ALEOCHARINAE, Fleming, 1821

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SUBFAMILY ALEOCHARINAE

TRIBE ALEOCHARINI

SUBTRIBE ALEOCHARINA

Aleochara cameroni Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 726 ; Blackwelder 1943: 560. = A. bugnioni sensu Cameron 1923: 389 . Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. USA to Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile; widespread New World.

Aleochara notula Erichson 1839: 167 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 370; Blackwelder 1943: 560; Klimaszewski 1984: 20; Klimaszewski et al. 1987: 257; Pace 1991: 160. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Panama, to Argentina, Chile; widespread New World.

Aleochara taeniata Erichson 1839: 165 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 379; Blackwelder 1943: 561; Klimaszewski 1984: 44. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. John, St. Vincent. SW USA, Mexico to Panama, Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil; widespread New World.

TRIBE HOPLANDRIINI

Hoplandria heterodon Cameron 1923: 390 ; Blackwelder 1943: 557. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Hoplandria obliqua Cameron 1923: 391 ; Blackwelder 1943: 557. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE OXYPODINI

SUBTRIBE DINARDINA

Euthorax pictipennis Kraatz 1857: 41 ; Blackwelder 1943: 559. Distribution. St. Vincent (introduced?). USA (LA, TX), Mexico; introduced to Lesser Antilles?

SUBTRIBE TACHYUSINA

Gnypetosoma calocera Cameron 1922: 127 ; Blackwelder 1943: 539. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gnypetosoma farrea Cameron 1922: 128 ; Blackwelder 1943: 540. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE HYPOCYPHTINI

Oligota parva Kraatz 1862: 300 ; Blackwelder 1943: 537; Frank 1972: 140. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Tortola, St. Vincent. Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina; Europe; Afrotropical; Orient, Australia; cosmotropical; widespread New World.

TRIBE MYLLAENINI

Myllaena celerrima Cameron 1922: 650 ; Blackwelder 1943: 534; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 358. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Myllaena diversicornis Cameron 1922: 650 ; Blackwelder 1943: 534; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 358. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE HOMALOTINI

SUBTRIBE GYROPHAENINA

Brachychara aterrima Cameron 1922: 637 ; Blackwelder 1943: 540. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena densata Cameron 1922: 646 ; Blackwelder 1943: 541. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena fauveli Cameron 1922: 644 ; Blackwelder 1943: 541. = G. flavicornis Cameron 1922: 644 of St. Vincent. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena hydrocephala Cameron 1922: 645 ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Gyrophaena laxata Cameron 1922: 645 ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Gyrophaena persimilis Cameron 1922: 644 ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena piceicollis Cameron 1922: 643 ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Gyrophaena rufula Cameron 1922: 646 ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Gyrophaena smithi Cameron 1922: 643 ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Phanerota atomaria (Cameron) 1922: 637 , 647 ( Gyrophaena ); Blackwelder 1943: 540 ( Eumicrota ). Distribution. Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE HOMALOTINA

Thecturella insidiosa Cameron 1922: 649 ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

SUBTRIBE SILUSINA

Silusa diversicollis Cameron 1922: 634 ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Silusa tenella Cameron 1922: 635 ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBE DIESTOTINA

Diestota capitalis Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 538 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544. = D. puncticeps sensu Cameron 1922: 633 . Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Diestota laticornis Sharp 1883: 248 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544. Distribution. Mustique, Grenada, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Diestota sperata Sharp 1876: 47 Blackwelder 1943: 544 . Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Vincent. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

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Coenonica puncticollis Kraatz 1857: 46 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544; Frank and Thomas 1984: 413. Distribution. Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. USA (FL); South America ; Europe; Africa; Oriental; Oceania; widespread Antilles and Latin America ?

TRIBE PLACUSINI

Euvira insularis Cameron 1922: 648 ; Blackwelder 1943: 547. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Placusa analis Cameron 1922: 636 ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Placusa cameroni Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 542 ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. = P.insularis sensu Cameron 1922: 635 . Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Placusa heterogaster Cameron 1922: 636 ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Placusa luctuosa Cameron 1922: 637 ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE ATHETINI

SUBTRIBE ACROTONINA

Acrotona cacophila (Cameron) 1923: 380 ( Atheta ); Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Acrotona reducta (Cameron) 1923: 380 ( Atheta ); Blackwelder 1943: 554. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Mimacrotona cingulata Cameron 1920: 268 ; Blackwelder 1943: 555. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. India, Orient ( Singapore), Timor, Tahiti; introduced to Lesser Antilles?

SUBTRIBE ATHETINA

Alevonota carinella (Cameron) 1923: 368 ( Aleuonota ); Blackwelder 1943: 555 ( Aleuonota ). Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Atheta accedens Cameron 1923: 373 ; Blackwelder 1943: 549. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Atheta cingulifera Sharp 1883: 194 ; Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. USA (TX); Guatemala; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America ?

Atheta cognata Sharp 1883: 181 ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Atheta combusta Cameron 1923: 376 ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Atheta conformis (Erichson) 1839: 108 ( Homalota ); Blackwelder 1943: 551; Pace 1991: 158. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America .

Atheta croceicornis Cameron 1923: 374 ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Atheta dentella Cameron 1923: 373 ; Blackwelder 1943: 552. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Atheta guadalupensis Cameron 1923: 375 ; Blackwelder 1943: 553. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Note. The species is not of Guadelupe.

Atheta insularum Cameron 1923: 37 ; Blackwelder 1943: 553. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Atheta nigripennis (Erichson) 1839: 119 ( Homalota ); Blackwelder 1943: 554. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Stethusa dichroa (Gravenhorst) 1802: 186 ( Aleochara ); Blackwelder 1943: 552 ( Atheta ); Pace 1987: 192; Gusarov 2003: 12. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Vincent, Tortola. North America (widespread); Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Galapagos Islands; widespread New World.

TRIBE FALAGRIINI

Leptagria infima (Sharp) 1883: 233 ( Falagria ). Distribution. Grenada, Jamaica, St. Thomas , St. Vincent, Tortola. Mexico, Guatemala; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Myrmecocephalus concinnus (Erichson) 1840: 51 ( Falagria ); Blackwelder 1943: 547 ( Falagria ). Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. USA (AL, AZ, CA), Mexico to Argentina; Europe, Asia, New Zealand (introduced); widespread New World.

TRIBE LOMECHUSINI

SUBTRIBE MYRMEDONIINA

Zyras waterhousei Cameron 1923: 383 ; Blackwelder 1943: 556. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.