SUBFAMILYPOLYCAONINAE, Lesne, 1896

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 116

SUBFAMILYPOLYCAONINAE

Melalgus caribeanus (Lesne) 1906: 396 ( Heterarthron ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398; Borowski and Wegrzynowicz 2007: 52 (new combination); Ivieet al. 2008b: 246; Daltry 2009: 66. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Montserrat , St. Lucia. Trinidad, Central America ; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Note. There is much sexual dimorphism in the genus; males have smooth and shiny hind elytral declivities and females have punctured and very hairy elytra. This species might be a junior synonym of the following one.

Melalgus gonagrus (Fabricius) 1798 ; 156 ( Apate ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 419 ( Polycaon femoralis (Fabricius) 1792: 361 ( Apate ) of Guadeloupe, in error, correction in Lepesme 1947: 205); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398 ( Heterarthron ); Ramos 1946: 40; Fisher 1950: 6; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 3; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Borowski and Wegrzynowicz 2007: 53. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada *, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique*, PuertoRico, Saba*, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Lucia *, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union*. Guyana, Trinidad; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Plate 25.