LEIODINAE AND CATOPINAE 
(COLEOPTERA; LEIODIDAE) 
FROM JAMAICA AND PUERTO RICO* 
By Stewart B. Peck 
Department of Biology, 
Carleton University, 
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 
The Leiodidae of the West Indies are poorly known. In the 
subfamily Catopinae, only six species in two genera are reported ; 
one Dissochaetus from Puerto Rico and one each from St. Vincent 
and Grenada; and three species of Proptomaphaginus, one from 
Puerto Rico and two from Cuba (Peck 1970). In the subfamily 
Leiodinae only three species are known: Cyrtusa conicitarsus Cham- 
pion 1925, from St. Vincent and Grenada; Aglyptinus guadelupen- 
sis Portevin 1942, from Guadeloupe; and A. kaszabi Hlisnikovsky 
1964, from Guadeloupe. Although Wolcott (1936) mentions an 
Aglyptinus from Puerto Rico, it was intercepted in Inga laurina 
pods of unmentioned origin by Agriculture inspectors and may not 
be the native species. 
This paper reports on collections I made during field studies on 
the evolution and distribution of West Indian Leiodidae in Puerto 
Rico in 1966-1967 and in March-April 1968 in Jamaica. Data on 
collecting sites and methods used in Puerto Rico are in my 1970 
paper. Jamaican collections were made by extracting the fauna with 
Berlese funnels from a total of 220 pounds (199 liters) of sifted 
forest litter taken at 4 localities; by 10 carrion-baited pitfall traps 
set for a total of 90 effective trapping days in the vicinity of Hard- 
war Gap in the Blue Mountains; and by collecting in seven caves. 
Puerto Rican and Jamaican material, collected by M. W. Sander- 
son and H. B. Mills of the Illinois Natural History Survey, is in- 
cluded, and is indicated by (INHS). 
In this work, 126 specimens of a new Dissochaetus, 94 speci- 
mens of two new A glyptinus, and 7 specimens of a new Creagro- 
phorus were found in Jamaica, and 8 specimens of a new Aglyptinus 
in Puerto Rico. Paratvpes have been placed in the collections of the 
Institute of Jamaica, Kingston; the Canadian National Collection, 
Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; and the Illinois Nat- 
*Manuscript received by the editor April 24-, 1972. 
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