OXYTELINAE, Fleming, 1821

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 : 19

SUBFAMILY OXYTELINAE

TRIBE THINOBIINI

Bledius punctatissimus Le Conte 1877: 226 ; Herman 2001: 1599. = Bledius exposus Blackwelder 1943: 114 of Antigua. Distribution. Antigua, Jamaica, Little Cayman, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas. USA (CA, LA to FL to NC), Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador (including Galapagos); widespread New World.

Carpelimus petomus Blackwelder 1943: 76 . Distribution. Antigua, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas; widespread Antilles endemic.

TRIBE OXYTELINI

Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 188 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 92; Herman 2001: 1359; Ivie et al. 2008b: 242. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines (probably Mustique), Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (NY to FL to KS), Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Tobago, Trinidad, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Europe; Atlantic Islands; Tahiti; Réunion, Mauritius; introduced to Old World?; widespread New World.

Oxytelus incisus Motschulsky 1857: 504 ; Blackwelder 1943: 96; Ramos 1946: 32; Woodruff et al. 1998: 40; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1433; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. = O. ferrugineus Kraatz 1859: 173 in Fauvel 1901: 71 of Guadeloupe, of St. Vincent. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (FL, TX), Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Brazil; Orient; Africa; Indian and Pacific ocean islands, Australia; introduced to Old World; widespread New World. Note. Perhaps the most common and widespread staphylinid in the West Indies.

Platystethus spiculus Erichson 1840: 784 ; Blackwelder 1943: 110; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1487. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (CA-TX-FL), Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Galapagos; Tahiti (introduced); widespread New World.