AGRYPNINAE

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 : 31-32

SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE

TRIBE OOPHORINI

Aeolus melliculus Candeze 1859: 295 ; Champion 1897 a: 286; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 290. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia to Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Conoderus posticus (Eschscholtz) 1822: 76 ( Elater ); Champion 1897 a: 285 ( Monocrepidius ); Fleutiaux 1911: 256, 1947: 117; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142. = C. posticus variety sticturus Candeze 1859: 260 of Guadeloupe; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276 of Guana. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico to Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Heteroderes amplicollis (Gyllenhal) 1817: 141 ( Elater ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 412; Fleutiaux 1911: 258; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Fleutiaux 1947: 119; Cooter 1983: 185 as H. sp.; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. = Heteroderes laurentii (Guérin-Méneville) 1838: 31 ( Elater ); Champion 1897 a: 285; Fleutiaux 1911: 258; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Tucker 1952: 342; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Chassain 2005: 188; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy. St. Vincent. USA (CA- TX-AL-FL); probably native to southern South America ; Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru (H. Douglas, pers. comm., 2007); widespread New World.

TRIBE PYROPHORINI

Pyrophorus indulcatus Costa 1972: 208 . = Pyrophorus noctilucus (Linnaeus) 1758: 404 ( Elater ); Champion 1897 a: 290 of St. Vincent; Fleutiaux 1911: 261 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic. Not Guadeloupe.

TRIBE HEMIRHIPINI

Chalcolepidius obscurus Laporte 1836: 13 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 247, 1947: 109; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 86; Casari 2002: 318; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Earlier records of Mexico, Trinidad and Virgin Islands are not substantiated by Casari 2002: 319.

Chalcolepidius silbermanni Chevrolat 1835: 197 ; Champion 1897 a: 282; Casari 2002: 329. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (introduced in lumber, Wolcott 1950: 271 ), St. Vincent. Mexico to Venezuela and Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .