SUBFAMILYSILVANINAE, Kirby, 1837

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 130-132

SUBFAMILYSILVANINAE

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. Antigua * (M. C. Thomas det.), Cuba, Mona, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico. USA (FL); widespread Neotropics, cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The foreign grain beetle. On moldy stored products. Daltry 2009: 66 reports an undetermined species on St. Lucia, and other undetermined specimens are from Bequia*, Dominica *, Martinique*, Mustique*, St. Vincent *, and Union*. Plate 31.

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

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

Cathartosilvanus opaculus (LeConte) 1854b: 78 ( Silvanus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421 ( Ahasverus ); Thomas 1993: 28; Halstead 1993: 168; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 51; Thomaset al. 2013: 44. = Silvanus trivialis Grouvelle 1878: 75, 1902: 764 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1898: 406; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Halstead 1973: 84 ( Cathartosilvanus ). Distribution. Antigua * (M. C. Thomas det.), Bahamas, Caymans, 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. Daltry 2009: 66 lists an undetermined species from St. Lucia.

Cathartus quadricollis (Guérin-Méneville) 1829 -1844: 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; Ivieet al. 2008b: 249; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 51; Thomaset al. 2013: 44. = Cathartus cassiae Reiche 1854: 78 ; Champion 1898: 407 of St. Vincent. = Cathartus gemellatus (Jacquelin du Val) 1857: 104 ( Sylvanus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1898: 407 of Grenada. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. USA (AL-FL); widespread Neotropics; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The square necked grain beetle. Astored products pest. Daltry 2009: 66 lists an undetermined species from St. Lucia. Plate 31.

Monanusconcinnulus (Walker) 1858: 207 ( Monotoma ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 421; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 84; Thomas 1993: 31; Halstead 1993: 137; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 51; Thomaset al. 2013: 44. = Silvanus signatus Frauenfeld 1867: 438 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe. = Silvanus fasciatus Frauenfeld 1867: 438 ; Champion 1898: 406 of St. Vincent and of Grenada. Distribution. Antigua * (M. C. Thomas det.), Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mustique, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy *, St. Croix, St. Lucia *, St. Vincent, Union* (M. C. Thomas det.). USA (FL); widespread Neotropics, Mexico to Panama; introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; cosmopolitan. Notes. In moldy plant wastes; distributed by commerce. Plate 31.

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 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Bequia*, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique*, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico to Argentina, widespread Neotropics; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. Astored products pest.

[ Oryzaephilus acuminatus Halstead 1980: 309 . Distribution. No explicit the Lesser Antilles records. USA (FL); cosmopolitan. Notes. In stored products. Plate 31.]

[ Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauvel) 1889: 132 ( Silvanus ); Halstead 1993: 145. Distribution. Cuba?; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records; cosmopolitan. Notes. The merchant grain beetle. In stored products. Plate 31.]

Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) 1758: 357 ( Dermestes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 389; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 421; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 84; Halstead 1993: 140; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 107. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA; widespread Neotropics, Mexico to Argentina; cosmopolitan; widespread New World. Notes. The saw-toothed grain beetle. A stored products pest. Plate 31.

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; Thomas et al. 2013: 44. = Silvanus triangularis Reitter 1876a: 56 , 60; Champion 1898: 406; Grouvelle 1902: 764 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua *, Barbados, Caymans, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique*, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts * (M. C. Thomas det.), St. Lucia * (M. C. Thomas det.), St. Vincent. USA (OK-WV-FL); Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil; introduced to New World, cosmopolitan; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Frequent at lights and in piles of plant debris; on occasion in agricultural products; introduced by commerce. Plate 31.

Silvanops angulicollis (Reitter) 1878a: 194 ( Silvanus ); Champion 1898: 407; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 420; Halstead 1973: 40. Grenada. Guatemala, Colombia; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Silvanus proximus Grouvelle 1904: 183 ; Halstead 1973: 61, 1993: 182; Thomas 1993: 25. = Silvanus planatus Germar 1824: 466 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 390 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 420; Halstead 1973: 64 of Guadeloupe, likely a misidentification of Silvanus proximus . = Silvanus unidentatus (Olivier) 1790b: 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 the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Occasionally in stored products; also at lights and in forest litter. Plate 31 (of Silvanus planatus ).