SUBFAMILYMALACHIINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 124

SUBFAMILYMALACHIINAE

TRIBEMALACHIINI

Ablechrus caravellae Constantin 2012: 19 . Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.

[ Ablechrus minimus (Erichson) 1840b: 113 ( Anthocomus ); recorded in doubt, of Bequia, of Mustique and of Grenada (Gorham 1898a: 324; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 375; Wittmer 1961: 3637 (transfered from Ebaeus ); Wittmer 1976: 281; it was described from Colombia and Central America , and does not occur in the Antilles (Wittmer 1979: 281).]

Ablechrus n. sp. Ivie et al. 2008b: 248. Montserrat; single island endemic? Note. Additional material with pale antennae could be this and is from Antigua *, and Dominica *. Daltry 2009: 66 lists two other species on St. Lucia.

Ablechrus undescribed species 2, new species record. Distribution. Martinique *, single island endemic. Notes. The species has pale orange-yellow elytra, not blue.

Ablechrus nigrocaeruleus (Gorham) 1898a: 323 ( Ebaeus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 375; Wittmer 1976: 281; Constantin 2012: 25. = Ablechrus guadeloupensis (Pic) 1914: 11 ( Ebaeus ); Lepesme 1947: 165 ( Ebaeus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 375; Wittmer 1976: 281, 1984: 228 (synonymy); Constantin 2012: 25, questioning synonymy. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia * (also in Daltry 2009: 66), St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic. Notes. Antennae black. Plate 29.

Attalomimus martiniquensis Constantin 2012: 19 . Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.

[ Tucumanius seminulus (Erichson) 1840b: 112 ( Anthocomus ), recorded in doubt of Bequia, of Mustique and of Grenada (Gorham 1898a: 324; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 375 ( Ebaeus ); Wittmer 1976: 281 ( Ablechrus ), it was described from Colombia and Central America , and does not occur in the Antilles (Wittmer 1979: 281).]