PAEDERINAE, Fleming, 1821

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SUBFAMILY PAEDERINAE

TRIBE PAEDERINI

SUBTRIBE LATHROBIINA

Lathrobium nitidum Erichson 1840: 599 ; Blackwelder 1943: 315, 1944-1957: 122 ( Lobrathium ). Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, St. Croix, St. Lucia . Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina; widespread Antilles and South America .

SUBTRIBE MEDONINA

Lithocharis dorsalis Erichson 1840: 616 ; Blackwelder 1943: 247, 1944-1957: 117. 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. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Lithocharis secunda Blackwelder 1943: 244, 1944 -1957: 117. Distribution. Antigua, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia ; widespread Antilles endemic.

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

Medon johni Blackwelder 1943: 271, 1944 -1957: 119. Distribution. Dominica, St. John, St. Lucia ; widespread Antilles endemic.

Scopobium anthracinum (Cameron) 1913: 344 ( Ophiomedon ); Blackwelder 1943: 307, 1944-1957: 121. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

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, Brasil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

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

Sunius oblitus (Erichson) 1840: 618 ( Lithocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 264, 1944-1957: 119. Distribution. Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Thinocharis exilis (Erichson) 1840: 627 ( Lithocharis ); Blackwelder 1943: 237, 1944-1957: 116; Scheerpeltz 1970: 247 ( Sciocharis ); Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, St. Lucia . USA (AL, FL, IN), Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Argentina, Brasil; widespread New World.

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

SUBTRIBE SCOPAEINA

Scopaeus arena Blackwelder 1943: 290, 1944 -1957: 119. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

Scopaeus boxi Blackwelder 1943: 293, 1944 -1957: 119. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

Scopaeus potamus Blackwelder 1943: 282, 1944 -1957: 120. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

Scopaeus pygmaeus Erichson 1840: 608 ; Blackwelder 1943: 287, 1944-1957: 120. = Scopaeus 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 ASTENINA

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