First record of the genus Platydracus (=Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini)
Newton AF. 1997. First record of the genus Platydracus (=Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 49:23-25
The 835 species of the worldwide staphylinid subtribe Staphylinina are among the largest predatory staphylinids, averaging 15 mm long. None are considered endemic or indigenous to Hawaii, but two species of Creophilus are listed as adventive and widespread by Nishida (1994). In addition to reviewing the occurrence of these species in Hawaii, this note calls attention to the first records of the genus Platydracus (formerly part of Staphylinus) from Hawaii. This is evidently the first record of the spread of any species of this large genus (>440 known species worldwide) outside of its original range. This report is done in the context of a revision of all New World species and preparation of a world checklist for the subtribe Staphylinina. Specimens mentioned here are deposited in the entomological collections of the Bishop Museum (BPBM), University of Hawaii at Manoa (CTAM), University of California at Berkeley (EMEC), Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), and National Museum of Natural History (USNM), although many additional specimens from other collections were studied as part of the overall revision.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Newton, Alfred
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Coleoptera (Beetles), Hawaii, Insecta (Insects), Staphylinidae (rove beetles)