TENEBRIONINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 84-86

SUBFAMILY TENEBRIONINAE

TRIBE ULOMINI

Alegoria castelnaui Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 425 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Marcuzzi 1984: 94; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 86; Chalumeau 1982b: 190, 193 (lectotype); Dutrillaux et al. 2010: 481 and Dutrillaux and Dutrillaux 2012: 12, reporting viviparous reproduction. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Collected in decaying bana tree pseudostems, and possibly a predator on eggs of the weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar.

Uloma guadeloupensis Marcuzzi 1971: 110 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 87. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic, or a label error (see Chalumeau 1982b: 194).

Uloma retusa Fabricius 1801: 149 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 426; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Spilman 1971: 7, 8; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 87; Chalumeau 1982b: 184; Ivie et al. 2008b: 253. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. Mexico to Colombia, to Peru, Argentina, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Uloma roudeni (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 426 ; ( Antimachus ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Chalumeau 1982b: 190 (lectotype), 194; Marcuzzi 1984: 94; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 86; Schiller 2004: 23. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE TRIBOLIINI

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) 1797: 282 ( Colydium ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 531; Ramos 1946: 40; Wolcott 1950: 328 ; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 93; Ivie et al. 2008b: 253. = Uloma rubens Laporte 1840: 220 . = Tribolium ferrugineum Fabricius 1781: 324 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 425 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 19. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA to Argentina; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The red flour beetle. A pest in many kinds of stored products; also under tree bark.

Ulosonia biimpressa Latreille 1813: 17 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 533; Chalumeau 1982b: 194; Marcuzzi 1984: 97. Distribution. Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe. Mexico (including Tres Marias Island) to Colombia, Guiana, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE ALPHITOBIINI

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) 1797: 16 ( Tenebrio ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 87; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 95; Ardoin 1977b: 383; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 112. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA; Mexico , Trinidad; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The lesser mealworm beetle. Spread by commerce; pest in many kinds of dried materials, and especially in spoiled grain.

Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius) 1781: 90 ( Opatrum ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1962: 38, 1977: 39, 1984: 95; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 89; Ardoin 1977b: 391. = Alphitobius piceus (Olivier) 1792: 50 ( Helops ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 24. Distribution. Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Vincent. Mexico to Trinidad, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America ; Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The black fungus beetle. In caves, stored products, chicken coops.

TRIBE TENEBRIONINI

Zophobas atratus Fabricius 1775: 256 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 90; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27; Chalumeau 1982b: 194; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 114. = Zophobas morio Fabricius 1776: 241 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 25; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534. = Zophobas rugipes Kirsch 1866: 197 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534; Marcuzzi 1962: 39, 1977: 42, 1984: 98; of Guadeloupe. = Zophobas laticollis Motschulsky 1872: 35 ; Champion 1896: 26; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534 of Grenada. = Zophobas spec ?, Uyttenboogaart 1902: 116. Distribution. Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Cuba, Culebra, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hermanos, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita; Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthélemy; St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (CA-FL), Mexico to Panama, Ecuador including Galapagos, Venezuela (Testigos), Trinidad to Paraguay; widespread New World. Notes. Many references have cited Zophobas atratus , Zophobas morio , and Zophobas rufipes as separate species but Tschinkel (1984) found no way to separate them so they are treated as one species here.

TRIBE AMARYGMINI

Cymatothes nebulosa (Fabricius) 1781: 158 ( Pyanisia ); Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 95; Chalumeau 1982b: 195; Marcuzzi 1984: 104; Schiller 2004: 35; Touroult 2005:88. = Cymathothes undata (Fabricius) 1792: 122 ( Pyanisia ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 429 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 544. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique. Mexico to Panamá, to Brazil and Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Cymatothes tristis (Laporte) 1840: 236 ( Pyanisia ); Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 94 ( Pyanisia ); Ardoin 1977b: 391; Marcuzzi 1984: 104; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico. USA (AL), Mexico to Panamá; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .