NITIDULINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 36-37

SUBFAMILY NITIDULINAE

Camptodes foreli Grouvelle 1902: 463 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 415. = Camptodes sp. , Champion 1898: 399; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 420. Distribution. St. Vincent (record based on 3 specimens). Venezuela ; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Lobiopa insularis Laporte 1840: 10 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 386; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 414; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 89; Ivie et al. 2008b: 248; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. = Lobiopa decumana Erichson 1843: 295 ; Champion 1898: 399 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA, Central and South America ; widespread New World. Notes. Distributed by commerce.

Pallodes cyanescens Grouvelle 1898a: 36 ; Champion 1898: 399; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 417. = Pallodes ruficollis Reitter 1873: 135 , Champion 1898: 399 of St. Vincent, error; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 417; Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Stelidota championi Sharp 1890: 315 ; Champion 1898: 398; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; identification of Lesser Antilles records need confirmation. This may also be S. chontalensis Sharp of Nicaragua (record of Grouvelle 1902: 757 of Guadeloupe). Distribution. Mustique, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Taxonomy of Neotropical Stelidota is very confused and a revision is badly needed. Therefore it is difficult to give the exact distributions of particular species. Nevertheless, the list attempts to correspond to present knowledge.

Stelidota geminata (Say) 1825: 181 ( Nitidula ); Champion 1898: 398; Grouvelle 1902: 757; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 89; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Mexico to Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The strawberry sap beetle.

Stelidota strigosa (Gyllenhal) 1808: 140 ( Nitidula ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 386; Champion 1898: 398; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 413; Wolcott 1950: 297 ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 249; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 45. Distribution. Bahamas, Bequia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Baja California; widespread Antilles and Latin America .