Cercyon ( Cercyon ) cribratus Laporte 1840: 62
Cercyon ( Cercyon ) nigriceps (Marsham) 1802: 72
Dermestes
Cercyon atricapillum (Marsham) 1802: 73
Pelosoma scotti Knisch 1924: 121
The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions
Peck, Stewart B.
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-02-12
2016
460
1
360
8VR6C
Latreille
1802
[372,614,611,635]
Insecta
Hydrophilidae
Animalia
Coleoptera
56
51
Arthropoda
subFamily
Sphaeridiinae
Dactylosternum abdominale(Fabricius) 1792: 79( Sphaeridium); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 378; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 173; Hansen 1999: 254; Ivieet al. 2008b: 239; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 84. Distribution. Antigua*, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada*, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica(intentionally introduced), Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia* (also in Daltry 2009: 63), St. Vincent*. USA, Mexicoto Argentina; Old World; introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; cosmopolitan, nativeto Afrotropics (Hansen 1999). Dactylosternum subdepressum(Laporte) 1840: 58; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 259. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada*. Mexicoto Panamato Brazil, Venezuela, Peru; widespread Antillesand Latin America. Phaenonotum exstriatum(Say) 1835: 171( Hydrophilus); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 377; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 173; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 81; Hansen 1999: 251; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 275; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240. Distribution. Antigua*, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada*, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia* (also in Daltry 2009: 63), St. Vincent*. USA(widespread), Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Brazil; widespread New World. Plate3. TRIBEOMICRINI Aculomicrusundescribed species; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240; Daltry 2009: 63. Distribution. Dominica*, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent*; Lesser Antilles endemic? Notes. The species keys to Aculomicrus minimusSmetana 1975: 179of Mexico. Omicrus laevis(Sharp) 1887: 770( Perochthes); Smetana 1975: 173; new species record. Distribution. St. Vincent*. Mexicoto Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America. Omicrus palmarum(Schwarz) 1878: 355( Cyclonotum); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174 ( Phaenotypus); Smetana 1975: 170; Hansen 1999: 267; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 275; Daltry 2009: 63. Distribution. Dominica*, Guana?, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. USA(FL); widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America. Plate3. Omicrus subopacusSmetana 1975: 162; Orchymont 1925: 292 as Perochthessp.of Guadeloupe; Hansen 1999: 268; Bameul 2002: 227; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic. TRIBEMEGASTERNINI
Cercyon( Cercyon) cribratusLaporte 1840: 62; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 277. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Cercyon( Cercyon) nigriceps(Marsham) 1802: 72( Dermestes); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 379; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 284; Fiká ek 2009: 354. = Cercyon atricapillum(Marsham) 1802: 73; Smetana 1978: 137; Hansen 1999: 284; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240 of Montserrat, of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua*, Jamaica, Grenada*, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Nevis*, Saba*, St. Lucia*, St. Vincent*. Widespread USAto Argentina; cosmopolitan; introduced to New World, probably native to Oriental Region; introduced to the Lesser Antilles.
Cercyon( Cercyon) variegatusSharp 1882: 107; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Smetana 1978: 105; Hansen 1999: 292; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240; Daltry 2009: 63. Distribution. Dominica, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. USA(NC-TX), Mexicoto Colombiaand Venezuelato Argentinaand Brazil; widespread New World. Oosternum latumFikáek, Hebauer and Hansen 2009: 34. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic. Oosternum sharpiHansen 1999: 242, replacement name. = Oosternum costatumSharp 1882: 113; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 173; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 81; Peck 1981: 525; Bennettand Alam 1985: 20; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 275; Daltry 2009: 63 of St. Lucia. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guana, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia. USAto Mexicoto Panamaand Venezuela; widespread New World. Introduced to Hawaii and Old World tropics. Notes.Usually found in wet decaying vegetation; also troglophile scavenger on wet bat guano in caves. Pelosoma rufipes(Fleutiauxand Sallé) 1890: 378( Cercyon); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 300. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Ivie et al. (2008b: 240) record an undetermined species in this genus on Montserrat, and Daltry (2009: 63) records one from St. Lucia.
Pelosoma scottiKnisch 1924: 121; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 300. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic.