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<taxonomicName id="56A50C29519AD0D42DDB39FEFD27CFE6" ID-CoL="49T7J" LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Oosternum_sharpi" authority="Hansen, 1999" authorityName="Hansen" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Oosternum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oosternum sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sharpi">Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation id="AE4D0864EDD1B3B1E717795482798351" captionStart="Figures 13–18" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 13 - 18. Habitus of Oosternum from West Indies. 13 - 14. Oosternum megnai sp. n., lenght = 1.49 mm (13. dorsal view, 14. lateral view). 15 - 16. Oosternum pecki sp. n., lenght = 1.50 mm (15. dorsal view, 16. lateral view). 17 - 18. Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999, length = 1.37 mm (17. dorsal view, 18. lateral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figures13-18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7792" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Figs 17-18</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="668CD873BD1D77B14449569938F43315" captionStart="Figures 19–28" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 19 - 28. Pronotal punctation and microsculpture. 19. Oosternum andersoni 20. Oosternum bacharenge 21. Oosternum cercyonoides 22. Oosternum insulare 23. Oosternum latum 24. Oosternum luciae 25. Oosternum megnai 26. Oosternum pecki 27. Oosternum sharpi 28. Oosternum sp. (Bahamas)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figures19-28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7793" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">27</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="F01ABD55B7BC37B9112FC1527B840850" captionStart="Figures 29–38" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 29 - 38. Median portion of prosternum. 29. Oosternum andersoni 30. Oosternum bacharenge 31. Oosternum cercyonoides 32. Oosternum megnai 33. Oosternum pecki 34. Oosternum sp. (Bahamas) 35. Oosternum insulare 36. Oosternum latum 37. Oosternum luciae 38. Oosternum sharpi." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figures29-38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7794" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">38</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="33555F60FF2C6713D544E88D5083A395" captionStart="Figures 45–48" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 45 - 48. Meso- and metaventrite plate. 45. Oosternum megnai 46. Oosternum pecki 47. Oosternum sharpi 48. Oosternum sp." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figures45-48" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7796" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">47</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="91B8CE23394BC60192E3E723DF8A32B6" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 53 - 60. Aedeagus. 53. Oosternum andersoni 54. Oosternum bacharenge 55. Oosternum insulare 56. Oosternum latum 57. Oosternum luciae 58. Oosternum megna i 59. Oosternum pecki 60. Oosternum sharpi." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figures53-60" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7798" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">60</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="B08B65EF7774A47175EBD0C31476F30E" captionStart="Figure 61" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 61. Distribution of the representatives of the Oosternum from West Indies. Shape of the symbols indicate the species group which the respective species belongs to (see the Discussion for details)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.61.7566.figure61" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/7799" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">61</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="687F41651E315BD2720FB299CB6DBAF5" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Oosternum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oosternum costatum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costatum">Oosternum costatum</taxonomicName>
Sharp, 1882: 113 (secondary homonym of 
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LeConte, 1855).
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<taxonomicName id="9211FB82228DB08F51F6A9E26D747AFB" authorityName="Hansen" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Oosternum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oosternum sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sharpi">Oosternum sharpi</taxonomicName>
Hansen, 1999: 242 (replacement name).
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<paragraph id="D3D46B96E1D55764F782080F40257B9A" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Material examined</paragraph>
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(65 spec.)
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Cienfuegos province: Cumanayagua municipality, 
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de Cienfuegos, Soledad, ca. 73 m, 
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22°7 
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N
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, 
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80°19 
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W
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, 21.v.2013, A. 
<normalizedToken id="17E41134D73294850599151B48D5A192" originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
leg., horse excrements (3 spec., NMPC); 01.v.1950, Acc. No 49672 (4 spec., WIFP); Mina Carlota, ca. 470 m, 
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, 
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, 06.v.1950, Acc. No 49681 (1 spec., WIFP). 
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province: Sierra de Cubitas municipality, Hoyo de Bonet, Res. Ecol. 
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, ca. 90 m a.s.l., 
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21°36 
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N
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, 
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77°47 
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W
</geoCoordinate>
, 14.iv.2012, F. Cala-Riquelme &amp; N. 
<normalizedToken id="0765ABAAB1A196A79207C2131333526A" originalValue="Duperré">Duperre</normalizedToken>
leg., (CU-20) (1 spec., NMPC). Granma province: PN Turquino track to Pico Turquino, ca. 900 m a.s.l., 
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, 
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, 29.iii.2012, F. Cala-Riquelme &amp; N. 
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leg., (CU03) (15 spec., NMPC). Santiago de Cuba province: San Luis municipality, El Vivero 1.6 Km E of Dos Caminos, ca. 150 m a.s.l., 
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, 
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, 20-21.vi.2012, A. 
<normalizedToken id="929896EB579DAC2CBE538FDD5F34F593" originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
&amp; M. 
<normalizedToken id="614C78AB8529DEFD2EA84CAE9F9CB2BF" originalValue="Fikáček">Fikacek</normalizedToken>
leg., (MF18) (3 spec., NMPC); Km 7 road to Gran Piedra, ca. 550 m a.s.l., 
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, 
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, 26.i.2012, R. Anderson leg., (2012-007) (1 spec., NMPC). 
<normalizedToken id="8660C67D4182A33046DAC2C599839662" originalValue="Guantánamo">Guantanamo</normalizedToken>
province: El Yunque, 0.5-1.0 Km W of campismo popular, ca. 40-50 m a.s.l., 
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, 10.vi.2012, A. 
<normalizedToken id="57C46D88A0C9F13AA762666D5266B54E" originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
&amp; M. 
<normalizedToken id="D5E6A00CAA23732181994966E17FF1C0" originalValue="Fikáček">Fikacek</normalizedToken>
leg., (MF01) (1 spec., NMPC). 
<emphasis id="0B56C714DB8FD979341333B4ACDA717D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">HAITI:</emphasis>
Port-au-Prince: 
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18°31 
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N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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72°20 
<normalizedToken id="FE3E48134BAB8D273D7FAF1BF658D376" originalValue="’7.42”">'7.42&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
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, 22.v.1950, Acc # 49650, H. B. Mills colr. (4 spec., WIFP). 
<emphasis id="859EBF1C4F02573A2724DE7C6FD4CCAE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:</emphasis>
Barahona: 7 Km NW Paraiso, ca. 200 m a.s.l., 
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17°59 
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N
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, 
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71°12 
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W
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, 27.xi/04.xii.1991, Masner &amp; Peck leg., (91-341) (2 spec., SBPC); 1-04.xii.2012, Masner &amp; Peck leg (91-358) (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="8E1DB7F51F9E1D3A08344327D99AEF7B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">JAMAICA:</emphasis>
Try Good Hope: ca. 145 m a.s.l., 
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, 
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, 17.viii.1966, H. F. Howden leg., (1 spec., SBPC); Trelawny Par. Nr. Windsor Caves, 
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18°20 
<normalizedToken id="3409D144F6CCC5EE3A3767842F23E10B" originalValue="’59.21”">'59.21&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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77°38 
<normalizedToken id="E0179A967F6FC5B61ED4197762D1C1D6" originalValue="’56.11”">'56.11&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 24.iii.1991, T. K. Phillip and L. Gerofsky leg., berlese stream-side leaves (1 spec., WIFP). 
<emphasis id="89057CA0A586FD63C30E7A0F280D65DA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">PUERTO RICO:</emphasis>
3.5 Km S Cabo Rojo, Cueva Tuna, ca. 25 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="840F1122F81966057A50B9B02DAAE4B3" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="02" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="18.033333">18°02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="F9E186799DD580F8B73204E945C479DF" degrees="67" direction="west" minutes="09" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-67.15">67°09'W</geoCoordinate>
, 14.vi.1974, S. Peck leg., (1 spec., SBPC); Aguas Buenas, near Aguas Buenas Cave, ca. 250 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="D8D3EFDBE74960FB37130FF388319D1E" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="15" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="18.25">18°15'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="3C354FD89FFDCF0781C8C1E4CF6BEA9B" degrees="66" direction="west" minutes="07" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-66.11667">66°07'W</geoCoordinate>
, 07-17.v.1973, S. Peck leg., (1 male, SBPC); 2 km S Mamayes (Palmer), ca. 70 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="7AE7128C67EDCFE16AA87CACEDA180F8" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="13.63" value="18.353786">
18°21 
<normalizedToken id="21D4CB9781099E1626F024F2D989C060" originalValue="’13.63”">'13.63&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="5646DA551B8F7ED15C0AA0AF6992F2D2" degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="36.05" value="-65.77669">
65°46 
<normalizedToken id="E401C3132AEA42AEE5255DD14D30B93C" originalValue="’36.05”">'36.05&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 25.IX.1987, M. Ivie, ex. old lawn debris (3 spec., WIFP); Isla Verde, vii/viii.1957, I. Fox lgt, light trap (1 spec., WIFP); El Verde, ca 250 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="E6732FAC2BF9C113274FC965C88E6A9D" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="27.35" value="18.324265">
18°19 
<normalizedToken id="646EF137D0164CA91B1ADFB44EC2A054" originalValue="’27.35”">'27.35&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="746220BA39E75A89DF00CE31E29A3905" degrees="65" direction="west" minutes="49" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="26.90" value="-65.824135">
65°49 
<normalizedToken id="AF43CE71926631C0DB163BBC22181708" originalValue="’26.90”">'26.90&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, M. A. Ivie lgt, at light (1 spec., WIFP). 
<emphasis id="262B632BC1AAA04CF707280931847718" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">BARBADOS:</emphasis>
Colescave: 1 Km SSE Welchman Hall, ca. 200 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="4E5D24651C97A592A0D30DD0B7BC1366" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="13.183333">13°11'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="C7F383EBDBCDD1245DAE2E0C3FF4BCFA" degrees="59" direction="west" minutes="34" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-59.566666">59°34'W</geoCoordinate>
, 22-26.ii.1979, S. Peck leg., (3 spec., SBPC); Welchman Hall Gully, ca. 270 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="028125520A7811779DFA44A4B95CB2C4" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="11.74" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="13.195666">13°11.74'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="CFCDD0295DB5A0E1F8CD518C0A77B77B" degrees="59" direction="west" minutes="34.60" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-59.576668">59°34.60'W</geoCoordinate>
, 26.v.2006, S &amp; P. Peck leg (06-60) (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="35503CE563457E929B9A515111AF9F25" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">TRINIDAD &amp; TOBAGO:</emphasis>
Curupe: ca. 13 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="FC5DED7F5246C7C274CA0DEBE8B4C9DD" degrees="10" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="21.96" value="10.639433">
10°38 
<normalizedToken id="03F75C56681176C3E9EB06FCA1D4423A" originalValue="’21.96”">'21.96&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="9381530030A4639351C556949596252B" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="24" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="35.91" value="-61.409977">
61°24 
<normalizedToken id="6B43661E792AE273963CCD5243398305" originalValue="’35.91”">'35.91&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
05.xii.1977, W.R.M. Mason leg (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="824DEB149284C2E30707345BDDA67AA0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">SAINT LUCIA:</emphasis>
Vieux Fort, ca. 3 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="3B46E094C6428E75CA7CE3C62F2468D2" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="43" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="18.68" value="13.721855">
13°43 
<normalizedToken id="FFBD82653B15E7862BE2D6E8FE7CE73B" originalValue="’18.68”">'18.68&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="9AB696F9B8BD19D435F3937CC278E967" degrees="60" direction="west" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="58.86" value="-60.949684">
60°56 
<normalizedToken id="3AA45460748F681A30BD814E66B11F7C" originalValue="’58.86”">'58.86&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 12.vii.2007, S &amp; P. Peck leg (07-60) (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="A1C613E52E4A596CF396F67B26724734" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">SABA:</emphasis>
Neth Antil, ca. 384 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="D92655386DF98809904A46A289997A87" degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="37" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="43.45" value="17.628736">
17°37 
<normalizedToken id="CF8BC809450EAAC736474D8DE03E41DF" originalValue="’43.45”">'43.45&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="A98199EC226D11FCDB2634E1FFFEB641" degrees="63" direction="west" minutes="13" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="47.93" value="-63.22998">
63°13 
<normalizedToken id="C7C105D1163C420BDA3D378B750156EB" originalValue="’47.93”">'47.93&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 20.V.2008, D. S. Sikes &amp; M. A. Ivie leg, berlese litter/lawn clipping, (1 spec., WIFP). 
