NITIDULINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 67

SUBFAMILY NITIDULINAE

Lobiopa insularis Laporte 1840: 10 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 386; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 414; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 89; Schiller 2004: 21; Ivie et al. 2008b: 248; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. = Lobiopa decumana Erichson 1843: 295 ; Champion 1898: 399. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat , Puerto Rico , St. Croix , St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA, Central and South America ; widespread New World; introduced to Old World ( Canary Islands , Lason and Przewozny 2009). Notes. Partly distributed by commerce .

Mystrops dufaui Grouvelle in Grouvelle and Raffray 1912: 290; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 409; Gillogly 1955: 199. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Taken by us by beating of palm flowers at upper elevations.

Stelidota championi Sharp 1890: 315 ; Champion 1898: 398; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; identification of Lesser Antilles records need confirmation.It may also be Stelidota chontalensis Sharp of Nicaragua (record of Grouvelle 1902: 757 of Guadeloupe). Distribution. Mustique, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Taxonomy of Neotropical Stelidota is very confused and a revision is badly needed. Therefore it is difficult to give the exact distributions of particular species. Nevertheless, the list corresponds to the present knowledge.

Stelidota geminata (Say) 1825: 181 ( Nitidula ); Champion 1898: 398; Grouvelle 1902: 757; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 89; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Mexico to Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The strawberry sap beetle.

Stelidota ruderata Erichson 1843: 303 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 386; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Ivie et al. 2008b: 249; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas; widespread Antilles endemic.

Stelidota strigosa (Gyllenhal) 1808: 140 ( Nitidula ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 386; Champion 1898: 398; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; Wolcott 1950: 297 ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 249; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. Distribution. Bahamas, Bequia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Baja California; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Stelidota thoracica Kirsch 1873: 142 ; Grouvelle 1902: 757; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat. Peru; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .