The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions Author Peck, Stewart B. Research Associate Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada text Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-02-12 2016 460 1 360 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5182961 1942-1354 5182961 37602764-FD97-40E0-B003-557279B97FCE SUBFAMILY SPHAERIDIINAE TRIBECOELOSTOMATINI 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 , Mexico to 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 *. Mexico to Panama to 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. Plate 3. TRIBEOMICRINI Aculomicrus undescribed species; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240; Daltry 2009: 63. Distribution. Dominica *, Montserrat, St. Lucia , St. Vincent *; Lesser Antilles endemic? Notes . The species keys to Aculomicrus minimus Smetana 1975: 179 of Mexico . Omicrus laevis (Sharp) 1887: 770 ( Perochthes ); Smetana 1975: 173; new species record. Distribution. St. Vincent *. Mexico to 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 . Plate 3. Omicrus subopacus Smetana 1975: 162 ; Orchymont 1925: 292 as Perochthes sp. of Guadeloupe ; Hansen 1999: 268; Bameul 2002: 227; Ivieet al. 2008b: 240. Distribution . Dominica , Guadeloupe , Montserrat ; Lesser Antillesendemic. TRIBEMEGASTERNINI Cercyon ( Cercyon ) cribratus Laporte 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 USA to Argentina ; cosmopolitan; introduced to New World, probably native to Oriental Region; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Cercyon ( Cercyon ) variegatus Sharp 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), Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela to Argentina and Brazil ; widespread New World. Oosternum latum Fiká ek, Hebauer and Hansen 2009: 34. Distribution . St. Vincent ; single island endemic. Oosternum sharpi Hansen 1999: 242 , replacement name. = Oosternum costatum Sharp 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 . USA to Mexico to Panama and 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 scotti Knisch 1924: 121 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 174; Hansen 1999: 300. Distribution . Dominica ; singleisland endemic.