SCARABAEINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 27

SUBFAMILY SCARABAEINAE

TRIBE DICHOTOMIINI

Ateuchus illaesum (Harold) 1868: 53 ( Choeridium ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 204; Matthews 1966: 46; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 789; Chalumeau 1983: 48. = Choeridium insulare Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 395 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438, 1917: 207; Paulian 1947a: 31; Matthews 1966: 46 (synonymy); Chalumeau 1983: 49 (as valid species); Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Carriacou, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent. Mexico (type locality), Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Found in open lowland pastures and in lowland xerophytic forest

TRIBE ONITICELLINI

Uroxys vincentiae Arrow 1903: 510 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 204; Matthews 1966: 55. Distribution. Bequia, Carriacou, Grenada, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Found in dry and moist lowland forests and cow and human dung.

TRIBE ONTHOPHAGINI

Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius) 1787: 377 ( Scarabaeus ); Ivie and Philips 2008: 10; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Anguilla (2004), Antigua, Guadeloupe (1992), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie Galante (1992), Martinique (first Lessser Antilles report in Huchet 1992), Montserrat (2000), Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts (2003), St. Vincent, Union; introduced to Lesser Antilles. The species is native to much of the hotter and drier parts of Africa, and ranges into Madagascar, Asia Minor, India, and Ceylon. Introduced to the New World via Texas in 1972. By 1977 it was distributed from California to Florida, south to Mexico and Guatemala ( Hoebeke and Beucke 1997) and is expanding its range in the Caribbean ( Ivie and Philips 2008; dates above are year of first Lesser Antilles island records). Notes. Introduced to speed the removal of livestock dung in pastures. It has a rapid reproduction rate and high mobility. It may be a threat to the native dung beetles of the West Indies ( Ivie and Philips 2008).

Onthophagus antillarum Arrow 1903: 510 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 211; Paulian 1947a: 35; Matthews 1966: 17; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 792; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 5; Chalumeau 1983: 52. = Onthophagus femoralis Kirsch 1870: 362 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 395 (misidentification); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 438; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 211. Distribution. Bequia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Collected in cow and human dung in forests up to 800 m.