OXYTELINAE, Fleming, 1821

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 : 19-20

SUBFAMILY OXYTELINAE

TRIBE THINOBIINI

Carpelimus aridus (Jacquelin Du Val) 1856: 43 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 73; Herman 2001: 1640. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix , St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, Trinidad ; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Carpelimus correctus Blackwelder 1943: 64 ; Herman 2001: 1648; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243 as probably sp.#2. Distribution. Barbados, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Little Cayman, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia (type locality), St. Vincent. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and South America .

Carpelimus flavipes (Erichson) 1840: 808 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 77; Herman 2001: 1660; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 52. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Argentina, Bolivia; widespread New World.

Carpelimus fulvipes (Erichson) 1840: 804 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 62; Herman 2001: 1664. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. Mexico; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Carpelimus scrobiger (Cameron) 1923: 393 ( Trogophloeus ); Blackwelder 1943: 76; Herman 2001: 1699. Grenada (type locality), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Vieques ; widespread Antilles endemic.

Trogactus cornucopius (Blackwelder) 1943: 66 ( Carpelimus ); Herman 2001: 1777. Distribution. Barbados, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE OXYTELINI

Anotylus dentifrons (Fauvel) 1904: 107 ( Oxytelus ); Blackwelder 1943: 1349; Herman 2001: 1349. Distribution. St. Vincent. Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Anotylus glareosus (Wollaston) 1854: 610 ( Oxytelus ); Blackwelder 1943: 100; Herman 2001: 1355; Ivie et al. 2008b: 242. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Vincent. Tropicopolitan; Africa, Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia; introduced to New World?; introduced to Lesser Antilles?

Anotylus insignitus (Gravenhorst) 1806: 188 ( Oxytelus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 381; Blackwelder 1943: 92; Herman 2001: 1359; Ivie et al. 2008b: 242. Distribution. Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines (probably Mustique), Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (NY-FL-KS), Mexico to Panama, Colombia to Tobago, Trinidad, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Europe; Atlantic Islands; Tahiti; Réunion, Mauritius; introduced to Old World?; widespread New World.

Oxytelus incisus Motschulsky 1857: 504 ; Blackwelder 1943: 96; Ramos 1946: 32; Woodruff et al. 1998: 40; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1433; Ivie et al. 2008b: 243. = O. ferrugineus Kraatz 1859: 173 in Fauvel 1901: 71 of Guadeloupe and of St. Vincent. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. Canada, USA (FL, TX), Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Brazil; Orient; Africa; Indian and Pacific ocean islands, Australia; introduced to Old World; widespread New World. Notes. Perhaps the most common and widespread staphylinid in the West Indies.

Parosus skalitzkyi Bernhauer 1905: 12 ; Blackwelder 1943: 103; Herman 2001: 1464. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Platystethus spiculus Erichson 1840: 784 ; Blackwelder 1943: 110; Bennett and Alam 1985: 21; Herman 2001: 1487. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Carriacou, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (CA-TX-FL), Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Galapagos; Tahiti (introduced); widespread New World.