TENEBRIONINAE, 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 : 33-34

SUBFAMILY TENEBRIONINAE

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. Maarten, 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 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 90; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27; Chalumeau 1982: 194; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 114. = Z. morio Fabricius 1776: 241 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 427; Champion 1896: 25; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534. = Z. rugipes Kirsch 1866: 197 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534; Marcuzzi 1962: 39,1977: 42; 1984: 98; of Guadeloupe. = Zophobas laticollis Motschulsky 1872: 35 ; Champion 1896: 26; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463 Blackwelder 1944-1957: 534 of Grenada. =? Zophobas sp. , Uyttenboogaart 1902: 116. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Culebra, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hermanos, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthélemy; St. Croix, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA (CA-FL), Mexico to Panama, Ecuador (including Galapagos), Venezuela (Testigos, Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Trinidad to Paraguay; widespread New World. Notes. Many references have cited Z. atratus , Z. morio , and Z. rugipes as separate species but Tschinkel (1984) found no way to separate them so they are treated as one species here.