SUBFAMILYSCARITINAE, Bonelli, 1810

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 36-37

SUBFAMILYSCARITINAE

Notes. Distributions for this subfamily are from text and maps in Nichols 1988a and 1988b; not the table in Nichols 1988a which contains printing errors.

TRIBEFORCIPATORINI

Camptodontus anglicanus (Stephens) 1827: 38 ( Oxystomus ); Nichols 1988a: 89. = Stratiotes iracundus Putzeys 1863: 9 of Dominica in Erwin and Sims 1984: 426. Distribution. Dominica (introduced from South America ?). Surinam, French Guiana; introduced to the Lesser Antilles?

Stratiotes iracundus Putzeys 1863: 9 ; Nichols 1988a: 89. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Note. Flightless, with reduced eyes.

TRIBEENCELADINI

[ Enceladus gigas Bonelli 1813: 460 ; Erwin and Sims 1984: 425 (recorded in error from Montserrat, error corrected in Ivie et al. 2008b: 238). Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad, French Guiana, Surinam; not in the Lesser Antilles.]

TRIBECLIVINI

Ardistomis atripennis Putzeys 1866: 202 ; Nichols 1988a: 102. = Ardistomis laevistriata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 363 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Swampinhabiting halophobic hygrobiont.

Ardistomis guadeloupensis Kult 1950: 307 ; Nichols 1988a: 101. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Lower to upper montane wet forest humicole.

Aspidoglossa cribrata Putzeys 1846: 634 ; Nichols 1988a: 99; Daltry 2009: 63. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Venezuela, Brazil; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile.

Aspidoglossa schach (Fabricius) 1792: 153 ( Carabus ); Nichols 1988a: 99 (new combination); Ivie et al. 2008b: 237; Daltry 2009: 63. = Aspidoglossa semicrenata Chaudoir 1843: 735 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 364; Erwin and Sims 1984: 427. = Aspidoglossa guadeloupensis Putzeys 1846: 632 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mayreau*, Montserrat, Mustique, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union*. Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, French Guiana; widespread Antilles and South America . Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Paraclivina) fasciata Putzeys 1846: 624 ; Nichols 1988a: 94; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 12; Thomaset al. 2013: 15. Distribution. Antigua *, Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat*, PuertoRico, Saba*, St. Kitts *, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Vincent *. Mexico , Central and South America , eastern USA (FL); introduced to Old World, Philippine and Mariana Islands; widespread New World. Notes. Fully winged halophobic hygrophile, often associated with agriculture.

Clivina (Paraclivina) near latiuscula Putzeys 1866: 154; Nichols 1988a: 95. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Paraclivina) marginipennis Putzeys 1846: 619 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 363; Nichols 1988a: 95. Distribution. Barbados*, Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent*. Eastern USA?, Mexico excluding Yucatan ?; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile, frequently associated with agriculture .

Clivina (Paraclivina) tristis Putzeys 1846: 620 ; Nichols 1988a: 95. Distribution. Antigua *, Bonaire, Curaçao, Mustique, Grenada *. Venezuela, Guyana; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Paraclivina) tuberculata Putzeys 1846: 615 ; Nichols 1988a: 95. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia. Colombia, Argentina; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Semiclivina) elongata Chaudoir 1843: 734 ; Nichols 1988a: 93. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.

Clivina (Semiclivina) oblita Putzeys 1866: 168 ; Nichols l988: 93. Distribution. St. Lucia (reported from single specimen). Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Note. The record needs confirmation.

Halocoryza arenaria (Darlington) 1939: 84 ( Schizogenius ); Nichols 1988a: 90, 1988b: 169; Schiller 2004: 14; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 13; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 82; Daltry 2009: 63; Thomaset al. 2013: 15. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Guadeloupe, Grenada *, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas. USA (south FL), Mexico , Panama, Brazil; Cameroon (introduced?); widespread New World. Note. Found on marine beaches in the intertidal zone, in mangrove swamps; halobiont.

Oxydrepanus micans Putzeys 1866: 105 ; Nichols 1988a: 97. = Oxydrepanus rufus Putzys 1846: 564 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 363 of Guadeloupe; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 13 of Bahamas; Thomaset al. 2013: 16. Distribution. Bahamas, Caymans, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, PuertoRico. Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Swamp inhabiting humicolous hygrobiont.

Semiardistomis laevistriatus (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 363 ( Ardistomis ); Nichols 1988a: 100. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Humicole, under rotting bark.

TRIBESCARITINI

Scarites (Distichus) octocoelus (Chaudoir) 1855: 50 ( Taeniolobus ); Nichols 1988a: 86, 117. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced), Jamaica. Mexico (including Yucatan); introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Winged halophobic hygrophile.