); Nichols 1988: 86, 117. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced), Jamaica. Mexico (including Yucatan); introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.