SUBFAMILYOEDEMERINAE, Latreille, 1810

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 165-166

SUBFAMILYOEDEMERINAE

TRIBEASCLERINI

Asclera thoracica Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 434 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 491; Arnett 1983: 6. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Trinidad (specimen in FSCA); the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Daltry 2009: 67 reports three undetermined species in this genus from St. Lucia (as Ascalera)

Copidita sp. , new genus record, new species record. Distribution. St. Vincent *; single island endemic?

Diplectrus sp. , new genus record, new species record. Distribution. Grenada *; singleisland endemic?

Hypasclera costata (Champion) 1896: 40 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Arnett 1983: 6, 1984: 3. Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America ; seemingly introduced to but not established in the USA. Notes. Daltry 2009: 67 reports an undetermined species in this genus from St. Lucia.

Hypasclera floridana (Horn) 1896: 397 ; Arnett 1983: 6. Distribution. Bahamas, Jamaica, Martinique. USA (AL, FL); widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Hypasclera nesiotes (Arnett) 1951: 349 ( Alloxacis ); Arnett 1984: 3; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27 (species near); Valentineand Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados?, Cuba, Guana, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas*, Virgin Gorda *. USA (FL, Keys only); widespread Antillesendemic.

Hypasclera simplex (Waterhouse) 1878: 308 (Copditia); Champion 1896: 39; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490 (Copdita); Arnett 1961: 58 ( Alloxacis ), 1983: 6; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 85; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 279; Ivieet al. 2008b: 255. = Asclera suturalis Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 434 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490 ( Micronacerdes ); Arnett 1961: 58. = Micronacerdes simplex variety dufaui Pic 1929: 8 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Carriacou *, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Martinique *, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Barthélemy (type locality), St. Vincent ; widespread Antillesendemic.

Hypasclera spinosus (Arnett) 1957: 3 ; 1983: 6; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 85. Distribution. Antigua *, Bahamas, Barbuda *, Caymans, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Croix; widespread Antillesendemic.

Oxycopis frontalis (Champion) 1896: 42 (C opdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic.

Oxycopis grenadensis (Champion) 1896: 42 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic.

Oxycopis quadrilineata (Champion) 1896: 41 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 48; Daltry 2009: 67 (species near this).). Distribution. Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic

Oxycopis tenella (Champion) 1896: 41 (Copdita); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Arnett 1957: 6, 1983: 3; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 279. Distribution. Caymans, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Vincent; widespread Antillesendemic.

Oxycopis vittata (Fabricius) 1775: 125 ( Lagria ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 434; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 466 ( Sessinia ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Ramos 1946: 38; Arnett 1953: 4 ( Oxacis ), 1957: 6, 1984: 2; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 85 ( Sessinia ); Schiller 2004: 34; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 279; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 46; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48; Thomaset al. 2013: 38. = Oxycopis lateralis (Waterhouse) 1878: 307 (Copdita); Champion 1896: 41 of St. Vincent; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 490; Bennettand Alam 1985: 27. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, Vieques. USA (FL, Keys and Dade Co.); widespread Antilles endemic. Note. Arnett 1983: 3 does not list The Lesser Antilles records which he provided in 1953 and 1957. Ivie et al. (2008b: 255) list three undetermined species in this genus for Montserrat.

Paroxacis antillarum (Champion) 1896: 39 ( Oxacis ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 491. Distribution. Martinique, St. Vincent. Tobago; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Daltry (2009: 67) reports an undetermined species in this genus from St. Lucia.