SUBFAMILYTENEBRIONINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 160-163

SUBFAMILYTENEBRIONINAE

TRIBEULOMINI

Alegoria castelnaui Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 425 ; Lengand 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; Dutrillaux and Dutrillaux 2012: 12, reporting viviparous reproduction; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 49 (as Alegoria laportei Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 425 ). Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Collected in decaying banana tree pseudostems, and possibly a predator on eggs of the weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar.

Alegoria dilatata Laporte 1840: 221 ; Champion 1896: 21; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 94. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Trinidad, Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Uloma antillarum Champion 1896: 22 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Marcuzzi 1984: 94. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Uloma ardoini Chalumeau 1982b: 188 (Antimachus) ; Marcuzzi 1984: 94; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 49. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

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

Uloma grenadensis Champion 1896: 23 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1984: 94. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Uloma parvula Champion 1896: 23 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 95. Distribution. St. Lucia, St. Vincent (type locality) ; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Uloma retusa Fabricius 1801: 149 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 426; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Spilman 1971: 7, 8; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 87; Chalumeau 1982b: 184; Ivieet al. 2008b: 253. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. Mexico to Colombia, to Peru, Argentina, Brazil; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Plate 40.

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. Plate 40.

Uloma sulcata Champion 1896: 21 ; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1984: 92. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Uloma undescribed species, new species record. Distribution. St. Lucia *; single island endemic?

TRIBEHELOPINI

Tarpela sp. , new genus record, new species record. Distribution. Montserrat *, single island endemic?

TRIBETRIBOLIINI

Hypogena “ tricornis ” (Laporte) 1840: 220 ( Ulosonia ), new genus record, new species record; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 533; Thomaset al. 2013: 51. Distribution. Caymans, Cuba, Grenada *. Mexico , Guatemala, Belize; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

[ Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse 1880: 148 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 114. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola. USA (FL), Mexico , Argentina, Old World. Notes. The long headed flour beetle; in stored products. Plate 38.]

Palorus cerylonides (Pascoe) 1863b: 129 ( Eba ); Ivie et al. 2008b: 253. Distribution. Montserrat. Cosmopolitan; native to Africa and the Oriental region; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Astored products pest (Spilman1991: 198).

[ Palorus foveicollis Blair 1930: 133 ; Spilman 1959: 59; Marcuzzi 1984: 94. Distribution. Cuba; introduced; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Trinidad; SE USA (AL); Asia; Hawaii; cosmopolitan. Notes. Associated with molds on copra; spread by commerce.]

[ Palorus ratzeburgii (Wissmann) 1848: 77 ( Hypophloeus ). Distribution. Cuba; introduced; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Spread by commerce, probably originally from Africa; cosmopolitan. Notes. The small eyed flour beetle. Plate 38.]

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) 1797: 282 ( Colydium ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 531; Ramos 1946: 40; Wolcott 1951: 328 ; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 93; Ivieet al. 2008b: 253; Thomaset al. 2013: 52. = Uloma rubens Laporte 1840: 220 . = Tribolium ferrugineum Fabricius 1781: 324 , Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 425 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 19. Distribution. Barbados, Caymans, 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 the Lesser Antilles; native to Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The red flour beetle. Apest in many kinds of stored products; also under tree bark. Plate 39.

[ Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val 1868: 181 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1984: 93. Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. Mexico to Chile, USA, Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The confused flour beetle. Apest in stored products. Plate 39.]

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 Antillesand Latin America .

TRIBEALPHITOBIINI

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) 1793 -1813: 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; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 53; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 112; Thomaset al. 2013: 48. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts *. 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. Plate 36.

Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius) 1781: 90 ( Opatrum ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1962: 38, 1977: 39, 1984: 95; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 89; Ardoin 1977b: 391; Thomaset al. 2013: 48. = Alphitobius piceus (Olivier) 1792: 50 ( Helops ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 24. Distribution. Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Mayreau*, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Lucia * (also in Daltry 2009: 68), St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Vincent. Mexico to Trinidad, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America ; Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The black fungus beetle. In caves on bat guano, in stored products, in chicken coops. Plate 36.

TRIBETENEBRIONINI

Hesiodus caraibus Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 424 ; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 91; Chalumeau 1982b: 191 (lectotype). Distribution. Guadeloupe ; single island endemic. Plate 37.

Hesiodus undescribed species, Daltry 2009: 68 (as Hesiotes).). Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Notes. There are also undetermined specimens in this genus which may be this species from Grenada *; Lesser Antillesendemic?

[ Tenebrio molitor L. 1758: 417; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 92. Distribution. Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA (FL); Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The yellow mealworm beetle. Spread by commerce; in many kinds of stored products.] Plate 39.

Zophobas atratus Fabricius 1775: 256 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 90; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27; Chalumeau 1982b: 194; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 114; Daltry 2009: 68. = Zophobas morio Fabricius 1777: 241 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 25; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534. = Zophobas rugipes Kirsch 1866: 197 ; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534; Marcuzzi 1962: 39, 1977: 42, 1984: 98; of Guadeloupe. = Zophobas laticollis Motschulsky 1872: 35 ; Champion 1896: 26; Lengand Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534 of Grenada. = Zophobas spec. ?, Uyttenboogaart 1902: 116 of Barbados. Distribution. Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Cuba, Culebra, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita, Martinique, PuertoRico, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (CA-FL), Mexico to Panama, Ecuador including Galapagos, Venezuela (also Testigos and Hermanos islands), Trinidad to Paraguay; widespread New World. Notes. Many references have cited Zophobas atratus , Z. morio , and Z. rufipes as separate species but Tschinkel (1984) found no way to separate them; so they are treated here as one species. Plate 40.

TRIBECENTRONOPINI

[ Tauroceras cornuta Fabricius 1775: 256 . Distribution. Cuba, no explicit Lesser Antilles records. Cosmopolitan; stored products pest?]

TRIBEAMARYGMINI

Cymatothes nebulosa (Fabricius) 1781: 158 ( Pyanisia ); Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 95; Chalumeau 1982b: 195; Marcuzzi 1984: 104; Schiller 2004: 34; Touroult 2005: 88; Daltry 2009: 68. = Cymathothes undata (Fabricius) 1792: 122 ( Pyanisia ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 429 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 544. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, St. Lucia. Mexico to Panama, to Brazil and Argentina; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Plate 37.

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