SUBFAMILYHISTERINAE, Gyllenhal, 1808

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 53-54

SUBFAMILYHISTERINAE

TRIBEEXOSTERNINI

Phelister haemorrhous Marseul 1853: 476 ; Champion 1898: 393; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 185; Mazur 1984: 283; Sokolov 2005: 85; Degallier 2012: 55. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, St. Vincent. USA (GA, LA) (AFN), Mexico to Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, Argentina; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America ; introduced to Old World ( Italy, Sardinia).

Phelister rouzeti Fairmaire 1849: 421 (Paromalus) ; Champion 1898: 394; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 185; Mazur 1984: 285. 1997: 29; Degallier 2012: 55. Distribution. St. Vincent. USA (AZ), Mexico , Guatemala, Colombia; widespread New World?; introduced to Old World ( France).

TRIBEOMALODINI

Omalodes laevigatus Quenzel 1806: 190 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275; Ivie et al. 2008b: 239. Distribution. Guana, Hispaniola, Montserrat. Central America (AFN) ; widespread Antillesand North and/ or Central America . Notes. Daltry 2009: 63 reports a species possibly in this genus from St. Lucia.

Omalodes laevinotus Marseul 1853: 533 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 383 ( Homalodes ); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 182; Mazur 1984: 224; Degallier 2012: 56. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality). French Guiana ; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

TRIBEHOLOLEPTINI

Hololepta (Leionota) quadridentata (Fabricius) 1801: 74 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 176; Degallier 2012: 56. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Lucia. Mexico to Panama to Bolivia, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Daltry 2009: 64 reports an unidentified species in this genus from St. Lucia.

TRIBEHISTERINI

Atholus bimaculatus (L.) 1758: 154 ( Hister ), Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 383 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 183; Mazur 1984: 211; Degallier 1998: 54, 2012: 55. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced). Canada (AFN), USA, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Holarctic; widespread Old World; cosmopolitan; introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles.

Atholus confinis (Erichson) 1834: 154 ( Hister ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 383; Champion 1898: 393; Lewis 1906: 402; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 183; Cooter 1983: 185; Mazur 1984: 212, 1997: 129; Ivieet al. 2008b: 239; Tishechkin 2010: 287; Degallier 2012: 55. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. USA (AL, FL, Hawaii), tropical Africa, Taiwan; probably introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles?

Genus undetermined. Undetermined specimens in the genus are from Antigua *, Grenada *, and Guadeloupe*.

Hister servus Erichson 1834: 147 ; Caterino 1999a: 360; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 275; Ivie et al. 2008b: 239; Degallier 2012: 56; Daltry 2009: 64. = Hister nodatus obliteratus Lewis 1888: 203 ; Mazur 1984: 193 of Guadeloupe, misidentification; Caterino 1999a: 360 (synonymy); and applying the Lesser Antilles records to Hister servus (M. Caterino in litt., 4 Dec., 2008). Distribution. Antigua *, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guana, Hispaniola, Montserrat, PuertoRico, Saba*, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Widespread; USA, Mexico to Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad; widespread New World.

Hister planiformis Lewis 1897: 359 . Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic? Nicaragua record (Champion 1898: 394; Mazur 1984: 193) incorrect (Caterino 1999b: 54).

Pactolinuschinensis (Quenzel) 1806: 88 ( Hister ); Bennettand Alam 1985: 20 ( Hister ); Mazur 1984: 180; Degallier 2012: 56 ( Nasaltus ). Distribution. Barbados (introduced by CIBC of Trinidad in 1950 to control houseflies; not established); introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Introduced to New World; native to China, east India, Pacific Islands, Australia; also introduced for biocontrol to Hawaii and Trinidad.