TOXICINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 46-47

SUBFAMILY TOXICINAE

TRIBE TOXICINI

Ozolais tuberculifera Champion 1896: 10 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 526; Marcuzzi 1984: 86. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

SUBFAMILY TENEBRIONINAE

TRIBE ULOMINI

Alegoria dilatata Laporte 1840: 221 ; Champion 1896: 21; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 531; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 94. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Trinidad, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Uloma parvula Champion 1896: 23 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 95. Distribution. St. Lucia, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic.

Uloma sulcata Champion 1896: 21 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1984: 92. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE TRIBOLIINI

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) 1797: 282 ( Colydium ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 462; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 531; Ramos 1946: 40; Wolcott 1950: 328 ; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 93; Ivie et al. 2008b: 253. = Tribolium ferrugineum Fabricius 1781: 324 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 425 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 19. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA to Argentina; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The red flour beetle. A pest in many kinds of stored products; also under tree bark.

TRIBE ALPHITOBIINI

Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius) 1781: 90 ( Opatrum ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 532; Marcuzzi 1962: 38, 1977: 39, 1984: 95; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 89; Ardoin 1977: 391. = Alphitobius piceus (Olivier) 1792: 50 ( Helops ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 24. Distribution. Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Vincent. Mexico to Trinidad, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America ; Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The black fungus beetle. In caves, stored products, chicken coops.

TRIBE TENEBRIONINI

Zophobas atratus Fabricius 1775: 256 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Marcuzzi 1962: 39, 1977: 41, 1984: 98; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 90; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27; Chalumeau 1982: 194; Perez- Gelabert 2008: 114. = Z. morio Fabricius 1776: 241 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 25; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534. = Z. rugipes Kirsch 1866: 197 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534; Marcuzzi 1977: 42 of Guadeloupe. = Zophobas laticollis Motschulsky 1872: 35 ; Champion 1896: 26; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534 of Grenada. Distribution. Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Cuba, Culebra, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hermanos, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Margarita; Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthélemy; St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (CA-FL), Mexico to Panama, Ecuador including Galapagos, Venezuela (Testigos), Trinidad to Paraguay; widespread New World. Notes. Many references have cited Z. atratus , Z. morio , and Z. rufipes as separate species but Tschinkel (1984) found no way to separate them so they are treated as one species here.