Additions to the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the Cayman Islands

Authors

J. H. Frank, University of FloridaFollow
J. Klimaszewski, Natural Resources Canada, Sainte-Foy, QuebecFollow
D. S. Chandler, University of New HampshireFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

5-27-2011

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0185: 1-10
Published May 27, 2011 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., P. O. Box 141874, Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

In 1947, 20 species of Staphylinidae were reported from the Cayman Islands as a result of an Oxford University expedition there in 1938 which made extensive use of a light trap. The list is here expanded to 62 spe­cies based on collections by R. R. Askew, G. E. Ball, E. A. Dilbert, B. K. Dozier, E. J. Gerberg, P. J. Fitzgerald, M. C. Thomas, and R. H. Turnbow since 1970, all of whom also used light traps except for a collection or two by flight intercept trap.