SUBFAMILYMOLYTINAE, Schoenherr, 1823

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 225-229

SUBFAMILYMOLYTINAE

TRIBEANCHONINI

Acorep denticulatus Chevrolat 1880: 213 (Anchonus) ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 441; Hustache 1929: 230; Voisin 1992a: 266 (placement in Acorep , subgenus Spinanchonus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Acorep piliger (Chevrolat) 1880d: 213 ( Anchonus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 232; Voisin 1992a: 266 (placement in Acorep , subgenus Acorep ); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 25. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Acorep spinosus Hustache 1929: 231 (Anchonus) ; Voisin 1992a: 266 (placement in Acorep , subgenus Spinanchonus ); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Acorep sp. 1 ; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Acorep sp. 2 ; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Acorep sp. 3 ; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Acorep sp. 4 ; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Acorep sp. 5 . O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Acorep sp. 6 ; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Anchonus caveatus Fåhraeus 1843: 406 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Anchonus delauneyi Chevrolat 1879b: 84 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441; Hustache 1929: 227. = Anchonus alveolatus Chevrolat 1880: 213 . = Anchonus delaunayi: Chevrolat 1879b: 84 [incorrect original spelling; emended Chevrolat 1879c: 109.] = Anchonus hopei: Chevrolat 1880c: 197 [misidentification, not Fåhraeus 1843]; Hustache 1929: 224. = Anchonus rudis Chevrolat 1879b: 84 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Anchonus denticulatus Chevrolat 1880d: 213 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441; Hustache 1929: 230. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Anchonus guildingi Fåhraeus 1843: 398 . Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Anchonus hopei Fåhraeus 1843: 392 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 440. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Anchonus inaequalis Fåhraeus 1843: 406 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441; Hustache 1929: 228. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Found under stones, on humid tree trunks, under bark, in cacao waste.

Anchonus interruptus Fåhraeus 1843: 400 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 442; Hustache 1929: 235; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat (species near this); Lesser Antilles endemic.

Anchonus leprosus Chevrolat 1879b: 84 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 224. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Anchonus magister Faust 1893: 416 . = Anchonus magister variety vecors Faust 1893: 416 of Antigua. Distribution. Antigua; singleisland endemic.

Anchonus rufescens Chevrolat 1879b: 84 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441; Hustache 1929: 233. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Anchonus scrabrosus Hustache 1929: 229 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Anchonus serietuberculatus Fåhraeus 1843: 405 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 442; Hustache 1929: 234; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. = Anchonus impressus Fåhraeus 1843: 402 of St. Vincent; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 441. = Anchonus indus Fåhraeus 1843: 403 of St. Vincent; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 442. = Anchonus simplex Chevrolat 1880d: 213 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique (type locality), St. Vincent ; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Anchonus suillus (Fabricius) 1792: 402 ( Curculio ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 442; Hustache 1929: 236; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 98; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 282; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 29. = Curculio sordidus (Fabricius) 1792: 402 . = Anchonus pudens Faust 1892: 43 of Guadeloupe of authors; Voisin 1992: 400. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix; widespread Antillesendemic.

Anchonus tuberosus Hustache 1929: 230 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Anchonus sp. , O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Cestophorus undescribed species, O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 26. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Geobyrsa trossula (Chevrolat) 1879b: 84 ( Anchonus ); Hustache 1929: 237 (Geobyrssa); O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 27; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. = Anchonus hispidus (Chevrolat) 1880d: 214 . = Anchonus trossula variety cirrigera (Chevrolat) 1880d: 214 of Guadeloupe. = Anephilus guadulpianus (Faust) 1892: 57 . Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antillesendemic. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) list an undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat.

Ixanchonus clathratus (Fåhraeus) 1843: 399 ( Anchonus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 440; Voisin 1992: 400. = Anchonus reticulatus Chevrolat 1880d: 213 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Genus endemic to the Lesser Antilles.

Ixanchonus cribricollis (Coquerel) 1849: 448 ( Anchonus ); Voisin 1992: 400. Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.

Ixanchonus hustachei Voisin 1992b: 400 . = Anchonus pudens Faust 1892: 43 of Guadeloupe, Hustache 1929: 227 ( Anchonus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 56.

Ixanchonus lafertei (Fåhraeus) 1843: 394 ( Anchonus ); Voisin 1992: 400. Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.

Ixanchonus lherminieri (Chevrolat) 1879b: 85 ( Anchonus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 225; Voisin 1992b: 400. = Anchonus plicaticollis Chevrolat 1880d: 213 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 440. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Ixanchonus sp. , O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 27. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Paranchonus undescribed species 1, O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 27. Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic?

Paranchonus undescribed species 2, O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 27. Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic?

Rhyparonotus insularis Hustache 1929: 236 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

TRIBECAMAROTINI

Camarotus rufus Hustache 1930: 112 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Themeropis triangulifer (Chevrolat) 1880d: 229 ( Prionomerus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 444; Hustache 1930: 108. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

TRIBECHOLINI

Cholus adspersus (Fåhraeus) 1844: 16 ( Polyderces ). Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Cholus martiniquensis Marshall 1926: 540 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 123 ( Archarias ), 1984: 294. = Cholus zonatus (Swederus) of St. Lucia in Schotman 1989: 5. Distribution. Martinique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Cholus ovarburyi O’Brien 2011: 14 . Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. Taken on flowers of coconut palm.

Cholus palmarum O’Brien 1994: 413 . Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic. Notes. On flowers and leaves of Prestoea montana (R. Graham) Nichols palms.

Cholus spinipes (Fabricius) 1781: 174 ( Curculio ); O’Brien 2004: 417. = Cholus wattsi Marshall 1922a: 62 of Grenada. Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic. Notes. Attacks pineapples.

Cholus zonatus (Swederus) 1787: 194 ( Curculio ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 444 ( Polyderces ); Hustache 1930: 112 ( Polyderces ); Parasram and Medevick 1971: 125; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 27. = Curculio tricinctus (Fabricius) 1792: 430 . Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Associated with the endemic bromeliad Pitcairnia micotrinensis R. W. Read. Vaurie (1976) reports specimens collected from Euterpe globosa Gaertn. palms and Cyrilla racemiflora L. This species has been recorded as a pest of pineapple.

Homalinotus lherminieri (Chevrolat) 1878a : CXLI [misprinted CLXI] ( Homalonotus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 445; Hustache 1930: 114; Schiller 2004: 37; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 27. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Vaurie (1973) records specimens collected on Euterpe dominica (L.) H. Bailey palms.

Homalinotus umbilicatus (Desbrochers) 1906: 370 ( Anotiscus ). Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

TRIBECLEOGONINI

Rhyssomatus strangulatus Gyllenhal 1837: 374 . = Rhyssomatus barioides Fiedler 1937: 74 [in key.] Distribution. Barbados, Martinique, St. Vincent. Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBECONOTRACHELINI

Conotrachelus brevicrinitus Hustache 1930: 138 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) list two unidentified species in this genus from Montserrat.

Conotrachelus cinnamomeus Hustache 1930: 34 [see p. 24]; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 28. = Conotrachelus cinnamomus: Hustache 1930: 138 [error.] = Conotrachelus cinnamoneus: Blackwelder 1947: 849 [error.] Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Conotrachelus coelosternoides Hustache 1930: 139 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus cristatus Fåhraeus 1837: 438 ; Hustache 1930: 134; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 28. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Montserrat. USA (MS), Mexico to Panama, South America ; widespread New World?

Conotrachelus dufaui Hustache 1930: 132 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus guadelupensis Hustache 1930: 133 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus hirsutipennis Hustache 1930: 137 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus maceritiae Fåhraeus 1837: 412 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 445; Hustache 1930: 135; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 28. = Conotrachelus rectecostatus Chevrolat 1880d: 229 . Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Conotrachelus marginiceps Chevrolat 1880d: 230 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 445; Hustache 1930: 129. = Conotrachelus frontalis Chevrolat 1880d: 230 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Conotrachelus obscurus Hustache 1930: 136 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Conotrachelus obtusedentatus Hustache 1930: 131 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus ocularis Chevrolat 1880d: 230 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 445; Hustache 1930: 130. = Conotrachelus ocellatus: Dejean 1835: 296, 1837: 321 [nomen nudum; incorrectly attributed to Chevrolat 1880.] Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Conotrachelus serripennis Chevrolat 1880d: 285 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 445; Hustache 1930: 128. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Conotrachelus unicus Hustache 1936: 38 . = Conotrachelus scapularis Chevrolat 1880d: 229 [not Fåhraeus 1837]; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 446; Hustache 1930: 131. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Dorytomorpha elongatus (Hustache) 1929: 241 ( Catiline ); O’Brien 1989: 145 (tribal and generic placement); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 8. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. O’Brien’s (1989: 145) changes in genus and tribal placement have been completely overlooked in subsequent literature.

