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Werner — Anthicidae 
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thorax weakly constricted, almost evenly globular from 
basal impressed line to collar. Only fringe setae of mesoster- 
num visible from above. Ca. 2.0 mm. Hispaniola 
Anthicus russoi Krekich 
24(3) $ fifth visible abdominal sternum shallowly dished out on 
disc, the excavation flanked with some erect setae. Ca. 2.0 
mm. Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin 
Islands Sapintus teapensis (Champion) 
— (5 visible sternum 5 simple. Ca. 2.7 mm. Jamaica 
Sapintus similis Werner 
25(1) Each side of prothoracic horn with 3 teeth, the apex about 
equal to a tooth. Visible abdominal sternum 1 without a 
pubescence-lined invagination behind each hind coxa. 
Length ca. 2 mm. Mecynotarsus elegans-group 26 
— Each side of prothoracic horn with 3-7 teeth, the apex con- 
siderably broader than any tooth. Visible abdominal sternum 
1 with a pubescence-lined invagination behind each coxa. 
Prothoracic horn with a few ventrolateral pits. Notoxus monodon- 
group 27 
26. Elytra slightly inflated. Pubescence cinereous but with some 
intermixed ferrugineous scales on disc of pronotum and 
basal half of elytra; elytra piceous at base, in a postmedian 
band, and in a large posterior triangular marking on each. 
Jamaica Mecynotarsus jamaicanus Werner 
— Elytra strongly inflated. Pubescence cinereous, with diffuse 
slightly darker to pale rufescent markings on disc of pronotum, 
dull brown on elytra from base along a broad zone to an 
apical pale cordate mark, and in a feeble slightly postmedian 
band and subapical band delimiting the cordate mark. 
Markings very weak in some individuals. Hispaniola 
Mecynotarsus hispaniolae, sp. n. 
27(25) Dark elytral markings usually including some on sides that 
curve inward toward suture at apex. Tip of $ aedeagus trun- 
cate. Jamaica Notoxus jamaicus Pic 
— Dark elytral markings not including any on sides behind an 
irregular transverse midband. Tip of $ aedeagus deeply split. 
Puerto Rico Notoxus bipunctatus Chevrolat 
