STAPHYLININAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 22-24

SUBFAMILY STAPHYLININAE

TRIBE DIOCHINI

Diochus nanus Erichson 1839: 301 ; Blackwelder 1943: 455; Herman 2001: 2446; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. = D. perplexus Cameron 1922: 116 of Grenada. = D. apicipennis Cameron 1922: 116 of St. Vincent. = D. antennalis Cameron 1922: 117 of Grenada. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad to Brazil and Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE XANTHOLININI

Lithocharodes claviscapa (Cameron) 1922: 114 ( Somoleptus ); Blackwelder 1943: 497; Herman 2001: 3694. Distribution. Grenada (type locality), St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Neohypnus attenuatus (Erichson) 1839: 330 ( Xantholinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 478; Herman 2001: 3708; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (CA-TX-FL), Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay; St. Helena (introduced); widespread New World.

Neohypnus humeralis (Erichson) 1839: 327 ( Xantholinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 479; Herman 2001: 3799; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St John, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Neohypnus illucens (Erichson) 1839: 315 ( Xantholinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 488; Herman 2001: 3800; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Colombia, Venezuela, Tobago, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Neoxantholinus filarius (Erichson) 1839: 334 ( Leptacinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 506 ( Oligolinus ); Herman 2001: 3716. Distribution. St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela to Ecuador, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Phacophallus parumpunctatus (Gyllenhal) 1827: 481 ( Staphylinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 494 ( Leptacinus ); Tucker 1952: 341; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 3738. = P.fauveli Cameron 1922: 114 of Grenada and of St. Vincent. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Vincent. Widespread: USA-Canada; Africa; Asia; Pacific Islands; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Cosmopolitan; introduced to New World, native to Palearctic region; now widely distributed in North, but seemingly not in Central and South America ( Smetana 1982: 108) . Notes. In decaying organic matter, especially in synanthropic situations; in chicken manure and cow dung.

Thyreocephalus subtilis Sharp 1885a: 499 ; Blackwelder 1943: 491; Herman 2001: 3767. Distribution. St. Vincent. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE STAPHYLININI

SUBTRIBE TANYGNATHININA

Atanygnathus heterocerus Cameron 1922: 123 ; Blackwelder 1943: 471: Herman 2001: 3561. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Atanygnathus laticollis (Erichson) 1839: 289 ( Tanygnathus ); Blackwelder 1943: 472: Herman 2001: 3562. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent (type locality). Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

SUBTRIBE XANTHOPYGINA

Xanthopygus pexus (Motschulsky) 1858: 667 ( Belonuchus ); Blackwelder 1943: 450; Herman 2001: 3608. Distribution. St. Vincent. Trinidad, Colombia and Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

SUBTRIBE PHILONTHINA

Belonuchus coelestinus Bernhauer 1908: 330 ; Blackwelder 1943: 42; Herman 2001: 2521. = B. coeruleus Cameron 1922: 122 of St. Vincent. = B. smithi Cameron 1922: 122 , manuscript name of Fauvel. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Belonuchus cognatus Sharp 1885a: 429 ; Blackwelder 1943: 427; Herman 2001: 2522. Distribution. St. Vincent. Belize to Venezuela, Trinidad, Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Belonuchus mundus Erichson 1840: 425 ; Blackwelder 1943: 430; Herman 2001: 2530. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Neobisnius funerulus Cameron 1922: 119 ; Blackwelder 1943: 1131; Frank 1981: 34; Herman 2001: 2705. Distribution. St. Lucia, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles edemic.

Neobisnius ludicrus (Erichson) 1840: 514 ( Philonthus ); Frank 1981: 20; Herman 2001: 2708; Distribution. Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (SC-FL-TX), Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad to Brazil; widespread New World.

Paederomimus interjectus Bernhauer 1908: 333 ; Blackwelder 1943: 397; Herman 2001: 2726. = Paederomimus smithi Cameron 1922: 121 of St. Vincent. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Philonthus figulus Erichson 1840: 464 ; Blackwelder 1943: 409; Herman 2001: 2822. Distribution. Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela to Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Philonthus hepaticus Erichson 1840: 451 ; Blackwelder 1943: 401; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Smetana 1995: 175; Herman 2001: 2837; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada (NB), USA (widespread), Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile; widespread New World; Australia, New Zealand.

Philonthus varians (Paykull) 1789: 45 ( Staphylinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 412; Smetana 1995: 235; Herman 2001: 2989. Distribution. Cuba, St. John, St. Vincent. Widespread Europe; Asia; Africa; North America ; widespread New World.

Philonthus ventralis (Gravenhorst) 1802: 174 ( Staphylinus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 380; Blackwelder 1943: 404; Ramos 1946: 33; Woodruff et al. 1998: 43; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Smetana 1995: 190; Herman 2001: 2996; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Culebra, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (widespread), Mexico, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Tobago, Trinidad; Africa; Asia; Europe; cosmopolitan; widespread New World.

SUBTRIBE HYPTIOMINA

Holisus debilis Erichson 1839: 300 ; Blackwelder 1943: 401; Herman 2001: 2512; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 52. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic.

Holisus guildingii Erichson 1839: 300 ; Blackwelder 1943: 462: Herman 2001: 2512. Distribution. Antigua, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent (type locality); widespread Antilles endemic.