ALEOCHARINAE, Fleming, 1821

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 62-69

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SUBFAMILY ALEOCHARINAE View in CoL

Ivie et al. (2008b: 241) list 27 species in this subfamily from Montserrat, which are not placed to genus. These taxa are not listed below.

TRIBEDEINOPSINI

Adinopsis myllaenoides (Kraatz) 1857: 38 ( Dinopsis ); Klimaszewski 1979: 72, 1980: 120; Franket al. 2011: 3. = Deinopsis gracilis Cameron 1922: 123 of St. Lucia; Blackwelder 1943: 534. Distribution. Caymans, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Lucia. USA (GA-FL-LA-OK), Mexico to Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela to Paraguay; widespread New World. Note. Adenopsis sp. 1 is reported by Ivie et al. (2008b: 241) from Montserrat.

TRIBEALEOCHARINI

SUBTRIBEALEOCHARINA

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

Aleochara cameroni Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 726 ; Blackwelder 1943: 560. = Aleochara bugnioni sensu Cameron 1923: 389 . Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. USA to Mexico , Venezuela, and Chile; widespread New World.

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 and 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 the Lesser Antilles?

Aleochara taeniata Erichson 1839: 165 ; Fleutiauxand 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.

TRIBEHOPLANDRIINI

Acantoxyura spinifera Pace 1987: 194 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 3.

Hoplandria dominicana Pace 2012: 59 View in CoL . Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic.

Hoplandria guadeloupensis Pace 1987: 194 View in CoL ; Hanley 2003: 14. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 6.

Hoplandria heterodon Cameron 1923: 390 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 557; Hanley 2003: 14. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Hoplandria obliqua Cameron 1923: 391 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 557; Hanley 2003: 16. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Hoplandria smithi Cameron 1923: 390 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 557; Hanley 2003: 17. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Microlia rufotestacea (Cameron) 1923: 386 View in CoL ( Tinotoma View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 557. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

TRIBEOXYPODINI

SUBTRIBEOXYPODINA

Cousya granella (Cameron) 1923: 387 ( Ocyusa ); Blackwelder 1943: 559. Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBEDINARDINA

Euthorax pictipennis Kraatz 1857: 41 ; Blackwelder 1943: 559. Distribution. St. Vincent (introduced?). USA (LA, TX), Mexico ; introduced to the Lesser Antilles?

Feluva guadalupensis Pace 1987: 195 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

SUBTRIBETACHYUSINA

Gnypeta basiventris Cameron 1923: 367 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 549. Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic.

Gnypetosoma basalis (Cameron) 1923: 368 ( Gnypeta View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 549. Distribution. Jamaica, St. Lucia; widespread Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies.

Gnypetosoma calocera Cameron 1922: 127 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 539. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gnypetosoma farrea Cameron 1922: 128 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 540. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Neolara alboguttata (Erichson) 1839: 56 View in CoL ( Falagria View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 548. Distribution. Grenada. Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America View in CoL .

NOT PLACEDTOSUBTRIBE

Phloeoporareligata Erichson 1839: 79 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Teliusa mexicana Bernhauer 1929: 198 (Tachyusa) View in CoL ; Pasnik 2005 736. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada. Mexico View in CoL ; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America View in CoL .

Teliusa sanctaeluciae (Cameron) 1923: 368 ( Gnypeta ); Blackwelder 1943: 549 ( Gnypetosoma ); Pasnik 2005: 736. = T. basalis (Cameron) 1923: 368 ; Blackwelder 1943: 549; Pasnik 2005: 736 (synonymy). Distribution. Jamaica, St. Lucia; widespread Antillesendemic.

TRIBECOROTOCINI

Termitomorpha meinerti Wasmann 1894: 211 . = Thaxteria insularis (Fenyes) 1921: 17 of Grenada; Blackwelder 1943: 539. = Thaxteria simulans Mann 1923: 338 . Distribution. Grenada. Trinidad, Venezuela, Peru; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

TRIBEMESOPORINI

Anacyptus testaceus (LeConte) 1863: 30 ( Hypocyptus ); Ivieet al. (2008b: 241). Distribution. Cuba, Montserrat. USA (GA), Mexico ; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

TRIBEHYPOCYPHTINI

Cypha ferrariae (Pace) 1991: 152 ( Hypocyptus ). Distribution. St. Lucia; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Holobus albidicornis (Bernhauer) 1923: 143 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 535, Frank 1972: 133. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Holobus barbadorum (Frank) 1972: 137 ( Oligota ). = Oligota oviformis Casey 1895: 381 of California in Bennettand Alam 1985: 21. Distribution. Barbados; singleisland endemic. Plate 6.

Holobus chrysopygus Kraatz 1859: 45 (Oligota) ; Blackwelder 1943: 536; Frank 1972: 131; Franket al. 2011: 3. Distribution. Caymans, Grenada, Jamaica. Brazil, Chile, Galapagos; introduced to New World and Europe (GB, FR); widespread Africa, Orient, Oceania; nativeto the Old World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles.

Holobus guadeloupae (Frank) 1972: 133 ( Oligota ), replacement name; Ivie et al. 2008b: 241 ( Oligota ). = Oligota minutissima Bernhauer 1923: 144 of Guadeloupe, name preoccupied; Blackwelder 1943: 537. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 6.

Holobus hypocyptina (Bernhauer) 1923: 143 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 536; Frank 1972: 134. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 6.

Holobus laxata (Cameron) 1922: 124 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 536; Frank 1972: 135. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Holobus minuta (Cameron) 1931: 82 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 537; Frank 1972: 136; Ivieet al. 2008b: 241 ( Oligota ); Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 52. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts. USA (FL), Colombia, Trinidad, Guyana to Brazil; widespread New World. Notes. This is a naturally occurring biocontrol agent as a predator on various tetranychid plant-feeding mites, such as the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) as well as other genera and species. Plate 6.

Holobus pigmaeus Solier 1849: 336 . = Holobus centralis (Sharp) 1883: 293 ( Oligota ); Frank 1972: 137, 1980: 251; Pace 1991: 152. Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica, St. Lucia. Mexico , Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina; widespread Antillesand Latin America .

Holobus smithi (Cameron) 1922: 124 ( Oligota ); Blackwelder 1943: 538; Frank 1972: 136. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic. Plate 6.

Oligota parva Kraatz 1862: 300 ; Blackwelder 1943: 537; Frank 1972: 140; Frank et al. 2011: 3. Distribution. Caymans, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Tortola, St. Vincent. Canada, USA, Mexico , Brazil, Chile, Argentina; Europe; Afrotropical; Orient, Australia; cosmotropical; a native to the Old World, widespread New World; introduced to the New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Plate 7.

[ Oligota rufa Cameron 1922: 125 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 537; Frank 1972: 135. Distribution. Argentina, Jamaica; not St. Lucia, label error, Frank 1972: 142.]

TRIBEMYLLAENINI View in CoL

Myllaena celerrima Cameron 1922: 650 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 534; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 358. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Myllaena curticornis Cameron 1922: 651 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 534; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 358. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Myllaena diversicornis Cameron 1922: 650 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 534; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 358. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Myllaena fragilis Sharp 1883: 286 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 535; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 359. Distribution. St. Lucia. Guatemala; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America View in CoL .

Myllaena guadalupensis Pace 1987: 187 View in CoL ; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 359. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 7.

Myllaena indefatigabilis Cameron 1922: 651 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 535; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 359. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.

Myllaena potawatomi Klimaszewski 1982: 192 View in CoL ; Pace 1991: 152; Caron and Klimaszewski 2008: 360. Distribution. Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Lucia. USA (eastern states, AZ, CA), Mexico View in CoL ; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America View in CoL .

TRIBEPRONOMAEINI

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

TRIBEAUTALIINI View in CoL

Eudera didyma (Erichson) 1839: 116 ( Homalota ); Pace 1986: 421. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Colombia, Brazil, Argentina; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

SUBTRIBEGYROPHAENINA

Brachychara aterrima Cameron 1922: 637 ; Blackwelder 1943: 540. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Eumicrota oblita Sharp 1883: 254 (Gyrophaena) View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 542; Navarrete et al. 2002: 181. Distribution. St. Lucia. Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico View in CoL , Panama; the Lesser Antillesand North and/or Central America View in CoL .

Gyrophaena aeneicollis Cameron 1922: 642 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 540. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) angulifera Pace 1991: 155 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Gyrophaena connexa Cameron 1922: 640 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 541. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Gyrophaena densata Cameron 1922: 646 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 541. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena fauveli Cameron 1922: 644 View in CoL : Blackwelder 1943: 541. = Gyrophaena flavicornis Cameron 1922: 644 View in CoL of St. Vincent. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) ferrariae Pace 1991: 155 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Gyrophaena guadalupensis Pace 1987: 188 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Gyrophaena hydrocephala Cameron 1922: 645 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Gyrophaena laxata Cameron 1922: 645 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) luciensis Pace 1991: 156, 2012: 55 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Gyrophaena (Agaricochara) mahunkai Pace 1991: 154 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia. Colombia; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America View in CoL . Plate 5.

Gyrophaena persimilis Cameron 1922: 644 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 542. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Gyrophaena piceicollis Cameron 1922: 643 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) pivai Pace 1991: 154 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Gyrophaena quassa Sharp 1876: 76 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada. Brazil, Colombia; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America View in CoL .

Gyrophaena rufula Cameron 1922: 646 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Gyrophaena (Eumicrota) semisocia Pace 1991: 156 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia. Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL . Plate 5.

Gyrophaena smithi Cameron 1922: 643 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 543. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Phanerota atomaria (Cameron) 1922: 637 View in CoL , 647 ( Gyrophaena View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 540 ( Eumicrota View in CoL ); Woodruff et al. 1998: 38 (generic placement). Distribution. Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Vincent; widespread Antillesendemic.

Phanerota fasciata (Say) 1834: 469 ( Aleochara ); Seevers 1951: 747; Pace 1991: 156 ( Gyrophaena ). Distribution. St. Lucia. USA (widespread North America ); introduced to the Lesser Antilles?

TRIBEHOMALOTINI

NOT PLACEDTOSUBTRIBE

Thecturella insidiosa Cameron 1922: 649 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies .

Plesiomalota tenella Pace 1987: 189 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 7.

SUBTRIBEHOMALOTINA View in CoL

Thecturota antillarum Pace 1987: 191 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 7. SUBTRIBEBOLITOCHARINA

Heterota plumbea (Waterhouse) 1858: 15 ( Homalota ); Frank and Thomas 1984: 409, Pace 1987: 191; Park et al. 2007: 116. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Jamaica. Widespread; USA (FL) and Neotropical regions; widespread New World; Europe, North Africa. Notes. Aspecies of seashore habitats. Plate 5.

SUBTRIBE SILUSINA

Coenonica puncticollis Kraatz 1857: 46 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544, Frank and Thomas 1984: 413; Frank et al. 2011: 3. Distribution. Caymans, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. USA (FL); South America ; Europe; Africa; Oriental, Oceania; a native of Asia, introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Plate 4.

Silusa diversicollis Cameron 1922: 634 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Silusa tenella Cameron 1922: 635 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 546. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBEDIESTOTINI View in CoL

Diestota capitalis Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 538 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544. = Diestota puncticeps sensu Cameron 1922: 633 . Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Diestota cliens Pace 1987: 189 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Diestota fasciata Pace 1987: 189 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Diestota flavipennis (Erichson) 1839: 118 View in CoL ( Homalota View in CoL ); Pace 1996: 421 ( Atheta View in CoL ), 2007: 216 ( Diestota View in CoL ). Distribution. St. Thomas, Martinique. USA (FL), Colombia, Paraguay; widespread New World?

Diestota guadalupensis Pace 1987: 189 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Introduced to Italy, Sardinia, Sicily; Lesser Antillesendemic? Plate 4.

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

Diestota laticornis Sharp 1883: 248 ; Blackwelder 1943: 544. Distribution. Mustique, Grenada, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Diestota laxiventris Pace 1987: 189 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Diestota melanura (Erichson) 1839: 117 View in CoL ( Homalota View in CoL ); Pace 1986: 421. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. John; widespread Antillesendemic.

Diestota sperata Sharp 1876: 47 Blackwelder 1943: 544 . Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Vincent. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil; widespread Antillesand Latin America .

TRIBEPLACUSINI

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

Euvira insularis Cameron 1922: 648 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 547. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Euvira laeviuscula Pace 1987: 191 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Euvira maculata Pace 1987: 191 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 4.

