DIAPERINAE, Latreille, 1802

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SUBFAMILY DIAPERINAE

TRIBE PHALERIINI

Phaleria testacea Say 1824: 280 ; Marcuzzi 1984: 84; Triplehorn and Watrous 1979: 289; Watrous and Triplehorn1982: 19; Triplehorn 1991: 266; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 112. = P. angustata Chevrolat 1878 : ccxlviii; Ramos 1946: 39; Marcuzzi 1962: 39; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 57. = P. chevrolati Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1896: 9; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83. = P. chevrolati variety quadrinotata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = P. chevrolati variety thoracica Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 423 of Guadeloupe. = P. maculipennis Marcuzzi 1962: 37 ; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 84; Marcuzzi 1977: 36. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Désirade, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Mustique, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Martin , Virgin Islands; most Caribbean islands. Trinidad, Venezuela (including Margarita), French Guiana, Atlantic coastal from NE USA (Maine) to Argentina; widespread New World.

TRIBE TRACHYSCELINI

Trachyscelis aphodioides Latreille 1809: 379 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 422; Steiner 2004: 335. = Trachyscelis flavipes Melsheimer 1846: 61 ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461; Marcuzzi and d’Aguilar 1971: 83; Marcuzzi 1977: 39, 1984: 83; Chalumeau 1982b: 193; Steiner 2004: 335 (synonymy); Touroult 2005: 88; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Guana, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin, St. Thomas; Turks and Caicos. USA (MD, VA, NC, FL, LA; but maybe not now established because there are no records since the 1950’s); Brazil; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Mediterranean Europe and north Africa. Notes. An inhabitant of pure fine sand in washed-up debris, at or just above high tide line.