PAEDERINAE, Fleming, 1821

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 : 21-22

SUBFAMILY PAEDERINAE

TRIBE PAEDERINI

SUBTRIBE MEDONINA

Achenomorphus conifer (Cameron) 1913: 345 ( Aderocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 253, 1944-1957: 117. = Aderocharis obscurior Cameron 1913: 346 ; Leng and Mutchler 1917: 199. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Lithocharis cingulata Cameron 1913: 344 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 116. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Lithocharis dorsalis Erichson 1840: 616 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 380; Blackwelder 1943: 247, 1944- 1957: 117; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and South America .

Lithocharis limbata Erichson 1840: 621 ; Blackwelder 1943: 246, 1944-1957: 117; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Lithocharis sororcula Kraatz 1859: 140 ; Blackwelder 1943: 241, 1944-1957: 117; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Orient (introduced?); widespread Antilles endemic?

Sciocharis fuscina (Cameron) 1913: 342 ( Thinocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 236, 1944-1957: 116; Scheerpeltz 1970: 249. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Sciocharis smithi Cameron 1913: 343 (Thinocharis) ; Blackwelder 1943: 236, 1944-1957: 116; Scheerpeltz 1970: 252. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Scopobium anthracinum (Cameron) 1913: 344 ( Ophiomedon ); Blackwelder 1943: 307, 1944-1957: 121. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not USA (AL, FL), Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, or Argentina.

Stilomedon connexum (Sharp) 1876: 254 ( Lithocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 257, 1944-1957: 118; Woodruff et al. 1998: 42. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Sunius debilicornis (Wollaston) 1857: 19 ( Lithocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 267, 1944-1957: 118; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (SC-FL-TX), Mexico, Trinidad, Argentina; Europe; Africa, Asia; Australia, Pacific Islands; widespread New World.

SuniLithocharis); Blackwelder 1943: 264, 1944-1957: 119. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

SUBTRIBE SCOPAEINA

Scopaeus auripilis Cameron 1913: 347 ; Blackwelder 1943: 291, 1944-1957: 119. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Scopaeus pygmaeus Erichson 1840: 608 ; Blackwelder 1943: 287, 1944-1957: 120. = S. simplicollis Cameron 1913: 348 of Grenada. Distribution. Barbados, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Jamaica, Little Cayman, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE STILICINA

Rugilus jucundus (Cameron) 1913: 340 ( Stilicus ); Blackwelder 1943: 301, 1944-1957: 121. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE STILICOPSINA

Stamnoderus varians Cameron 1913: 335 ; Blackwelder 1943: 351, 1944-1957: 126. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE ASTENINA

Astenus cinctiventris (Sharp) 1886: 601 ( Sunius ); Blackwelder 1943: 360, 1944-1957: 127. Distribution. Grenada, Hispaniola, Mustique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

SUBTRIBE ECHIASTERINA

Echiaster buphthalmus Cameron 1913: 337 ; Blackwelder 1943: 373, 1944-1957: 127. Distribution. Antigua, Grenada, Martinique, Mustique, St. Vincent. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Echiaster impressicollis Cameron 1913: 338 ; Blackwelder 1943: 374, 1944-1957: 127. Distribution. Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Echiaster waterhousei Cameron 1913: 336 ; Blackwelder 1943: 371, 1944-1957: 128. Distribution.? Cuba, Grenada (type locality), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE CRYPTOBIINA

Homaeotarsus albipes (Erichson) 1840: 566 ( Cryptobium ); Blackwelder 1943: 328, 1944-1957: 123. = Cryptobium marginellum Bernhauer 1908: 322 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Cuba, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

SUBTRIBE PAEDERINA

Paederus tricolor Erichson 1840: 663 . = P.thoracicus Marshall 1878 : xxx of Martinique. = Paederus homonymus Blackwelder 1943: 323, 1944 -1957: 123, an unnecessary replacement name; see Frank 1988: 114. Distribution. Martinique, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic; not Guatemala.

TRIBE PINOPHILINI

SUBTRIBE PROCIRRINA

Palaminus variabilis Erichson 1840: 683 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 393, 1944- 1957: 131. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas , St. Vincent.? Central America , Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Peru ; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

UNPLACED IN SUBTRIBE

Stiliphacis exigua (Erichson) 1840: 647 ( Sunius ); Blackwelder 1943: 356, 1944-1957: 127. = Stilicopsis auripilis Cameron 1913: 333 of Grenada. = Stilicopsis circumflexa Cameron 1913: 332 of Mustique. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .