STAPHYLININAE, Latreille, 1802

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SUBFAMILY STAPHYLININAE

TRIBE DIOCHINI

Diochus nanus Erichson 1839: 301 ; Blackwelder 1943: 455; Herman 2001: 2446. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix , St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad, Brazil and Argentina ; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE XANTHOLININI

Xantholinus illucens Erichson 1839: 315 ; Blackwelder 1943: 488; Herman 2001: 3800. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Colombia, Venezuela, Tobago, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and South America .

SUBTRIBE PHILONTHINA

Belonuchus amplus Blackwelder 1943: 425 ; Herman 2001: 2519. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

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

Cafius bistriatus (Erichson) 1840: 502 ( Philonthus ); Blackwelder 1943: 43; Frank et al. 1986: 149, 158; Woodruff et al. 1998: 42; Herman 2001: 2569. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mona Island, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas. Canada (NB, PQ), USA (ME-FL-TX), Mexico to Trinidad, Tobago; widespread New World. Note. Found under seaweed and drift on beaches.

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

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, Trinidad to Brasil; widespread New World.

Philonthus ventralis (Gravenhorst) 1802: 174 ( Staphylinus ); Blackwelder 1943: 404; Woodruff et al. 1998: 43; Herman 2001: 2996. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Culebra, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona Island, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (widespread); French Guiana, Tobago, Trinidad; Africa; Asia; Europe; cosmopolitan; widespread New World.

SUBTRIBE HYPTIOMINA

Holisus debilis Erichson 1839: 300 ; Blackwelder 1943: 401; Herman 2001: 2512. 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.