Abstract: International audience ; This article lists and details 119 new faunal records for one or more islands in the French West Indies: 2 species reported for the first time from Saint-Barthélemy, 11 for Saint-Martin, 22 for the Guadeloupe archipelago and 84 for Martinique. A total of 26 families are concerned, mainly Curculionidae (32 species including 25 Scolytinae); Chrysomelidae (16 species); Carabidae (7 species); Dytiscidae (7 species) and Nitidulidae (6 species). Of these new records, 21 are the first to be reported in the French West Indies as a whole: Phelister rouzeti (Fairmaire, 1849) - Histeridae; Molosoma eggersi (Bernhauer, 1904) and Astenus cinctiventris (Sharp, 1886) - Staphylinidae; Carpophilus marginellus Motschulsky, 1858 - Nitidulidae; Brumoides foudrasii (Mulsant, 1850) and Clypeaspis trilineata (Mulsant, 1850) - Coccinellidae; Arthrolips fasciata (Erichson, 1842) - Corylophidae: Syphrea smithiana (Csiki, 1939), Erynephala texana (Schaeffer, 1932), Yingaresca brevivittata (Blake, 1968), Lysathia aenea Bechyné, 1959, Myochrous barbadensis BLAKE, 1947 and Deuteronoda suturalis (Lefèvre, 1878) - Chrysomelidae; Megaplatypus deyrollei (Chapuis, 1865), Acanthotomicus mimicus (Schedl, 1961), Ambrosiodmus devexulus (Wood, 1978), Coptoborus bellus BRIGHT & Torres, 2006, Cryptocarenus diadematus Eggers, 1937, Xyleborus geayi Hagedorn, 1905, Xyleborus parallelocollis Eggers, 1933 and Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg, 1837) - Curculionidae. There is also a new record for the island of Saint Lucia: Episcirrus nocturnus (Chevrolat, 1880), Curculionidae. DNA barcodes (CO1) deposited in BOLD are provided for 35 of these species based on specimens from the French West Indies. A new synonymy is established for a Carabidae, based on the DNA barcode and morphology: Selenophorus maritimus Casey, 1914 = Selenophorus latior Darlington, 1934, n. syn. The new records from Guadeloupe include proportionally more introduced species and those from Martinique more species endemic to the Lesser Antilles.This finding is ...
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