DIAPERINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 31-32

SUBFAMILY DIAPERINAE

TRIBE PHALERIINI

Phaleria fulva Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Champion 1896: 10; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1977: 35; 1984: 84; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 18; Cooter 1983: 185; Woodruff et al. 1998: 44; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254. Distribution. Antigua, Barbuda, Cannouan, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Hispaniola, Islote de Aves, Les Saintes, Los Roques, Margarita, Montserrat, Mustique, Orchilla, St. Barthélemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten. Venezuela (mainland and Margarita,); widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. A scavenger in sea beach sand. Some earlier literature records of this species may be based on specimens of P. thinophila Watrous and Triplehorn and need checking.

Phaleria picipes Say 1824: 280 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 422; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 526; Triplehorn 1991; 266; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 291; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 19; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 57. Distribution. Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Islote de Aves, Jamaica, Marguerita, Montserrat, Mustique, Las Roques, Les Saintes, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin-St. Maarten. Coastal USA (NJ-FL), Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Phaleria punctipes LeConte 1878: 421 ; Triplehorn 1991: 268; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 281; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 13; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 57. = P. guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Marcuzzi 1977: 35 of Les Saintes and of St. Martin-St. Maarten, 1984: 84. Distribution. Anagada, Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Les Saintes, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin-St. Maarten. USA (FL); widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Phaleria testacea Say 1824: 280 ; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Triplehorn 1991: 266; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 289; Watrous and Triplehorn 1982: 19; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 112. = P. angustata Chevrolat 1878 : ccxlviii; Ramos 1946: 39; Marcuzzi 1962: 39; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 57. = P. chevrolati Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 9; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83. = P. chevrolati variety quadrinotata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = P. chevrolati variety thoracica Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = P. maculipennis Marcuzzi 1962: 37 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1977: 36. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Désirade, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Margarita, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Mustique, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius , St. Martin-St. Maarten, Virgin Islands; most Caribbean islands. Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, coastal from NE USA (Maine) to Argentina; widespread New World.

TRIBE DIAPERINI

SUBTRIBE DIAPERINA

Ulomoides ocularis (Casey) 1891: 65 ( Palembus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 527; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 92; Marcuzzi 1977: 38, 1984: 87; Triplehorn 1965: 388; Chalumeau 1982: 193; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Ivie et al. 2008b: 254; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 57. Distribution. Anguilla, Bahamas, Guana, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloue, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (FL). Introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to the Philippines. Notes. Sometimes a pest in tamarind pods.

TRIBE CRYPTICINI

Gondwanocrypticus filicornis (Chevrolat) 1878b: 222 ( Crypticus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 528 ( Platydema ); Chalumeau 1982: 193; Marcuzzi 1984: 85; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 113. Distribution. Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Barthélemy; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. In sand of back-beach. Cooter 1983: 185 (as Crypticus ) and Ivie et al. 2008b: 254 list an undetermined species from Montserrat.

TRIBE TRACHYSCELINI

Trachyscelis aphodoides Latreille 1809: 379 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 422; Steiner 2004: 335. = Trachyscelis flavipes Melsheimer 1846: 61 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 83; Chalumeau 1982 b: 193; Steiner 2004: 335 (synonymy); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Guana, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas; Turks and Caicos. USA (MD, VA, NC, FL, LA; but maybe not now established because there are no records since the 1950’s); Brazil; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Mediterranean Europe and north Africa. Notes. An inhabitant of pure fine sand in washed-up debris, at or just above high tide line.