Family Histeridae

The hister beetles

reviewed and supplemented by R. Wenzel and P. Kovarik, November 1992; R. Wenzel, January 1996

The higher categories used here follow that of Mazur (1984); the arrangement is that of Lawrence and Newton (1995). The list follows a Florida list by R. Wenzel (ms 1986).

Subfamily Abraeinae

Tribe Acritini

Acritus LeConte

• *A. acaroides LeConte, LA-SC-GA
• A. analis LeConte, FL (MON), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala
• A. atomus LeConte, LA, FL (DAD), Cuba
• A. exiguus Erichson, NY-CO-FL (ALA, COLU, DUV, PIN), Mexico
  = subdepressus Blatchley
• A. fimentarius LeConte, VA-FL
• A. ignobilis Lewis, FL (MON), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia
• A. strigosus LeConte, TX-IN-FL

Aeletes Horn

• A. floridae Marseul, LA-SC-FL (LEV, LIB)
  = tenebrosus Casey
• A. politus LeConte, ON-MA-FL (POL)
• A. schwarzi Wenzel, FL endemic (VOL, Enterprise, t.l.)
• A. simplex LeConte, IN-NC-FL (MON)
  = acupictus Marseul
• (2 new species near simplex)

Halacritis Schmidt

• H. blackwelderi Wenzel, FL (MON), Antigua
• H. salinus LeConte, FL endemic

Tribe Teretriini

(see Mazur 1984)

Teretrius Erichson

• T. americanus (LeConte), ON-IN-FL
• T. rufulus Marseul, SC-FL (MON), Antilles, Guatemala
  = minutus Casey
  = centenarius Lewis

Teretriosoma Horn

• T. virens Marseul, FL (BRO, DAD, MON), Nicaragua, Guatemala
  = Teretriosoma horni Lewis

Tribe Plegaderini

Plegaderus Erichson

• P. barbelini Marseul, TX, seUS, FL (ALA)
  = pusillus LeConte
• P. sayi Marseul, NM-neUS-FL
• P. transversus Say, AZ-Can-NC-FL (ALA, BAK, HIG, SRO)

Subfamily Saprininae

Chelyoxenus Hubbard

• C. xerobatis Hubbard, MS, GA, FL (ALA, DAD, GIL, HIG, HIL, LEE, MARI, PAL, PIN, PUT, SJO); in burrows of gopher tortoise (Deyrup 1995); threatened
  = repens Casey

Euspilotus Lewis
= Hesperosaprinus Wenzel

• E. assimilis (Paykull), TX-MI-CT-FL (ALA, BAK, DAD, DES, LIB, MARI, NAS, PAS, PUT, VOL)
• E. conformis (LeConte), IN-CT-FL (ALA, DAD, LEV, MARI, PAL)
  = lovelandi Marseul
• E. cubaecola (Marseul), FL, Cuba
• E. minutus (LeConte), cUS, FL (MARI)
  = minusculus Marseul
• E. nigritus (Blanchard), TX-FL (DAD, MON), CAmer, SAmer
  = aeneicollis Marseul
• E. placidus (Erichson), CA, MO-FL (ALA, BAK, CAL, HIG, LAF, LEE, LEV, MARI, MON, PAS, SUW, VOL)
  = latubris LeConte
  = oviformis Blatchley
  = discors LeConte
• E. scrupularis (LeConte), OR-BC, GA, FL, Mexico
• E. vescus (Marseul), e and s US, FL
• E. n.sp. nr.wacoensis

Geomysaprinus Ross

• G. carolinae (Casey), NC, FL (ALA, PAS, SUW)
  = pinorum (Casey)
• G. floridae Horn, FL endemic
• G. goffi Ross, TX, FL (ALA, BRE, DUV, GIL, LAK, LEV, PUT, WAL); in pocket gopher burrows
• G. obsidianus (Casey), AL, FL (ALA)
  = monilatus (Casey), MA, FL
  = posthumus of authors not Marseul
• G. subtropicus (Casey), FL endemic
• G. tibialis Ross, FL endemic (ALA, BRE, LEV, MARI, PUT); in pocket gopher burrows
• G. triangulifer Marseul, FL (ALA, HIG, PAS, SLU), Mexico
  = subaeratus Casey

Gnathoncus Duval

• G. nanus Scriba, nearly Holarctic, FL

Hypocaccus Thomson

• H. brasiliensis Paykull, FL (PAL, SAR, SRO), CAmer, SAmer
  = appricarius Marseul
  = laxatus Casey
  = permixtus LeConte
• H. fraternus Say, ID-BC-MB-NY-FL (OKA)
  = mancus Say
• H. lustrans Casey, FL endemic (ALA, BRO, HIG, IND, MON, SLU)
• H. patruelis LeConte, AB-MB-PQ-FL (SAR)
• H. sparsus Casey, FL, FL endemic (ALA, BRO, DAD, HIG, LAK, LEE, NAS, ORA, POL, SEM, SLU)
• H. n.sp. 1
• H. n.sp. 2

Saprinus Erichson

• S. impressus LeConte, OR-BC-PA-FL
• S. lugens Erichson, Can-cUS-FL (ALA, DAD), Mexico
• S. pennsylvanicus Paykull, CO-CT-FL (ALA, BAK, BRO, DAD, FRA, GLA, HER, HIG, HIL, LAK, LEE, LEV, LIB, MARI, MON, NAS, OSC, PAL, SLU, SUM, VOL)
• +S. subnitescens Bickhardt, immigrant to NAmer, FL, Europe

Xerosaprinus Wenzel

• X. neglectus Marseul, Can-GA-FL
• X. testudo Casey, FL endemic (MON)

Subfamily Dendrophilinae

Anapleus Horn

• *A. marginatus LeConte, seUS
  = compactus Casey
• *A. n.sp.

Bacanius LeConte

• B. debilitans Casey, FL endemic
• B. misellus LeConte, c and e US, FL
• B. punctiformis LeConte, c and e US, FL (ALA, LEV, SEM)
• B. pusillus LeConte. FL (LEV)
• *B. scalptus Lewis, Cuba, WInd, Mexico, cAmer, sAmer
• B. tantillus LeConte, central and southern US, FL
• B. n.sp. near debilitans

Carcinops Marseul

• C. cribripugus Wenzel, FL endemic
• C. pumilio (Erichson), pantemperate, FL (ALA, DUV, LEV, MARI, PAS), ?Cuba
  = quatuordecimstriata Stephens
• C. tenellus (Erichson), sAmer, FL
• C. troglodytes (Paykull), pantropical, FL (DAD, HIL), Cuba, WInd; this and C. pumilio can live in poultry manure and may be a biocontrol agent of fly larvae in this habitat.

Dendrophilus Leach

• D. opacus Ross, SC, FL (LIB)
• *D. punctatus Herbst, IN, BC, Europe
• +D. xavieri Marseul, OR-BC, FL, native to Asia

Geocolus Wenzel

• *G. caecus Wenzel, seUS

Paromalus Erichson

• P. bistriatus Erichson, Canada to cUS, FL
• P. complexus Casey, AL-FL (ALA)
• *P. luderti Marseul, Mexico, immigrant to Europe and Africa
• *P. seeversi Wenzel, cUS
• P. seminulum Erichson, TX-AB-KY-FL (ALA, LEV)

Platylomalus Cooman

• P. aequalis Say, BC-LA-KY-FL (ALA, LIB)
  = estriatus LeConte

Xestipyge Marseul

• X. conjunctum Say, VA-FL (ALA, LAK, LEV, SLU)
• X. geminatum LeConte, IA-NY-FL

Subfamily Onthophilinae

Onthophilus Leach (see Helava 1978)

• O. alternatus Say, AL-NC-FL (ALA, BAK, CAL, COLU, GIL, LEV, LIB, VOL, WAL)
• O. deflectus Helava, MS-NE-ON-FL (LIB)
• O. giganteus Helava, FL endemic (ALA, GIL, LEV, OKA, WAL)
• O. kirni Ross, TX-OK-FL (ALA, GIL, LEV, OKA, PUT, WAL)
• O. nodatus LeConte, TX-NC-FL (ALA, BAK, CLA, GIL, HAM, LEV, LIB, OKA, PUT, STJ, SUW)
• O. pluricostatus LeConte, AL-MA-FL (ALA, LIB)

Subfamily Tribalinae

Caerosternus LeConte

• C. americanus LeConte, TX-ON-FL (ALA, LEV, PUT)

Epierus Erichson

• E. antillarum Marseul, seUS, FL, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Mexico
  = ellipticus LeConte
  = cubensis Casey
• E. pulicarius Erichson, TX-IN-GA-FL (ALA, COLL, COLU, GAD, LEV, LIB)
  = minor LeConte
  = oblongus Casey
• E. regularis FL (ALA, COLU, DUV, LAF, LEV, PUT))

Plagiogramma Tarsia in Curia

• P. subtropicus (Casey), FL endemic (ALA)
  = ovalis Casey

Pseudepierus Casey

• *P. gentilis (Horn), seUS
  = wickhami Lewis
  = duplicatus Casey
  = obesulus Casey

Subfamily Histerinae

Tribe Histerini

Atholus Thomson

• A. americanus (Paykull), WA-Can-KS-FL (ALA)
• A. bimaculatus Linnaeus, Holarctic, FL (ALA)
  = obliquus Say
• A. bolteri Wenzel, FL endemic
• A. confinis (Erichson), FL, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent
• A. minutus Ross, OK, FL (ALA, DUV, LEV, PUT)
• A. sedecimstriatus Say, MO-PQ-FL
• A. tornatus LeConte, FL endemic (ALA, VOL)
• A. n.sp., FL (ALA)

Hister Linnaeus

• H. abbreviatus Fabricius, KS-IN-FL (ALA, BRO, COLL, DAD, HAR, HIG, HIL, IND, LAK, LEO, LEV, LIB, MAN, MARI, ORA, PAL, PIN, POL, SLU, VOL)
• H. carinifons Schaeffer, FL endemic (ALA)
• H. coenosus Erichson, TX-GA-FL (ALA, BAK, BAY, BRO, DAD, DES, GLA, HIG, HIL, JEF, LEV, MON), Cuba, CAmer
• H. defectus LeConte, SC-FL (ALA, COLU)
• H. depurator Say, Can-AZ-MB-FL (ALA, LEO, PUT)
• H. dispar LeConte, KS-PQ-FL (DAD)
• H. fungicolus Schaeffer, NJ-FL (ALA, BAK, FRA, HIG, LEV, MARI, PAL)
  = nanulus Casey
• H. incertus Marseul, IN-TX-FL (ALA, BAK, BRE, JAC, LEO, LEV, LIB, MAD, PUT, UNI)
  = rotundus Casey
  = fretus Casey
  = orbiculus Casey,
  = subinteger Casey
• H. indistinctus Say, NC-FL (BAK, LEV)
• H. laevipes Germar, MS-PA-FL (ALA, BAK, CAL, DES, FLA, HER, JAC, LEV, LIB, MAN, MARI, PUT, SUW, UNI)
• H. servus Erichson, AZ-IN-MD-FL (BRE, DAD, HIG, MON, ORA, PAL, POL), Cuba
• H. n.sp. nr. carinifrons

Margarinotus Marseul

• M. ednae (Carnochan), NC-FL (BAK, SUM)
  = adonis Blatchley

Merohister Reitter

• M. osculatus Blatchley, IN-VA-FL
  = puncticollis Schaeffer
• M. grandis (Wenzel), TX, OK, OH, FL (LIB)

Spilodiscus Lewis

• S. arcuatus Say, ID-AR-VA-FL
• S. floridanus Ross, FL endemic (ALA, DUV, GIL, LAK, LEV, OKA, PUT, WAL); with pocket gophers

Yarmister Wenzel

• Y. barberi Wenzel, FL endemic

Tribe Omalodini

Omalodes Erichson

• O. ruficlavis Marseul, FL (DAD, MON), CAmer, SAmer
  = vitreolucens Casey
  = laevigatus Erichson (not Quensel
  = klugi Marseul

Tribe Platysomini

Platysoma Leach

• P. attenuatum LeConte, NC-FL (GIL, LEV)
• P. carolinum Paykull, NM-CT-FL (ALA, JAC, LAF, LEV, LIB, MARI)
  = depressum LeConte
• P. coarctatum LeConte, Canada-IN-FL (ALA)
• P. cylindricum Casey, TX-MA-FL (BAK, BAY, DAD, HIG, PAL, SRO)
  = ?parvula Casey, NY, FL
• P. lecontei Marseul, IN-FL (ALA)
  = paykullianum Leach
  = depressum LeConte nec Fabr.
  = aurelianum Horn
  = tabellum Casey
  = pinorum Casey
• P. parallelum Say, MI-NC-FL (ALA, BAK, HIG, HIL, NAS, SRO)

Tribe Hololeptini

Hololepta Paykull

• H. fossularis Say, MB-NY-TX-BC-FL
  = aequalis Say
• H. interrupta Marseul, FL, Cuba
• H. lucida LeConte, FL endemic (LIB)
• H. minuta Erichson, TX, FL, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, French Guiana, Brazil
• H. quadridentata Fabricius, FL (ALA, BRE, BRO, DAD, CIT, COLL, COLU, DUV, GIL, HAR, HEN, HIG, HIL, LEO, LEV, MAN, MON, ORA, PAL, SEM, SLU, VOL), Mexico, CAmer, SAmer
  = bifoveolata Carnochan, FL
  = decimistriata Carnochan, FL
  = flagellata Kirby
  = floridae Carnochan, FL
  = minor Carnochan, FL
  = surinamensis Herbst
  = striatifera Carnochan, FL

Tribe Exosternini

Baconia Lewis

• B. aenomicans (Horn), DC-FL
• B. venustus (Horn), TX-NC-FL (LEV, PUT)
  = chalybaeus Casey

Phelister Marseul

• P. completus Schmidt, FL (DAD)
• +P. haemorrhous Marseul, FL (ALA, BAY), immigrant from SAmer
  = egenus Marseul
• P. mobilensis Casey, AL-FL (ALA, LEV, LIB, PAS)
• P. subrotundus Say, TX-Can-FL
• P. vernus Say, TX-IN-NY-FL
  = saunieri Marseul

Tribalister Horn

• T. marginellus J.E. LeConte, CA, MD, FL (ALA, LEV)

Subfamily Hetaeriinae

Hetaerius Erichson

• H. brunneipennis Rand, TX-IA-MA-VA; in Formica exsectoides nests

Mroczkowskiella Mazur
= Echinodes Zimmermann

• M. setigera (LeConte), SC-FL (ALA, LEV, DAD)

• n. gen., n. sp., nr. Euclasea, FL (LEV)

Terapus Marseul

• T. n.sp., FL endemic (ALA, HIG, LEV, LIB, PUT)

Ulkeus Horn

• U. sp. nr. intricatus Horn

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