DIAPERINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 81-83

SUBFAMILY DIAPERINAE

TRIBE PHALERIINI

Phaleria fulva Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Champion 1896: 10; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1977: 35; 1984: 84; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 18; Cooter 1983; Woodruff et al. 1998: 44; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254. Distribution. Antigua, Barbuda, Canouan, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Hispaniola, Islote de Aves, Les Saintes, Los Roques, Margarita, Montserrat, Mustique, Orchilla, St. Barthélémy, St. Lucia, St. Martin. Venezuela (mainland and Margarita); widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. A scavenger in sea beach sand. Some earlier literature records of this species may be based on specimens of P. thinophila Watrous and Triplehorn and need checking.

Phaleria picipes Say 1824: 280 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 422; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 526; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 291; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 19; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Triplehorn 1991; 266; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 57. Distribution. Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Islote de Aves, Jamaica, Marguerita, Montserrat, Mustique, Las Roques, Les Saintes, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico , and Caribbean coastal; USA (NJ- FL), Mexico , Belize, Honduras, Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Phaleria punctipes LeConte 1878: 421 ; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 281; 1982: 13; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Triplehorn 1991: 268; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 57. = Phaleria guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Marcuzzi 1977: 35 of Les Saintes and of St. Martin, 1984: 84. Distribution. Anagada, Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Les Saintes, St. Barthélemy. USA (FL); Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico , and Caribbean coastal; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Phaleria testacea Say 1824: 280 ; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 289; 1982: 19; Triplehorn 1991: 266; Schiller 2004: 13; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 112. = Phaleria angustata Chevrolat 1878 : ccxlviii; Ramos 1946: 39; Marcuzzi 1962: 39; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 57. = Phaleria chevrolati Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 9; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83. = Phaleria chevrolati variety quadrinotata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = Phaleria chevrolati variety thoracica Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = Phaleria maculipennis Marcuzzi 1962: 37 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1977: 36. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, La Désirade, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Margarita, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Mustique, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Martin , Virgin Islands; most Caribbean islands. Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico , and Caribbean coastal; from NE USA (Maine) to Argentina; widespread New World.

TRIBE DIAPERINI

SUBTRIBE ADELININA

Adelina pici (Ardoin) 1977a: 7 ( Doliema ); Marcuzzi 1984: 97 ( Doliema ); Triplehorn and Ivie 1983: 274; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254. Distribution. Anegada (British Virgin Islands), Cuba, La Désirade, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat. Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Adelina plana (Olivier) 1795: 94 ( Doliema ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 428; Champion 1896: 25; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 428; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 439; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 89; Ardoin 1977a: 3; Marcuzzi 1984: 96; Spilman 1973 (generic synonymy); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 112. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Mustique, Guadeloupe, Hisapaniola. USA (FL), Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Chile; widespread New World.

Gnatocerus maxillosus (Fabricius) 1801: 155 ( Trogosita ); Champion 1896: 18 ( Echocerus ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 530; Wolcott 1950: 328 ; Marcuzzi 1984: 92 ( Gnathocerus ). Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico. USA, Mexico to Colombia; introduced to Lesser Antilles; cosmopolitan. Notes. The slender-horned flour beetle; in stored products, also under tree bark.

Iccius rufotestaceus Champion 1896: 18 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Marcuzzi 1984: 92; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279. = Hypophloeus dufaui Pic 1945: 7 ; Chalumeau 1982b: 194; Marcuzzi 1984: 98; Bremer and Triplehorn 1999: 59 (synonymy). = Iccius sp. Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 85 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Guana, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic?

Sitophagus hololeptoides (Laporte) 1840: 220 ( Uloma ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 89; Marcuzzi 1977: 41; 1984: 96. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico. Mexico to Panamá, South America , Madeira; cosmopolitan; introduced to Old World, probably native to tropical America ; introduced to Lesser Antilles? Notes. A stored products pest.

SUBTRIBE DIAPERINA

Loxostethus guadeloupensis (Kaszab) 1977: 122 ( Heterophylus ); Marcuzzi 1984: 90; Triplehorn and Merkl 1997: 738 (generic synonymy). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies.

Neomida ? inermis Champion 1886: 179 ; Chalumeau 1982b: 193. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Guatemala; Lesser Antilles and Latin America ?

Neomida lecontei Bates 1873: 233 ; Chalumeau 1982b: 193; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 112. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced), Hispaniola, Montserrat. Mexico , Colombia; introduced to Leser Antilles?

[ Neomida suilla (Champion) 1896: 11 ( Arrhenoplita ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 527 ( Hoplocephala ); Marcuzzi 1984: 87; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254. Distribution. St. Vincent, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Guadeloupe ( Chalumeau 1982b: 193).]

Platydema piceum Laporte and Brullé 1831: 362 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 424; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1984: 89. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Ulomoides ocularis (Casey) 1891: 65 ( Palembus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 527; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 87; Triplehorn 1965: 388; Chalumeau 1982b: 193; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 57. Distribution. Anguilla, Bahamas, Guana, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Martin-Sint Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union*. USA (FL); introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to the Philippines. Notes. Sometimes a pest in tamarind pods.

TRIBE CRYPTICINI

Microcrypticus ziczac (Motschulsky) 1873: 475 ( Platydema ); Marcuzzi 1977: 37, 1984: 85; Chalumeau 1982b: 193. = Platydema scriptipennis Fairmaire 1875 : xxxiii; Champion 1896: 14; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 526. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native in Asia, Africa, Australia.

TRIBE TRACHYSCELINI

Trachyscelis aphodioides Latreille 1809: 379 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 422; Steiner 2004: 335. = Trachyscelis flavipes Melsheimer 1846: 61 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 83; Chalumeau 1982b: 193; Steiner 2004: 335 (synonymy); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Guana, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin, St. Thomas; Turks and Caicos. USA (MD, VA, NC, FL, LA; but maybe not now established because there are no records since the 1950’s); Brazil; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Mediterranean Europe and north Africa. Notes. An inhabitant of pure fine sand in washed-up debris, at or just above high tide line.

TRIBE GNATHIDIINI

Tyrtaeus rufus Champion 1913: 77 ; Blackwelder 1945: 474; Hopp and Ivie 2008: 429. = Tyrtaeus guadalupensis Dajoz 1981: 227 (placed in Cerylonidae ); Hopp and Ivie 2006: 429 (synonymy). Distribution. Dominica, Cuba, Grand Cayman, Guadeloupe. Mexico , Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Usually taken under bark.