Family Oedemeridae

The false blister beetles

Subfamily Nacerdinae

Tribe Nacerdini

Nacerdes Dejean

• +N. melanura (L.), the wharf borer; immigrant from Europe, Gulf Coast states, apparently not established in Florida

Xanthochroa Schmidt

• X. erythocephala (Germar), seUS, FL (LIB, DUV)
• X. lateralis (Melsheimer), SC, FL (ALA, LIB)
• X. trinotata LeConte, LA, AL, FL (COLU)

Subfamily Oedemerinae

Tribe Asclerini

Asclera Stephens

• A. puncticollis (Say), eUS, FL (LIB)

Tribe Oxycopiini

Oxycopis Arnett

• O. dietrichi (Arnett), MS, FL (MON), Belize
• O. falli (Blatchley), FL (Titusville to Cedar Key, DAD, MON), Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman
• O. floridana (Horn), FL (DAD, MON)
• O. mcdonaldi (Arnett), FL coast (LEV, MON, VOL), Bahamas, Cuba, Grand Cayman
• O. mimetica (Horn), TX-KS-NJ-FL (c to LEE)
• O. notoxoides (Fabr.), TX, AR, NJ, FL (s to MAN)
• O. suturalis (Horn), NJ-LA, FL (DAD, MON)
• O. thoracica (Fabr.), eUS, n & s FL
• O. vittata (Fabr.), WInd, sFL (DAD, MON), Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico to Guadeloupe

Tribe Oedemerini

Heliocis Arnett

• H. repanda (Horn), TX, FL (SAR), Mexico

Tribe Oxaciini

Oxacis LeConte

• O. laeta (Waterhouse), FL (DAD, MON), Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix
• O. taeniata (LeConte), coastal NC, SC, GA, FL (n & s?), Bahamas
• O. trirossi Arnett, Mexico, sUS, FL (s to HAR)

Paroxacis Arnett

• P. interrita (Arnett), n & s FL (n to OSC)

Tribe Hypasclerini

Hypasclera Kirsch

• +H. costata (Champion), coastal seUS as intercepts (MD, VA, AL), FL (DUV), Cuba, St. Vincent, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• H. dorsalis (Melsheimer), coastal TX-NY, n & s coastal FL, Cuba, Bahamas, Mexico,
• H. floridana (Horn), coastal, AL, FL (DAD, MON, PIN), Bahamas
• H. ignota (Arnett), coastal, SC, GA, FL (to Keys, MON)
• H. megateles (Arnett), FL endemic (Keys n to VOL, MON, DAD)
• H. nesiotes (Arnett), FL Keys (DAD, MON), Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• H. pleuralis (LeConte), coastal, TX-VA, FL (IND, DAD, LEV, TAY), Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Mexico
• H. pseudosericea (Arnett), FL endemic (ALA, CLA, PUT, OSC, IND, VOL)
• +H. schistacea Kirsch, (senior syn of H. ignota ?) Colombia and Panama

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