A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...

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Arthropods <strong>of</strong> Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, Vol. 18
Leschen, R. A.B. and P. Wegrzynowicz. 1998.
Generic catalogue and taxonomic states <strong>of</strong>
Languriidae (Cucujoidea). Annales Zoologici
(Warszawa) 48: 221-243.
114. FAMILY EROTYLIDAE
The pleasing fungus beetles
Reviewed by Paul Skelley, February 1997
This family occurs almost exclusively on <strong>the</strong>
fruiting bodies <strong>of</strong> higher fungi growing on rottted
wood.
SUBFAMILY TRITOMINAE
Eptyus Dejean 1837: 428
E. brunnipes (Kuhnt) 1910: 231
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities.
Collections.
E. cyaneus (Duponchel) 1824: 31
Oocyanus violaceus (Sturm) 1826: 82; Jacquelin
du Val 1857: 322; Gundlach 1891: 127
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Widespread
Collections. Gundlach no. 284
E. flavitarsis (Lacordaire) 1842: 130; Jacquelin du
Val 1857: 321 (Ischyrus); Gundlach 1891: 127
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Widespread
Collections. Gundlach no. 285
E. gundlachi (Zayas) 1988: 81 (Oocyanus)
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Type locality not given
Collections. Gundlach no. 1514 (type)
E. tarsalis (Lacordaire) 1842: 106 (Oocyanus)
O. tarsatus Lacordaire 1842: 196; Gundlach 1891:
127
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>, Hispaniola
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Widespread
Collections. Gundlach no. 179
Ischyrus Lacordaire 1842: 89
I. sapphirus Skelley 1998: 58
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Ci: Soledad (t.l.). Gu: Baracoa
Collections. Chicago. Cambridge (type).
Washington
Tritoma Fabricius 1775: 570
[T. pulchra Say 1826: 301]
(T. sellata Kuhnt 1910: 247)
Distribution. Not <strong>Cuba</strong>, but widespread eastern
USA
REFERENCES
Skelley, P. E. 1998. Revision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genus Ischyrus
Lacordaire (1842) <strong>of</strong> North and Central America
(Coleoptera; Erotylidae; Tritominae). Occ. Pap.
Florida State Colln. Arthropods 8: 1-135.
115. FAMILY BYTURIDAE
This family lives in North America, Eurasia,
and <strong>the</strong> Greater Sunda Islands. Some eat fruits <strong>of</strong>
Rubus and catkins <strong>of</strong> Quercus.
116. FAMILY BIPHYLLIDAE
The false skin beetles
Some members <strong>of</strong> this family live under bark,
and eat spores or fermentation products.
Anobocoelus Sharp 1902: 625
A. costulatus (Chevrolat) 1863: 615 (Diplocoelus);
Gundlach 1891: 102
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>. Endemic
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities.
Collections.
117. FAMILY BOTHRIDERIDAE
The bothriderid beetles
The larvae <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se beetles are fungal feeders
or are ectoparasitic on <strong>the</strong> larvae <strong>of</strong> wood boring
insects (Stephan 1989).
SUBFAMILY BOTHRIDERINAE
TRIBE BOTHRIDERINI
Bothrideres Erichson 1845: 287
B. dentata Chevrolat 1864: 609; Gundlach 1891:
106; Slipinski et al. 1989: 176
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>, St. Vincent
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities.
Collections. Gundlach no. 311. Paris
(Grouvelle; Chevrolat)
B. planus Chevrolat 1864: 610; Gundlach 1891: 106;
Slipinski et al. 1989: 178
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>, Guadeloupe
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities. Widespread
Collections. Gundlach no. 1105. Paris
(Grouvelle)
Lithophorus Sharp 1894: 487
L. gemmatus (Reitter) 1877: 347 (Prolyctus);
Slipinski et al. 1989: 143
Distribution. <strong>Cuba</strong>, Hispaniola
<strong>Cuba</strong> localities.
Collections. Berlin (Humboldt)