Placusa analis Cameron 1922: 636 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Placusa basiventris Pace 1987: 190 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Placusa cameroni Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 542 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. = Placusa insularis sensu Cameron 1922: 635 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Placusa heterogaster Cameron 1922: 636 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Placusa lateralis Pace 1987: 190 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 7.

Placusa luctuosa Cameron 1922: 637 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 545. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

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

Placusa praepes Pace 1987: 190 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 7.

Placusa subtilis Pace 1987: 190 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Placusa trivialis Pace 1987: 190 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

TRIBEATHETINI View in CoL

SUBTRIBEACROTONINA

Acrotona cacophila (Cameron) 1923: 380 ( Atheta ); Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

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

Acrotona reducta (Cameron) 1923: 380 ( Atheta ); Blackwelder 1943: 554. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Acrotona semilacera (Pace) 1996: 650 ( Atheta ( Acrotona )), correction of misidentification. = Atheta (Acrotona) parcior Bernhauer 1927: 257 in Pace 1987: 192 of Guadeloupe, misidentification. Distribution. Guadeloupe, singleisland endemic. Not Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina. Plate 3.

Acrotona stagnicola Cameron 1923: 379 (Atheta) ; Blackwelder 1943: 554. Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic.

SUBTRIBEATHETINA

Atheta accedens Cameron 1923: 373 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 549. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Atheta albipennis Cameron 1923: 372 ; Blackwelder 1943: 549. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique; Grenada paleo-island endemic. Note. The species is noted as a “probable” synonym of A. conformis (Erichson) View in CoL by Pace 1987: 192.

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

Atheta antillarum Cameron 1923: 370 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Mustique; single island endemic; Grenada paleo-island endemic.

Atheta cingulifera Sharp 1883: 194 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 550. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. Guatemala; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America View in CoL ?

Atheta cognata Sharp 1883: 181 ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico , Guatemala, Nicaragua; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Atheta combusta Cameron 1923: 376 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Atheta conformis (Erichson) 1839: 108 View in CoL ( Homalota View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 551; Pace 1991: 158, 2011: 53. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mustique, PuertoRico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antillesand South America View in CoL .

Atheta croceicornis Cameron 1923: 374 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 551. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Atheta dentella Cameron 1923: 373 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 552. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Atheta (Datomicra) egesta Pace 1991: 158 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 3.

Atheta guadalupensis Cameron 1923: 375 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 553. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Note. The species is not of Guadeloupe.

Atheta guatemalae Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 667 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 553; Frank et al. 2011: 3. = Atheta pumila sensu Sharp View in CoL , not Kraatz. Distribution. Caymans, Grenada, Jamaica, Tortola ( British Virgin Islands). Guatemala; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America View in CoL .

Atheta impavida Cameron 1923: 370 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 553. Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic.

Atheta insularum Cameron 1923: 37 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 553. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Atheta nigripennis (Erichson) 1839: 119 View in CoL ( Homalota View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1943: 554. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Venezuela (AFN); widespread Antillesand South America View in CoL .

Stethusa dichroa (Gravenhorst) 1802: 186 ( Aleochara ); Blackwelder 1943: 552 ( Atheta ); Pace 1987: 192; Gusarov 2003: 12. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. John, St. Thomas, 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; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

SUBTRIBEGEOSTIBINA

Alevonota carinella (Cameron) 1923: 368 ( Aleuonota ); Blackwelder 1943: 555 ( Aleuonota ). Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

NOT PLACEDTOSUBTRIBE

Apalonia semiscapa (Pace) 1987: 194 ( Macrogerodonia ). Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality). Trinidad, Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Eldredge 2012: 159 implies that this species may not be placed in the correct genus. Plate 3.

Heterostiba antillarum Pace 1987: 193, 2008: 285 . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Ecuador; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Plate 5.

Heterostibapivaiana Pace 1991: 160 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 5.

Leptonia guadalupensis Pace 1987: 183 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, Mustique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Plate 6.

Leptonia megalomera Pace 1987: 193 . Distribution Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Plate 6.

Mimacrotona cingulata Cameron 1920: 268 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 555. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. India, Orient ( Singapore), Timor, Tahiti; introduced to the Lesser Antilles?

