SUBFAMILYSAPRININAE, Blanchard, 1845

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 53

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scientific name

SUBFAMILYSAPRININAE
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Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) azureus (Sahlberg) 1823: 4 ( Saprinus ); Degallier 2012: 56. = Euspilotus nigrita (Blanchard) 1837 -1846: 70 ( Hister ); Dégallier 1981: 60; Mazur 1984: 69, 1997: 234. = Saprinus aenaeicollis Marseul 1855: 424 ; Champion 1898: 395 of St. Vincent; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 178; Dégallier 1981: 60 as valid species. Distribution. Barbados *, Dominica *, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia *, St. Vincent. USA (FL, TX), Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay; widespread New World. Daltry 2009: 63 reports two species in this genus from St. Lucia.

Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) insularis (Marseul) 1855: 492 ( Saprinus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 384; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 179; Mazur 1984: 68; Degallier 2012: 56. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Not Mexico (confusion with Guadaloupe Island off the coast of Baja California, Mexico ).

Hypocaccus braziliensis (Paykul) 1811: 66 ( Saprinus ); Mazur 1997: 257. = Hypocaccus apricarius (Erichson) 1834: 194 ( Saprinus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 180 ( Hypocaccus ); Mazur 1984: 93; Degallier 2012: 56. Distribution. St. Vincent. Central and South Americato Argentina, Uruguay; widespread in Old World; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Ivieet al. (2008b: 239) report an undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Histeridae

Genus

Euspilotus