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Diastolinus leewardensis

Classification

Diastolinus [genus] (5)
leewardensis [species]

Classification

Diastolinus [genus] (5)
leewardensis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
  • Notes on presence status Diastolinus puncticollis was synonymised with Xerolinus sallei. However, all previous records of D. puncticollis listed for Saba and St. Eustatius belong to D. leewardensis (Colijn et al., 2020).

    Publications

    • Colijn, E.O., Beentjes, K.K., Butôt, R., Miller, J.A., Smit, J.T., Winter, A.J. de, Hoorn, B. van der 2019. A catalogue of the Coleoptera of the Dutch Antilles. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 162: 67-186. [link]
    • Colijn, E. & Mekkes, J-J. 2021. Results of an entomological collecting trip to St. Eustatius (Coleoptera). Entomologische Berichten 81(5): 182-190.
    • Hart, C.J., Ivie, M.A. 2016. A revision of the genus Diastolinus Mulsant and Rey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 485-540.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1957. Considerazioni zoogeografiche sui Tenebrionidi delle Antille. Estratto dal Monitore Zoologico Italiano 65: 127-141.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1962. Tenebrionid beetles of the West Indies. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 13: 21-48.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1977. Further studies on Caribbean Tenebrionid beetles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 52: 1-71.
    • Marcuzzi, G. 1984. A catalogue of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Heteromera) of the West Indies. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 45: 69-108.
    • Peck, S.B. 2011. The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten. Insecta Mundi 159: 1-54.
    • Peck, S.B. 2016. The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions. Insecta Mundi 460: 1-360.