APHODIINAE, Arrow, 1909

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 : 25-27

SUBFAMILY APHODIINAE

TRIBE APHODIINI

Nialaphodius nigrita (Fabricius) 1801: 73 ( Aphodius ); Gordon and Skelley 2007: 265; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244 ( Aphodius ). = A. cuniculus Chevrolat 1864: 411 , Chapin 1940: 7; Ramos 1946: 41; Wolcott 1950: 248 of Puerto Rico, of Mona, of Vieques; synonymy in Bordat 1990: 62; Paulian 1947a: 37 ( Nialus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 795; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 8; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 32; Chalumeau 1983: 58 (all as Aphodius ( Nialus )); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; generic synonymy in Skelley et al. 2007; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 49. = A. granarius variety guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 395 . Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Tortola, Vieques. Widespread southern USA, Mexico to widespread South America , Tobago; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Introduced to New World from Afro-tropical region; worldwide in tropics and subtropics. Notes. Common in cow dung.

TRIBE EUPARIINI

Ataenius aequalis Harold 1880: 40 ; Stebnicka 2005: 103, 2007b: 44. = Ataenius insulicola Chapin 1940: 28 of St. Vincent (type locality). Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. USA (LA), Mexico to Trinidad to Argentina ; widespread New World.

Ataenius attenuator Harold 1874: 22 ; Stebnicka 2007b: 68. = Ataenius abditoides Chapin 1940: 18 of St. Lucia . Distribution. St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama toTrinidad, Brazil, and Peru; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Ataenius carinator Harold 1874: 20 ; Stebnicka 2007b: 76; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 48. = Ataenius vincentiae Arrow 1903: 513 ; Chapin 1940: 19; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 801; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 11; Chalumeau 1983: 65; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Mexico to Costa Rica, Venezuela to Bolivia, Brazil, Peru; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer) 1845: 137 ( Oxyomus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 397; Chapin 1940: 25; Paulian 1947a: 44; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 806; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 12; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983 a: 74; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33; Stebnicka 2007b: 79; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 48. = A. chilensis Solier 1851: 72 of Barbados in Woodruff et al. 1998: 33. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Vieques. United States, Canada; throughout the Neotropics ( Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Galapagos Islands); widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius liogaster Bates 1887: 94 ; Chapin 1940: 29; Paulian 1947a: 44; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 813; Stebnicka and Lago 2005: 60 (synonymy); Stebnicka 2007b: 36; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. = A. edwardsi Chapin 1940: 26 ; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 14; Chalumeau 1983: 82, 174; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica (overlooked in Stebnicka and Lago 2005: 61), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama, Ecuador (including Galapagos), Trinidad, Venezuela; Micronesia; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius picinus Harold 1867: 281 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 810; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 14; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983 a: 80; Stebnicka 2004: 224; Stebnicka 2007b: 42. = A. elongatus Beauvois 1811: 104 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 397 of Guadeloupe. = A. darlingtoni Hinton 1937: 179 ; Chapin 1940: 30; Ramos 1946: 41; Paulian 1947a: 40. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Nearly cosmopolitan; United States, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay; Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand. The most widely distributed species in the genus, and undoubtedly on all islands of the Lesser Antilles; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

[ Ataenius polyglyptus Bates 1887: 99 ; Stebnicka 2007b: 73. Distribution. Not Mustique, not Grenada, not St. Vincent; errors in Blackwelder 1944-1957: 215. Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama.]

Ataenius scutellaris Harold 1867: 82 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 803; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 14; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983 a: 69; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Stebnicka 2007a: 48, 2007b: 59; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. = Ataenius frater Arrow 1903: 512 of St. Vincent; Chapin 1940: 32; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33. = A. elongatus Beauvois 1811: 104 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 397 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Tortola. Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America ; introduced to Vanuatu ( New Hebrides), Seychelles, Mascarenes, Malaya. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Ataenius strigicaudus Bates 1887: 96 ; Chapin 1940: 32; Paulian 1947a: 40; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 810; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 13; Chalumeau 1983: 81; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Woodruff et al. 1998: 33; Stebnicka 2004: 214; Stebnicka 2007b: 40. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Mexico to Trinidad, Chile and Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; found in cow dung.

Pleurophorus parvulus (Chevrolat) 1864: 415 ( Psammodius ); Chapin 1940: 8; Paulian 1947a: 47; Chalumeau and Gruner 1974: 815; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 15; Chalumeau 1983: 91 (all Diastictus ); Woodruff et al. 1998: 34. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Colombia, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. A humus feeder in soil, flying at dusk and attracted to lights.