SILVANINAE, Kirby, 1837

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 : 69-70

SUBFAMILY SILVANINAE

Ahasverus advena (Waltl) 1834: 169 ( Cryptophagus ); Champion 1898: 407 ( Cathartus ); Grouvelle 1902: 764; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Thomas 1993: 32; Halstead 1993: 161; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 107. Distribution. Cuba, Mona, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico. USA (FL); widespread Neotropics, cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The foreign grain beetle. On moldy stored products.

Ahasverus delauneyi (Grouvelle and Raffray) 1912: 300 ( Cathartus ); Grouvelle 1912: 383; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421 ( Ahasverus ); Halstead 1993: 158. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Ahasverus humeralis (Grouvelle and Raffray) 1912: 301 ( Cathartus ); Grouvelle 1912: 383; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421 ( Cathartus ) ; Halstead 1993: 158. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality) ; St. Thomas ; Lesser Antilles endemic .

Ahasverus plagiatus Grouvelle 1912: 375 : Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Guana, St. Thomas; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Cathartosilvanus opaculus (LeConte) 1854: 78 ( Silvanus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421 ( Ahasverus ); Thomas 1993: 28; Halstead 1993: 168; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 51. = Silvanus trivialis Grouvelle 1878: 75, 1902: 764 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1898: 406; Halstead 1973: 84 ( Cathartosilvanus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (FL, AZ, CA), Mexico , Central America south to Trinidad, Brazil and Bolivia; widespread New World. Notes. Associated with various plant products but not of economic importance.

Cathartus quadricollis (Guérin-Méneville) 1829: 198 ( Silvanus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390; Champion 1898: 406; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Thomas 1993: 35; Halstead 1993: 158; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 249; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 51. = Cathartus cassiae Reiche 1854: 78 ; Champion 1898: 407 of St. Vincent. = Cathartus gemellatus (Jacquelin du Val) 1857: 104 ( Sylvanus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1898: 407 of Grenada. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. USA (AL-FL); widespread Neotropics; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The squarenecked grain beetle. A stored products pest.

Monanus concinnulus (Walker) 1858: 207 ( Monotoma ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 84; Thomas 1993: 31; Halstead 1993: 137; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 51. = Silvanus signatus Frauenfeld 1867: 438 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe. = Silvanus fasciatus Frauenfeld 1867: 438 ; Champion 1898: 406 of Grenada and of St. Vincent. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (FL); widespread Neotropics, Mexico to Panama; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles?; cosmopolitan. Notes. In moldy plant wastes; spread by commerce.

Nausibius clavicornis (Kugelann) 1794: 511 ( Cucujus ); Champion 1898: 407; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Halstead 1980: 347, 1993: 148; Thomas 1993: 16. = Nausibius dentatus Marsham 1802: 108 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico to Argentina, widespread Neotropics; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. A stored products pest.

Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) 1758: 357 ( Dermestes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 389 ( Silvanus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 84; Halstead 1993: 140; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 107. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hisplaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA; widespread Neotropics, Mexico to Argentina; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The sawtoothed grain beetle. A stored products pest.

Platamus dufaui Grouvelle 1902: 761 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 422. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Silvanopropus scuticollis (Walker) 1859: 53 ( Silvanus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Thomas 1993: 30; Halstead 1993: 183 ( Silvanoprus ); Ivie et al. 2008b: 249 (as Silvanoprus ). = Silvanus triangularis Reitter 1876b: 56 , 60; Champion 1898: 406; Grouvelle 1902: 764 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (OK-WV-FL); Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil; introduced to New World, cosmopolitan; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Frequent at lights and in piles of plant debris; on occasion in agricultural products; introduced by commerce.

Silvanus proximus Grouvelle 1904: 183 ; Halstead 1973: 61, 1993: 182; Thomas 1993: 25. = Silvanus planatus Germar 1824: 466 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 420; Halstead 1973: 64 of Guadeloupe; likely a misidentification of S. proximus . = Silvanus unidentatus (Olivier) 1790: 9 ; Champion 1898: 405 of Grenada?; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421 of Grenada?; Halstead 1973: 65; likely a misidentification. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Thomas; from Mexico to Brazil; introduced to Neotropics, native to and widespread in Africa; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Occasionally in stored products; also at lights and in forest litter.