ALEOCHARINAE, Fleming, 1821

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 28-32

SUBFAMILY ALEOCHARINAE

TRIBE ALEOCHARINI

SUBTRIBE ALEOCHARINA

Aleochara bilineata Gyllenhal 1810: 436 ; Klimaszewski 1984: 29. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Widespread North America ; probably introduced from Old World (Europe); widespread Palearctic; introduced to Lesser Antilles?

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 puberula Klug 1833: 139 ; Blackwelder 1943: 561; Klimaszewski 1984: 46. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe. Widespread USA, Mexico ; Europe, Africa, Orient; cosmopolitan; introduced to Lesser Antilles?

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

TRIBE HOPLANDRIINI

Acantoxyura spinifera Pace 1987: 194 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Hoplandria guadeloupensis Pace 1987: 194 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBE DINARDINA

Feluva guadalupensis Pace 1987: 195 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

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Phloeopora religata Erichson 1839: 79 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE HYPOCYPHTINI

Holobus albidicornis (Bernhauer) 1923: 143 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 535; Frank 1972: 133. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Holobus guadeloupeae (Frank) 1972: 133 ( Oligota ), replacement name; Ivie et al. 2008b: 241 ( Oligota ). = Oligota minutissima Bernhauer 1923: 144 of Guadeloupe, preoccupied; Blackwelder 1943: 537. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Holobus hypocyptina (Bernhauer) 1923: 143 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 536; Frank 1972: 134. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

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 guadalupensis Pace 1987: 187 ; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 359. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE PRONOMAEINI

Pronomaea debilis Cameron 1922: 652 . Distribution. Jamaica?, Guadeloupe, Tortola; widespread Antilles endemic?

TRIBE AUTALIINI

Eudera didyma (Erichson) 1839: 116 ( Homalota ). Distribution. Guadeloupe. Colombia Brazil, Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE HOMALOTINI

SUBTRIBE GYROPHAENINA

Gyrophaena guadelupensis Pace 1987: 188 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBE HOMALOTINA

Thecturota antillarum Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBE BOLITOCHARINA

Heterota plumbea (Waterhouse) 1858: 15 ( Homalota ); Frank and Thomas 1984: 409; Pace 1987: 191; Park et al. 2007: 116. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Jamaica. Widespread; Europe, North Africa, USA (FL) and Neotropical regions; widespread New World. Notes. A species of seashore habitats.

SUBTRIBE SILUSINA

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 DIESTOTINI

Diestota cliens Pace 1987: 189 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Diestota didyma (Erichson) 1840: 116 ( Homalota ); Pace 1986: 421. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Diestota fasciata Pace 1987: 189 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Diestota guadalupensis Pace 1987: 189 . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Introduced to Italy, Sardinia, Sicily; Lesser Antilles endemic?

Diestota laesicollis (Erichson) 1840: 109 ( Homalota ); Pace 1986: 421. = Homalota ustulata (Erichson) 1840: 117 . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Colombia, Surinam, Paraguay, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Diestota laxiventris Pace 1987: 189 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Diestota melanura (Erichson) 1839: 117 ( Homalota ); Pace 1986: 421. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. John; widespread Antilles endemic.

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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Plesiomalota tenella Pace 1987: 189 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE PLACUSINI

Euvira conifera Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Euvira laeviuscula Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Euvira maculata Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa basiventris Pace 1987: 190 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa lateralis Pace 1987: 190 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa oblita Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa praepes Pace 1987: 190 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa subtilis Pace 1987: 190 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Placusa trivialis Pace 1987: 190 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE ATHETINI

SUBTRIBE ACROTONINA

Acrotona flavoterminata (Cameron) 1923: 381 ( Atheta ). Distribution. Guadeloupe, Jamaica; widespread Antilles endemic.

Acrotona semilacera (Pace) 1996: 650 ( Atheta ( Acrotona )); = Atheta (Acrotona) parcior Bernhauer 1927: 257 of Guadeloupe in Pace 1987: 192 (missidentification). Distribution. Guadeloupe, single island endemic. Not Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina.

SUBTRIBE ATHETINA

Atheta alternata (Erichson) 1839: 119 ( Homalota ); Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Mustique, St. Thomas, Tortola. Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

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

Leptonia guadalupensis Pace 1987: 183 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, Mustique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Leptonia megalomera Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island 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.

Stethusa lurida (Erichson) 1839: 108 ( Homalota ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 160 ( Atheta ); Pace 1987: 192 ( Atheta ), 1991: 158; Gusarov 2003: 29. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Lucia. Brazil, Argentina, Galapagos Islands; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

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Apalonia semiscapa (Pace) 1987: 194 ( Macrogerodonia ). Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality). Trinidad, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Heterostiba antillarum Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Ecuador; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Leptonia guadalupensis Pace 1987: 183 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, Mustique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Leptonia megalomera Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE LOMECHUSINI

SUBTRIBE MYRMEDONIINA

Meronera albicincta (Erichson) 1839: 56 ( Falagria ); Blackwelder 1943: 548. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica. Mexico to Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Macrogerodonia cursoria Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Mustique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Macrogerodonia trichonota Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Mustique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE PHYTOSINI

Phytosus caribeanus Haghebaert 1993: 163 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.