Dorytomorpha tuberculatus Hustache 1929: 240 (Catiline) ; O’Brien 1989: 145 (tribal and generic placement). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Dorytomorpha tonsa (Chevrolat) 1880d: 252 ( Euscepes ); Hustache 1929: 209; O’Brien 1989: 415 (tribal placement); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) list an unidentified species in this genus from Montserrat.

Microhyus ruber (Chevrolat) 1880d: 229 ( Conotrachelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 446. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Based on examination of Hustache voucher specimens by R. S. Anderson this species should be placed in the genus Conotrachelus .

TRIBECYCLOTERINI

Dufauiella heterorostris Hustache 1929: 215 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Genus endemic to the Lesser Antilles.

Dufauiella sp. , O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 28. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic?

Paranchonus latirostris Hustache 1929: 214 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Paranchonus ovatus Hustache 1929: 214 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Paranchonus verrucosus Hustache 1929: 213 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBEERODlSCINI

Sicoderus contiguous Vanin 1986: 589 ; Wibmer and O’Brien 1989: 12. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Sicoderus delauneyi (Chevrolat) 1880 : XXVI ( Hammacerus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 443; Hustache 1930: 110; Vanin 1986: 582-584. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Vanin (1989) recognizes two species groups in the Antilles, the S. delauneyi group is restricted to the Lesser Antilles and the S. tinamus group is restricted to the Greater Antilles and southern Florida. Plate 56.

Sicoderus propinquus Vanin 1986: 586 ; Wibmer and O’Brien 1989: 12. Distribution. Grenada, Grenadines (unspecified); Grenada paleo-island endemic.

Sicoderus remotus Vanin 1986: 584 ; Wibmer and O’Brien 1989: 12. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic. Plate 57.

Sicoderus undescribed species (near contiguous Vanin 1986: 586 ), O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 9. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic.

TRIBEHYLOBIINI

Heilus sinuatus (Boheman) 1843: 77 ( Heilipus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 443; Hustache 1929: 204; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 28. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) also list an unidentified species possibly in Heilipus Germar from Montserrat.

Hilipinustripunctatus (Chevrolat) 1880d: 229 ( Heilipus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 443; Hustache 1929: 205 ( Hilipus ); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 28 Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Neseilipus carinifrons (Hustache) 1929: 205 ( Hilipus ); O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 28. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to the Lesser Antilles.

Ozoctenus dufaui Hustache 1929: 208 ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Pseudanchonus guadelupensis (Hustache) 1929: 211 ( Anchonomorpha ). Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Rhineilipus latro (Gyllenhal) 1836: 192 ( Heilipus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 443; Hustache 1929: 206; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antillesendemic.

TRIBELYMANTINI

Decuanellus viti Osella 1976: 673 ; Howden 1992: 33. Distribution. Les Saintes ( Guadeloupe Archipelago); single island endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies. Notes. An eyeless soil species. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) list an unidentified species in this genus from Montserrat. Plate 55.

TRIBEPISSODINI

Dorytomorpha tonsa (Chevrolat) 1880d: 252 ( Euscepes ); Hustache 1929: 209; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; the Lesser Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 279) list anunidentified species inthis genusfrom Montserrat.

TRIBESTERNECHINI

Chalcodermus angularis Champion 1904: 319 . Distribution. St. Vincent. Costa Rica, Panama; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Plate 55.

Chalcodermus angulicollis Fåhraeus 1837: 389 . Distribution. Barbados. Mexico , Guatemala, Panama; widespread South America ; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Chalcodermus insularis Chevrolat 1880c: 198 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 446; Hustache 1930: 124; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Chalcodermus vitraci Hustache 1930: 123 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Sternechus vicinus Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 442 ; Hustache 1929: 238; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 34; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 29; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48. Distribution. Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat; widespread Antillesendemic. Notes. Adults of related species are associated with Fabaceae .

TRIBETRYPETIDINI

Nanus uniformis Boheman 1844: 90 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 452; Hustache 1932: 331; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, PuertoRico. USA (FL); Honduras, Mexico , Panama; widespread New World.

Nanus undescribed species, O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 29. Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic?

Neonanus erythrurus (Chevrolat) 1880h : XXXII (“ Sphenophorus ?”); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 452 (Nanus); Hustache 1932: 332; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 30. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Trypetes guildingi Fåhraeus 1844: 36 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 97; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 30. Distribution. Dominica, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults in crowns and fronds of fallen Euterpe spp. palm trees.