OEDEMERINAE, Latreille, 1810

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 48

SUBFAMILY OEDEMERINAE

TRIBE ASCLERINI

Hypasclera costata (Champion) 1896: 40 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Arnett 1983: 6, 1984: 3. Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America ; seemingly introduced to but not established in the USA.

Hypasclera simplex (Waterhouse) 1878: 308 (Copditia); Champion 1896: 39; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490 (Copdita); Arnett 1961: 58 ( Alloxacis ), 1983: 6; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 85; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Asclera suturalis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 434 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490 ( Micronacerdes ); Arnett 1961: 58. =M. s. variety dufaui Pic 1929: 8 . Distribution. Antigua, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Barthélemy (type locality), St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Oxycopis frontalis (Champion) 1896: 42 (C opdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Oxycopis quadrilineata (Champion) 1896: 41 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Oxycopis tenella (Champion) 1896: 41 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Arnett 1957: 6, 1983: 3;

Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Grand Cayman, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Thomas,

St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Oxycopis vittata (Fabricius) 1775: 125 ( Lagria ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 434; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 466 ( Sessinia ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Ramos 1946: 38; Arnett 1953: 4 ( Oxacis ), 1957: 6, 1984: 2; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 85 ( Sessinia ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 46. = Oxycopis lateralis (Waterhouse) 1878: 307 (Copdita); Champion 1896: 41 of St. Vincent; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia , Vieques. USA (FL, Keys and Dade Co.); widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Arnett 1983: 3 does not list the Lesser Antilles records which he provided in 1953 and 1957.

Paroxacis antillarum (Champion) 1896: 39 ( Oxacis ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 491. Distribution. Martinique, St. Vincent. Tobago; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .