Diastolinus Mulsant and Rey 1859
Creators: name: Hart, Charles J.
name: Ivie, Michael A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Diastolinus

description: Diastolinus Mulsant and Rey, 1859
Diastolinus Mulsant and Rey 1859: 74, 1860: 138.
Type species: Blaps clathrata Fabricius, 1792 by subsequent designation of Lucas 1920: 236. Gebien 1938: 294 [413]; Blackwelder 1945: 524; Marcuzzi 1986: 179, 1989: 355, 1998: 153; Iwan 2004: 739.
Sellio Mulsant and Rey 1859: 105, 1860: 169.
Type species: Blaps tibidens Quensel, 1806 by subsequent designation of Gebien 1938: 407 [444]. Blackwelder 1945: 525; Iwan 2004: 739.
Ctesicles Champion 1896: 7.
Type species: Ctesicles insularis Champion, 1896 by subsequent designation of Lucas (1920). Gebien 1938: 401 [438]; Blackwelder 1945: 524.
Diagnosis. As redefined by Ivie and Hart (2016), this genus can be recognized and separated from other “blapstinoids” by a combination of the elytra fused together in fully developed specimens; the elytral striae are typically strongly punctate and impressed; the elytra have the anterior end of stria 8 displaced laterad, ending at the lateral stria, cut off from the base of the elytra by stria 7, which also curves laterad and ends either at the humeral angle or on the lateral stria (Figs. 2, 27, 88); the metathoracic wings are reduced or absent; the metaventrite is very short, usually shorter than the mesocoxal cavity (Fig. 57); intercoxal process of ventrite 1 broad, truncate anteriorly (Figs. 5, 9, 13, 29); ventrite 1 immediately behind the metacoxa is modified with a row of greatly enlarged deep pits (e.g., Figs. 5, 9, 13, 29), and the aedeagus is strongly arched in lateral view (e.g., Figs. 11, 15). The parameres are highly variable in dorsal view but are never of the truncate/flared type. Additionally, the genus can be separated from Goajiria because the male profemur is usually not armed; if so, the tooth is in the basal third and the male mesofemur is without a setose patch below in the basal half.
Redescription. Length 4.8–10.6 mm, width 1.5–5.3 mm. Body (Fig. 1) black, except at least apical 3 antennomeres typically fuscous, sometimes entire antenna reddish black, palps reddish brown, sometimes tarsi reddish brown (teneral individuals may be reddish brown); typically matte, sometimes shiny, but never metallic; body variously rounded laterally either as a whole or prothorax and elytra separately; body convex; glabrous or with golden or light colored, erect setae.
Head (Fig. 2) small, somewhat trapezoidal, transverse, epistoma evenly convex or flattened, epistomal margin emarginate; variously punctate. Labrum visible dorsally; variously punctate; 2 tufts of golden setae on apical margin. Antenna (Fig. 2) 11-segmented, weakly clavate to clavate. Eyes small; divided by genal canthus; dorsal and ventral portions of eye roughly equal in size, variably shaped from perfectly rounded to ovate. Gula with transverse ridge at sides prolonged into erect, hornlike tubercles, especially enlarged in some species.
Pronotum (Fig. 1) usually widened posteriorly, sometimes widest at middle; apical margin usually evenly, broadly emarginate; sides variable; basal width greater than or equal to width across humeri; basal margin bisinuate; dorsal surface typically broadly, evenly convex; all margins narrowly beaded, except usually obsolete at middle of anterior margin; typically punctate, punctation of variable size and density; variously setose. Hypomeron smooth to rugulose, variously punctate. Prosternal process variable in shape and length, punctate.
Scutellum (Fig. 4) variable, triangular or rounded, wider than long. Elytra (Fig. 2) fused together; humeral angles narrowed; sometimes constricted in anterior 1/3 of elytra before humerus to less than basal width of pronotum; elytral striae 7 and 8 not both reaching base of elytra, anterior end of stria 8 curved laterad, ending at lateral stria, cut off from base of elytra by stria 7, which also curves laterad and ends either at humeral angle or at lateral stria; elytral striae variable from deeply impressed to effaced; typically strongly punctate; intervals usually convex.
Mesoventrite (Fig. 2) short, deeply impressed to receive prosternal process; variously punctate or rugulose or glabrous. Metathoracic wings extremely reduced or absent. Metaventrite (Fig. 2) short, usually equal to or shorter than mesocoxal cavity; typically with punctate on anterior border behind mesocoxae.
Leg (Fig. 2) surfaces variably setose and punctate; relatively short. Femora sometimes swollen, bulging. Male profemur not armed, except rarely with small spine basally, male mesofemur without setose patch below in basal 1/2. Protibia typically expanding gradually in distal 2/3; surface with variably stout spines. Male protarsus with tarsomeres 1–3 expanded, tarsomere 2 widest, typically 1.5–2.0X width of tarsomere 4, ventrally with golden, densely setose pads; female protarus not expanded. Mesotarsus in male sometimes with tarsomeres 1–3 expanded or weakly expanded, ventrally with densely setose pads; female mesotarsus not expanded. Metatarsus narrow, without setose pads.
Abdominal ventrites variably punctate; intercoxal process of ventrite 1 broad, truncate anteriorly; male ventrites 1–3 typically slightly concave medially; female ventrites 1–3 slightly convex or flattened medially; anterior border of ventrite 1 with row of distinct heavy pits at anterior edge bordering posterior margin of hind coxae, sometimes punctures extending onto intercoxal process (sometimes ventrites 2 and 3 with similar punctation). Aedeagus (Figs. 3, 7) with basal piece strongly arched in lateral view; parameres relatively stout, often curved and otherwise modified, never truncate/flared type; lateral margin of parameres straight or undulate; tips often upturned.
Larvae. Some purported larvae have been described (Marcuzzi and Cravera 1981). However, we have not confirmed the association between the adult and larvae, and given the massive misidentifications discovered in Marcuzzi’ s work (Ivie and Hart 2016), none of these descriptions can be trusted to even belong to this genus.
Biology. Diastolinus are commonly collected under stones, driftwood, and other debris in relatively dry habitats. It appears that the most common habitats for Diastolinus species are seasonally dry tropical woodlands. Specimens have been found mostly by unspecified general hand collecting, though some have been taken in pitfall traps, leaf litter samples, under fallen vegetation such as cacti, or in nests of the brown booby nests, Sula leucogaster (Boddaert). Collecting localities vary from low lying coastal thorn scrub, dunes and beaches at 0 m, and up to 2,100 m above sea level in dry tropical forest.
Distribution. Species of Diastolinus are known from the Greater Antilles (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands), and the Lesser Antilles (Sombrero to Grenada).
Recognition of Informal Species-Groups within Diastolinus
The members of Diastolinus currently recognized are diverse in form and size, however, they can be separated into three informal speciesgroups that are useful in discussing specimens, although they probably do not all constitute monophyletic groups. The “clathratus” speciesgroup (Table 1) includes some of the oldest names originally associated with Diastolinus, including the type species of the genus. The “clathratus” species-group is distributed throughout Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the northern Lesser Antilles south to Dominica. The species in this group (Figs. 1–29) are oval, moderate to large in size (6.9–10.6 mm long), with the anterior third of the elytra not constricted, the base of the elytra equal to or subequal to the width of the base of the pronotum, and the male protibiae never armed.
The “sellio” species-group (Table 2) is distributed in southern Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The members of this species-group (Figs. 30–79) are small to large (6.1–10.6 mm in length) and characterized by the constriction of the anterior third of the elytra, anterior of the point where stria 8 joins the lateral stria, to less than the basal width of the pronotum. The elytra may expand anterior of the constricted point to subequal the width of the posterior edge of the pronotum, or the posterior edge of pronotum may be wider than the base of the elytra. The femora are typically swollen and clavate, especially in the male fore legs. The male protibiae are often armed with a distinct, stout spine.
The “ctesicles” species-group (Table 3) is distributed in the Lesser Antilles from Martinique south to Grenada. They are small in size (4.8– 6.5 mm in length), elongate, with the pronotum widest before the mid-point, and the elytra slightly broader across the humeri than the base of the pronotum and entirely covered in large, evenly spaced punctures (Figs. 80–97).
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF DIASTOLINUS
Note. Specimens should be cleaned prior to using the key (see Material and Methods).
1. Anterior 1/3 of elytra, anterior of the point where 8 th stria joins lateral stria, constricted to less than basal width of pronotum (Figs. 30, 36, 61, 68), elytra sometimes slightly expanded anteriorly from constricted point to subequal width of posterior edge of pronotum, or posterior edge of pronotum wider than base of elytra; femora typically swollen (Fig. 61), especially in male forelegs, somewhat less so in females. Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands ...... 2
1′. Anterior 1/3 of elytra not constricted, base of elytra equal in width to base of pronotum (Fig. 1); femora not swollen. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles .................. 10
2. Elytra not distinctly costate (Fig. 56); interstriae not convex; base of elytra, including humerus, much narrower than pronotum. Hispaniola..................................................3
2′. Elytra costate (Fig. 2), interstriae convex; base of elytra subequal to pronotal width or if narrower, elytra with deep punctures. Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands ....4
3. Upper surface dull with short yellowish pubescence (Fig. 56); elytra with strial punctation equal to interstrial punctation, punctation dense, small and shallow; male protibia armed with multiple short teeth, not a single distinct spine (Fig. 57). Dominican Republic (Pedernales Province) ................. D. gladiator
3′. Upper surface shiny, glossy, without setae (Fig. 68); elytra with large, deep strial punctation, interstrial punctation minute and sparse; male protibia armed with a single distinct spine. Haiti ......................... D. vaderi
4. Upper surface covered in relatively long yellowish pubescence; elytral pubescence subequal to or longer than width of interstriae ......................................... 5
4′. Upper surface with few setae, if present, setae short and sparse; elytral pubescence, if present, less than 1/2 width of interstriae........................................... 7
5. Base of elytra subequal to width of pronotum (Figs. 30, 36); scutellum short, mostly hidden and crescent-shaped if visible; body robust, very convex, greater than 8.5 mm in length. Hispaniola ......................6
5′. Base of elytra, including humeri, much narrower than pronotum (Fig. 63); scutellum large, distinct, and triangular; body less robust, not as convex, less than 7.5 mm in length. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands ............ ................................................. D. tibidens
6. Male protibia armed with a single distinct spine (Fig. 33); scutellum short, but visible and crescent-shaped (Fig. 30); pronotum (Fig. 31) with long, dense, yellow setae greater than or subequal in length to elytral setae; punctation on pronotal disk typically spaced greater than diameter of a puncture. Dominican Republic (Azua Province) ....... .............................................. D. azuaensis
6′. Male protibia unarmed; scutellum very short, mostly hidden (Fig. 36); pronotum with setae shorter than elytral setae; punctation on pronotal disk typically spaced less than or equal to the diameter of a puncture (Fig. 37). Dominican Republic (Pedernales Province) .......... D. coarctatus
7. Pronotum with subrugose, sometimes confluent punctures antero-laterally on disc (Fig. 52); male protibia armed with a single distinct spine (Fig. 51). Dominican Republic (Pedernales Province) ................. D. espoloni
7′. Pronotum with punctures normal, not subrugose, distinctly separate; male protibia unarmed. Puerto Rico and satellite islands .... 8
8. Abdominal ventrites nearly glabrous, with at most a few white or pale setae; gular horn short, length less than 1.5X basal width. Body less than 9 mm in length (Fig. 46, 48). Puerto Rico ...................................... D. doyeni
8′. Abdominal ventrites with some yellow setae; gular horn large and prominent, length nearly 2X basal width. Body greater than 9.3 mm in length.......................................................... 9
9. Elytra with strial punctation relatively shallow (Fig. 41); bead on pronotal anterior margin complete (Fig. 100); body somewhat oblong; punctation on abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 shallow (Fig. 43); parameres not spade-shaped, gently tapering distally (Figs. 44, 45). Puerto Rico (Desecheo Island)............ ............................................... D. desecheo
9′. Elytra with strial punctation deeper (Fig. 73); bead on pronotal anterior margin obsolete medially (Fig. 101); body elongate; punctation on abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 larger and deeper (Fig. 77); parameres spadeshaped, abruptly tapering distally (Figs. 78, 79). Puerto Rico (main island and southern satellite islands)........................... D. victori
10. Entire body surface, dorsal and ventral, entirely covered in large, evenly spaced punctures (Figs. 80, 86, 92); upper surface covered with yellow pubescence; body less than 7 mm in length (typically 4.8–6.5 mm). Southern Lesser Antilles (Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada) ............................. 11
10′. Dorsal surface of pronotum and ventral surface of body not entirely covered in large, evenly spaced punctures (Figs. 24, 28), punctation small, sparse or minute on ventrites especially, dorsal surface variable; upper surface with few setae; body greater than 6.9 mm in length (typically greater than 7.8 mm). Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, northern Lesser Antilles south to Dominica ......13
11. Strial punctation deeply impressed with punctures commonly interrupting and overflowing onto interstriae (Figs. 86, 88, 92, 94). St. Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada ..... 12
11′. Strial puncation shallower, punctures rarely interrupting and overflowing onto interstriae (Figs. 80, 82). Martinique, St. Lucia .......... .................................................. D. hoppae
12. Elytra strongly costate, intervals narrow and somewhat shiny, punctation very heavily impressed (Figs. 87, 88); lateral margin of pronotum somewhat angular; parameres with nearly straight apical margin (Fig. 90). St. Vincent .................................. D. insularis
12′. Elytra weakly costate, intervals broad and opaque, punctation not as heavily impressed (Figs. 93, 94); lateral margin of pronotum evenly rounded; parameres rounded at apex, with apical margin weakly emarginate (Fig. 96). Grenada, Grenadines (Mustique) ............................................. D. maritimus
13. Pronotal disc covered with many short, erect, usually yellowish setae, at least 1–2X length of diameter of pronotal punctation (setae rarely worn off pronotal disc, but remain visible on the lateral edges of pronotum) (Figs. 16, 20). Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat, Redonda ................... 14
13′. Pronotal disc not apparently setose, laterally some short setae subequal to length of puncture diameter (Figs. 8, 12, 24). Puerto Rico, Mona, Virgin Islands (except St. Croix), Sombrero, Anguilla Bank, Guadeloupe, Dominica .........................18
14. Elytra glossy, shiny; some strial punctures confluent; body shape oval (Fig. 1). St. Croix ............................. D. clathratus
14′. Elytra matte black, not shiny (Figs. 16, 20); strial punctures separate and distinct; body somewhat narrower and more parallelsided. Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat, Redonda ...................................................... 15
15. Lateral margins of pronotum evenly rounded (Figs. 16, 20), widest point appearing anterior of hind angles; typically 2 or fewer punctures evident on sutural stria just posterior to scutellum (specimens must be clean); gular horn small, less prominent, length less than 1.5X basal width. Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat, Redonda ...................16
15′. Lateral margins of pronotum widened posteriorly (Figs. 42, 75), widest point apparently at hind angles; typically 3 or more punctures evident on sutural stria just posterior to scutellum (specimens must be clean); gular horn large and prominent, length nearly 2X basal width (Fig. 76). Puerto Rico (and satellite islands).................................. 17
16. Elytra with dense, long, typically yellowish setae; parameres tapering gradually distally (Figs. 20–23). Redonda ................. D. shieli
16′. Elytra with short, sparse, typically white or pale setae; parameres tapering at a sharper angle distally (Figs. 16 –19). Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat ........ D. leewardensis
17. Elytra with strial punctation relatively shallow (Fig. 41); bead on pronotal anterior margin complete (Fig. 100); body somewhat oblong; punctation on abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 shallow (Fig. 43); parameres not spade-shaped, gently tapering distally (Figs. 44, 45). Puerto Rico (Desecheo Island)......................................... D. desecheo
17′. Elytra with strial punctation deeper (Fig. 73); bead on pronotal anterior margin obsolete medially (Fig. 101); body elongate; punctation on abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 larger and deeper (Fig. 77); parameres spadeshaped, suddenly tapering distally (Figs. 78, 79). Puerto Rico (main island and southern satellite islands) .............................. D. victori
18. Legs robust, metatarsus expanded, tarsomere 1 less than 1.5X length of tarsomere 2 (Fig. 27); abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 often without row of distinct, heavy punctures at anterior edge of ventrite, instead with at most 1 or 2 shallow punctures near lateral edge of ventrite (Fig. 28). Sombrero, Anguilla Bank (Anguilla, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin)............. ................................................... D. perforatus
18′. Legs gracile, metatarsus not expanded, tarsomere 1 more than 2X length of tarsomere 2; abdominal ventrites 2 and 3 with row of distinct, heavy punctures at anterior edge of ventrite (Figs. 9, 13). Puerto Rico, Mona, Virgin Islands (excluding St. Croix), Guadeloupe, Dominica ...........................19
19. Abdominal ventrites with regularly spaced punctures (besides row of anterior punctures) and yellowish setae; parameres broadly rounded distally and with a weakly sinuate lateral margin (Figs. 10, 11). Guadeloupe, Dominica ................................. D. chalumeaui
19′. Abdominal ventrites with sparse, tiny punctures (besides row of anterior punctures) and very few white or pale setae; parameres tapering almost to a point distally and with straight lateral margin (Figs. 14, 15). Puerto Rico, Mona, northern Virgin Islands (excluding St. Croix)................................ D. clavatus
“Clathratus” Species-Group
Diagnosis. This species-group can be distinguished by the combination of the oval body shape, moderate to large size (6.9–10.6 mm long), anterior 1/3 of the elytra not constricted, base of the elytra equal to or subequal to the width of the base of pronotum, and male protibiae never armed. The “clathratus” species-group is distributed throughout Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Lesser Antilles south to Dominica (Fig. 102).
DISCUSSION
Of the initial 13 historic Diastolinus species recognized at the beginning of this study, ten were found to be valid. An additional eight previously undescribed species were identified, for a current total of 18. Of these eight unnamed species, three had an existing nomenclatural history under misidentifications, some going back as far as 1859. Hundreds of misidentified island records were discovered and corrected, changing a picture of widespread, dispersalist taxa making more-orless random multispecies assemblages across the eastern Caribbean into a far more informative pattern of three groups of species, ordered in adjacent regions, with most species clearly limited to banks exposed during the Pleistocene.
The “sellio” species-group (Fig. 102) is limited to the southern portion of Hispaniola (Fig. 103), the islands of the Puerto Rican Bank, and tiny Desecheo in the Mona Passage between the two (Fig. 104). It is unique in having multiple sympatric species on both Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The “clathratus” species-group is centrally located within the range of the genus (Fig. 102), occupying most islands in the northeastern Caribbean arc from Mona to Dominica (Figs. 105, 106). The “ctesicles” species-group, with its unique morphology, is limited to the Windward Islands (Figs. 102, 106). More exploration of Martinique and the Grenadines may add to the range and diversity of this group. Both the “clathratus” and “ctesicles” species- groups have proven to have strictly allopatric species, with no geographic overlap at all, in stark contrast to the picture painted by the pre-revision literature.
The origin and biogeography of the early diversification of the genus will require a phylogenetic analysis to discuss in an appropriate manner, including a test of the monophyly of both the genus and species-groups. The absence of the “sellio” species-group, and Diastolinus in general, from the northern and central paleoislands of Hispaniola is interesting. The limitation, with one small deviation in D. azuaensis, of Diastolinus species to south of the Cul-de-Sac/Enriquillo Depression, roughly corresponding to the southern paleoisland, deserves more indepth investigation. Clearly, there is no lack of suitable habitat to the north, nor has there been a lack of collecting effort, as material of the ecologically similar Xerolinus is abundant (Ivie and Hart 2016). Emergent parts of northern/central Hispaniola and the Puerto Rican Bank have been available for habitation since at least the Eocene (Iturralde and MacPhee 1999; McPhee et al. 2003), but not until the Miocene was the southern paleoisland of Hispaniola emergent (loc. cit.).
The northern/central paleoisland did not connect to the southern until the Miocene, after Puerto Rico and central Hispaniola were separated by the origin of the Mona Passage in the Oligocene (McPhee et al. 2003). It is tempting to suggest that the ancestor of the “sellio” species-group originated on the Puerto Rican Bank after the Hispaniola/ Puerto Rico separation (Oligocene), and a propagule,ight have reached the southern paleoisland of Hispaniola before the north/south paleoislands fused (Miocene).
The “clathratus” species-group, with its generalized morphology, may represent the ancestral form, and its central location could indicate the area of origin was the Puerto Rican Bank. Again, its absence from Hispaniola indicates an origin after the formation of the Mona Passage in the Oligocene. If it is truly the ancestral group of the other species-groups, and if those other groups are monophyletic, then the origin of Diastolinus would be no older than the Oligocene.
“Clathratus” Species-Group
What can be discussed more appropriately is the correspondence of modern distributions of species to Pleistocene banks. In almost every case, species are limited to groups of islands that were connected by land or close-adjacent during the eustastic minima of the late Pleistocene. Diastolinus clavatus, for instance, occurs over a large area from Puerto Rico throughout the northern Virgin Islands to Anegada, an area that was the island of Greater Puerto Rico 18,000 ybp. Its allopatric sister-species and fellow Virgin Islands species, D. clathratus, is limited to the St. Croix Bank, which was its own island to the south of Greater Puerto Rico. Diastolinus tibidens and D. victori also cleave closely to Greater Puerto Rico, the former ranging from Puerto Rico to Virgin Gorda, and the later sharing Puerto Rico and several of the cays to the south. Outliers of D. tibidens on Mona and St. Croix may be the result of human introductions. The extensive trade in agricultural products between St. Croix and St. Thomas during the Danish West Indies period would provide the means for the St. Croix introduction.
D. chalumeaui Hart and Ivie, new species ........... ......................................... Guadeloupe, Dominica
D. clathratus (Fabricius, 1792) ........................... ....................................St. Croix, Buck Is. (STT)
D. clavatus Mulsant and Rey, 1859 ...................... Mona, Monito, Puerto Rico, Vieques, St. Thomas, Saba Is. (STT), Buck Is. (STT), Great St. James, Little St. James, Thatch Cay (STT), St.John, Frenchman Cay (TOR), Tortola, Great Tobago (Jost van Dyke), Guana TOR), Marina Cay (TOR), Great Camanoe (TOR), Beef Is. (TOR), Peter Is. (TOR), Dead Chest (TOR), Ginger Is. (VG), George Dog (VG), Prickly Pear Is. (VG), Virgin Gorda, Anegada. D. hummelincki Marcuzzi, 1962, new synonymy D. mulsanti Marcuzzi and D’ Aguilar, 1971, new synonymy
D. leewardensis Hart and Ivie, 2016, new species .... ...... Antigua, Barbuda, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat.
D. perforatus (Schönherr, 1806) ........................... ......... Sombrero (ANG), Anguilla, Prickly Pear Cay (ANG), St. Martin, Tintamarre (STM),
Other examples of this type of distribution are D. perforatus on the Anguilla Bank; D. leewardensis on the Statia Shelf, adjacent Barbuda-Antigua Shelf, plus nearby Saba and Montserrat; D. chalumeui on the three Banks in Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe Bank, Les Saintes Bank and Marie-Galante Bank) and nearby Dominica; D. hoppae on the island pair of St. Lucia and Martinique; as well as D. maritimus on the Grenadine Bank. The outlier of D. perforatus on Sombrero is explained by the movement of sand from Anguilla to Sombrero during the building of the lighthouse. The species was limited to the remains of the sand pile near the loading area when Sombrero was surveyed in 1999 (MAI and J. Runyon, personal observation). The sharing of species between Guadeloupe and Dominica, and Martinique and St. Lucia islands not known to be linked during the Pleistocene, are mirrored in other groups, such as the scarab genus Dynastes Kirby, 1825 and the weevil genus Cholus Germar, 1824. Single island endemics on Redonda (D. shieli) and St. Vincent (D. insularis) are on islands that remained separate from all others during the Pleistocene. These patterns offer an excellent place to study divergence times, both between species and on islands within the various banks.
CHECKLIST OF THE SPECIES OF DIASTOLINUS
MULSANT AND REY
The species of Diastolinus are alphabetically ordered within species-group. Island names follow Ivie and Hart (2016).
St. Barthélemy, Île de la Fourche D. shieli Hart and Ivie, 2016, new species ........... ............................................................Redonda
description: Published as part of Hart, Charles J. & Ivie, Michael A., 2016, A Revision of the Genus Diastolinus Mulsant and Rey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 485-540 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (3) on pages 485-540, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.3.485, http://zenodo.org/record/6954310