Ousipaliaglossasoufrierensis Pace 2012: 58 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

TRIBEFALAGRIINI View in CoL

Anaulacaspis cephalotes (Cameron) 1923: 364 ( Falagria ); Blackwelder 1943: 547. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Leptagria infima (Sharp) 1883: 233 ( Falagria ). Distribution. Grenada, Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola ( British Virgin Islands). Mexico , Guatemala; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Leptagria perexilis Casey 1906: 250 ; Hoebeke 1985: 977; Pace 1991: 158. Distribution. St. Lucia. USA (NY, TX); widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America ?

Myrmecocephalus concinnus (Erichson) 1840: 51 ( Falagria ); Blackwelder 1943: 547 ( Falagria ); Hoebeke 1985: 948. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. USA (AL, AZ, CA), Mexico to Argentina; Europe, Asia, New Zealand (introduced); widespread New World.

TRIBELOMECHUSINI

SUBTRIBEMYRMEDONIINA

Macrogerodonia cursoria Pace 1987: 193 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Mustique; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 6.

Macrogerodonia pivai Pace 1991: 160 View in CoL . Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Plate 6.

Macrogerodonia trichonota Pace 1987: 193 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Mustique; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 7.

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

Meronera fulvicornis Pace 1991: 158 . Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe. Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America .

Zyras clavatus Cameron 1923: 384 ; Blackwelder 1943: 556. Distribution. Grenada (type locality), Mustique ; Grenada paleo-island endemic. Notes. True members of this genus are not known from the West Indies (Hlavá and Jászay 2009), so the species listed here may belong to another genus .

Zyras mundus (Erichson) 1839: 44 ( Myrmedonia ); Blackwelder 1943: 556. Distribution. Grenada, St. Thomas; widespread Antillesendemic.

Zyras rhopalomerus Cameron 1923: 385 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 556. Distribution. Grenada (type locality), Mustique ; Grenada paleo-island endemic.

Zyras smithi Cameron 1923: 382 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 556. = Zyras rufiventris Cameron 1923: 382 . Distribution. Grenada; single island endemic.

Zyras waterhousei Cameron 1923: 383 View in CoL ; Blackwelder 1943: 556. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

TRIBEPHYTOSINI View in CoL

Phytosus caribeanus Haghebaert 1993: 163 View in CoL . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Meronera fulvicornis Pace 1991: 158 . Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe. Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae

ALEOCHARINAE

Peck, Stewart B. 2016

2016

Hoplandria dominicana

Pace 2012: 59

2012

Ousipaliaglossasoufrierensis

Pace 2012: 58

2012

Phytosus caribeanus

Haghebaert 1993: 163

1993

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) angulifera

Pace 1991: 155

1991

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) ferrariae

Pace 1991: 155

1991

Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena) luciensis

Pace 1991: 156

1991

Gyrophaena (Agaricochara) mahunkai

Pace 1991: 154

1991

Gyrophaena (Agaricomorpha) pivai

Pace 1991: 154

1991

Gyrophaena (Eumicrota) semisocia

Pace 1991: 156

1991

Atheta (Datomicra) egesta

Pace 1991: 158

1991

Heterostibapivaiana

Pace 1991: 160

1991

Macrogerodonia pivai

Pace 1991: 160

1991

Acantoxyura spinifera

Pace 1987: 194

1987

Hoplandria guadeloupensis

Pace 1987: 194

1987

Feluva guadalupensis

Pace 1987: 195

1987

Myllaena guadalupensis

Pace 1987: 187

1987

Gyrophaena guadalupensis

Pace 1987: 188

1987

Plesiomalota tenella

Pace 1987: 189

1987

Diestota cliens

Pace 1987: 189

1987

Diestota fasciata

Pace 1987: 189

1987

Diestota guadalupensis

Pace 1987: 189

1987

Diestota laxiventris

Pace 1987: 189

1987

Euvira conifera

Pace 1987: 191

1987

Euvira laeviuscula

Pace 1987: 191

1987

Euvira maculata

Pace 1987: 191

1987

Placusa basiventris

Pace 1987: 190

1987

Placusa lateralis

Pace 1987: 190

1987

Placusa oblita

Pace 1987: 191

1987

Placusa praepes

Pace 1987: 190

1987

Placusa subtilis

Pace 1987: 190

1987

Placusa trivialis

Pace 1987: 190

1987

Leptonia guadalupensis

Pace 1987: 183

1987

Leptonia megalomera

Pace 1987: 193

1987

Macrogerodonia cursoria

Pace 1987: 193

1987

Macrogerodonia trichonota

Pace 1987: 193

1987

Myllaena potawatomi

Klimaszewski 1982: 192

1982

Teliusa mexicana

Bernhauer 1929: 198

1929

Placusa cameroni

Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 542

1926

Atheta guatemalae

Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz 1926: 667

1926

Hoplandria heterodon

Cameron 1923: 390

1923

Hoplandria obliqua

Cameron 1923: 391

1923

Hoplandria smithi

Cameron 1923: 390

1923

Tinotoma

Cameron 1923

1923

Gnypeta basiventris

Cameron 1923: 367

1923

Atheta accedens

Cameron 1923: 373

1923

Atheta albipennis

Cameron 1923: 372

1923

Atheta antillarum

Cameron 1923: 370

1923

Atheta combusta

Cameron 1923: 376

1923

Atheta croceicornis

Cameron 1923: 374

1923

Atheta dentella

Cameron 1923: 373

1923

Atheta guadalupensis

Cameron 1923: 375

1923

Atheta impavida

Cameron 1923: 370

1923

Atheta insularum

Cameron 1923: 37

1923

Zyras rhopalomerus

Cameron 1923: 385

1923

Zyras smithi

Cameron 1923: 382

1923

Zyras rufiventris

Cameron 1923: 382

1923

Zyras waterhousei

Cameron 1923: 383

1923

Gnypetosoma calocera

Cameron 1922: 127

1922

Gnypetosoma farrea

Cameron 1922: 128

1922

Oligota rufa

Cameron 1922: 125

1922

Myllaena celerrima

Cameron 1922: 650

1922

Myllaena curticornis

Cameron 1922: 651

1922

Myllaena diversicornis

Cameron 1922: 650

1922

Myllaena indefatigabilis

Cameron 1922: 651

1922

Pronomaea debilis

Cameron 1922: 652

1922

Brachychara aterrima

Cameron 1922: 637

1922

Gyrophaena aeneicollis

Cameron 1922: 642

1922

Gyrophaena connexa

Cameron 1922: 640

1922

Gyrophaena densata

Cameron 1922: 646

1922

Gyrophaena fauveli

Cameron 1922: 644

1922

Gyrophaena flavicornis

Cameron 1922: 644

1922

Gyrophaena hydrocephala

Cameron 1922: 645

1922

Gyrophaena laxata

Cameron 1922: 645

1922

Gyrophaena persimilis

Cameron 1922: 644

1922

Gyrophaena piceicollis

Cameron 1922: 643

1922

Gyrophaena rufula

Cameron 1922: 646

1922

Gyrophaena smithi

Cameron 1922: 643

1922

Thecturella insidiosa

Cameron 1922: 649

1922

Silusa diversicollis

Cameron 1922: 634

1922

Silusa tenella

Cameron 1922: 635

1922

Euvira insularis

Cameron 1922: 648

1922

Placusa analis

Cameron 1922: 636

1922

Placusa insularis sensu

Cameron 1922: 635

1922

Placusa heterogaster

Cameron 1922: 636

1922

Placusa luctuosa

Cameron 1922: 637

1922

Mimacrotona cingulata

Cameron 1920: 268

1920

Eumicrota

Casey 1906

1906

TRIBEMYLLAENINI

Ganglbauer 1895

1895

Myllaena fragilis

Sharp 1883: 286

1883

Eumicrota oblita

Sharp 1883: 254

1883

Atheta cingulifera

Sharp 1883: 194

1883

Gyrophaena quassa

Sharp 1876: 76

1876

TRIBEFALAGRIINI

Mulsant & Rey 1873

1873

TRIBEDIESTOTINI

Mulsant & Rey 1871

1871

Diestota

Mulsant & Rey 1870

1870

SUBTRIBETACHYUSINA

Thomson 1859

1859

TRIBEAUTALIINI

C.G. Thomson 1859

1859

Phloeoporareligata

Erichson 1839: 79

1839

SUBTRIBEHOMALOTINA

Heer 1839

1839