SCARABAEINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 16

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5161016

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scientific name

SCARABAEINAE
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SUBFAMILY SCARABAEINAE View in CoL

TRIBE ATEUCHINI

Ateuchus illaesum (Harold) 1868: 53 ( Choeridium View in CoL ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 204; Matthews 1966: 46; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 789; Chalumeau 1983a: 48; Marquet and Roguet 2003: 11. = Choeridium insulare Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 395 View in CoL of Guadeloupe; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438, 1917: 207; Paulian 1947a: 31; Matthews 1966: 46 (synonymy); Chalumeau 1983a: 49 (recognized as a valid species of Guadeloupe); Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Carriacou, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent. Mexico (type locality), Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL . Notes. Found in open lowland pastures and in lowland xerophytic forest.

TRIBE ONTHOPHAGINI View in CoL

Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius) 1787: 377 View in CoL ( Scarabaeus View in CoL ); Huchet 1992: 298; Touroult 2005: 85; Ivie and Philips 2008: 10; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Anguilla (2004), Antigua, Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre, 1992), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie-Galante (1992), Martinique (first Lesser Antilles report in Huchet 1992), Montserrat (2000), Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts (2003), St. Vincent, Union; introduced to Lesser Antilles. The species is native to much of the hotter and drier parts of Africa, and ranges into Madagascar, Asia Minor, India, and Ceylon. Introduced to the New World via Texas in 1972. By 1977 it was distributed from California to Florida, south to Mexico and Guatemala ( Hoebeke and Beucke 1997) and is expanding its range in the Caribbean ( Ivie and Philips 2008; dates above are year of first island records). Notes. Introduced to Texas to speed the removal of livestock dung in pastures. It has a rapid reproduction rate and high mobility. It may be a threat to the native dung beetles of the West Indies ( Ivie and Philips 2008). This is a species of open habitats so it may not directly compete with the native dung scarabs which are mostly inhabitants of forested or shady habitats, and have different dung preferences.

Onthophagus antillarum Arrow 1903: 510 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 211; Paulian 1947a: 35; Matthews 1966: 17; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 792; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 5; Chalumeau 1983a: 52; Marquet and Roguet 2003: 11. = Onthophagus femoralis Kirsch 1870: 362 View in CoL ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 395 (misidentification); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 211. Distribution. Bequia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Collected in cow and human dung in forests up to 800 m.

Onthophagus batesi Howden and Cartwright 1963: 21 View in CoL ; Matthews 1966: 21; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 793; Chalumeau 1983a: 53; Marquet and Roguet 2003: 11. Distribution. Martinique (introduced). USA (extreme south TX), Mexico to Panama; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to mainland Neotropics.

Onthophagus bituberculatus (Olivier) 1789: 131 View in CoL ( Scarabaeus View in CoL ); Matthews 1966: 23; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 793; Chalumeau 1983a: 53; Marquet and Roguet 2003: 11. Distribution. Martinique (introduced, and now the most common Onthophagus View in CoL on the island); introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to West Africa (from Congo to Senegal), Sudan, Egypt, Arabia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Loc

SCARABAEINAE

Peck, Stewart B. 2011
2011
Loc

Onthophagus bituberculatus (Olivier) 1789: 131

Marquet, J. & D. Roguet 2003: 11
Chalumeau, F. 1983: 53
Chalumeau, F. & L. Gruner 1974: 793
Matthews, E. G. 1966: 23
1966
Loc

Onthophagus batesi

Marquet, J. & D. Roguet 2003: 11
Chalumeau, F. 1983: 53
Chalumeau, F. & L. Gruner 1974: 793
Matthews, E. G. 1966: 21
Howden, H. F. & O. L. Cartwright 1963: 21
1963
Loc

Onthophagus antillarum

Marquet, J. & D. Roguet 2003: 11
Chalumeau, F. 1983: 52
Cartwright, O. L. & F. E. Chalumeau 1978: 5
Chalumeau, F. & L. Gruner 1974: 792
Matthews, E. G. 1966: 17
Paulian, R. 1947: 35
Leng, C. W. & A. J. Mutchler 1914: 438
Fleutiaux, E. & A. Salle 1890: 395
1947
Loc

Ateuchus illaesum (Harold) 1868: 53

Ivie, M. A. & K. A. Marske & I. A. Foley & L. L. Ivie 2008: 244
Marquet, J. & D. Roguet 2003: 11
Chalumeau, F. 1983: 48
Chalumeau, F. 1983: 49
Chalumeau, F. & L. Gruner 1974: 789
Matthews, E. G. 1966: 46
Matthews, E. G. 1966: 46
Paulian, R. 1947: 31
Leng, C. W. & A. J. Mutchler 1917: 207
Leng, C. W. & A. J. Mutchler 1914: 438
Leng, C. W. & A. J. Mutchler 1914: 438
Fleutiaux, E. & A. Salle 1890: 395
1914
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