SUBFAMILYLACCOPHILINAE, Gistel, 1856

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 46

SUBFAMILYLACCOPHILINAE

“Balba” manuscript name, new genus record, new species record, W. E. Steiner det. Distribution. Antigua *, St. Lucia *; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Laccophilus proximus Say 1823a: 101 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 74; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 80; Harrison and Rankin 1976: 279; Larson et al. 2000: 66; Nilsson 2001: 249; Bass 2007: 24; Ivieet al. 2008b: 239; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 36; Thomaset al. 2013: 29. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent. Canada (southern), USA (widespread), Mexico ; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. In stony bottomed running waters in lowlands. Plate 2.

Laccophilus subsignatus Sharp 1882: 296 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 74; Harrison and Rankin 1976: 279, 291; Nilsson 2001: 251; Bass 2006a: 13, 2006b: 33; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 35. = Laccophilus cayennensis Aubé 1838: 434 in Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 371 of Guadeloupe; as species from French Guiana in Nilsson 2001: 241. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique*, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia *, St. Vincent. Panama, Venezuela; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. In marshes and stony bottomed running waters.