<emphasis id="3B21E8E288585FE4EE4E3815F74AC177" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">DOMINICA:</emphasis>
Springfield Estate, ca. 330-360 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="00B57CAAED270F36F5EBA5E9C35AE40E" degrees="15" direction="north" minutes="20.796" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="15.3466">15°20.796'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="8ACA93191F3DC7F3866F326A889D2691" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="22.142" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-61.369034">61°22.142'W</geoCoordinate>
, 30.v/16.vi.2004, S &amp; P. Peck leg (04-86) (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="7AA68826BC7E5BCF53EACE0DB89C5C8B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINAS:</emphasis>
Esmerald Valley Hotel, E. of Layou, ca. 20 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="2E3D9C85A2BC520B4AE60A1BC73B8497" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="13.2">13°12'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="71AB9DE8BB4A9AD6B6283F821F2DB712" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="14.8" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-61.246666">61°14.8'W</geoCoordinate>
, 27-29.viii.2006, S &amp; J. Peck leg., forest edge UV, (06-123) (6 spec., SBPC); Buccament. Esmerald Valley Hotel, ca. 20 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="63E08FC6D105295D079AC565E83D6303" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="36.18" value="13.21005">
13°12 
<normalizedToken id="118BF64AA880EE0A5BB319B923F20492" originalValue="’36.18”">'36.18&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="BADBDE5FBC5E757128499D06CB908B9B" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="13" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="47.74" value="-61.229927">
61°13 
<normalizedToken id="238BE143443B5AEE6943B2175B65867D" originalValue="’47.74”">'47.74&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 10-20.vi.2007, S &amp; P. Peck leg (07-12) (1 spec., SBPC), Bequia island, Hamilton, ca. 25 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="3A5FC3F95FF4E98C7716AFA7C28395FE" degrees="13" direction="north" minutes="00" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="30" value="13.008333">
13°00 
<normalizedToken id="449FE6D0565F6A1F62FB4E6CAE962DCC" originalValue="’30”">'30&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="1716F4563BACC68955F9F0E558422D6A" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="14" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.233334">61°14'W</geoCoordinate>
, 01.viii.2008, S. Peck &amp; M. de Silva leg (08-75) (1 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="09B5D7D110C7749FE199432DBAA41007" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">GUADELOUPE:</emphasis>
BT Malendure, Petite Trace, Fond Ravine, ca. 3 m a.s.l., 
<geoCoordinate id="F76A27A10A922999BAADB2F095BAB3B9" degrees="16" direction="north" minutes="10.44" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="16.174">16°10.44'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="6790D2506B3566013D6788B591CCAF7D" degrees="61" direction="west" minutes="46.7" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-61.77833">61°46.7'W</geoCoordinate>
, 21.v.2012, S. Peck leg., forest edge UV, (12-31) (2 spec., SBPC). 
<emphasis id="4D5A46CCB3D063B41A1331FF4246CF23" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">VIRGIN ISLAND:</emphasis>
St. John, Dennis Bay, ca. 5 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="1271BED20895BD8F2050AD6D39DAD62A" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="7.08" value="18.351967">
18°21 
<normalizedToken id="05BDFAA5642CDEAE1598DF0879FAB3C3" originalValue="’7.08”">'7.08&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="D5664D10B7CD43C992EAAC3E891CE609" degrees="64" direction="west" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="29.86" value="-64.77496">
64°46 
<normalizedToken id="96AFC09D95C5E1FAD1FB19A9BAE16BB4" originalValue="’29.86”">'29.86&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 16.vi.1980, (1 spec., WIFP); Maho Bay, ca 30 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="D0F8D3018515614404ACEDCC0F5180F0" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="41.92" value="18.361645">
18°21 
<normalizedToken id="E07AE4193B9358621144F6AA5173C126" originalValue="’41.92”">'41.92&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="ED16F8E8B8C5FDADB25DE4F659BD9DFB" degrees="64" direction="west" minutes="44" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="32.81" value="-64.74245">
64°44 
<normalizedToken id="839B175AC4CE10FD0F77B2186AB53BBA" originalValue="’32.81”">'32.81&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 12.iii.1984, W. B. colr, under trees near road, (1 spec., WIFP); St. Thomas, ca. 50 m, 
<geoCoordinate id="E373F303736DD06CBA11CF138B8CF5BB" degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="20.93" value="18.355814">
18°21 
<normalizedToken id="0E0907C0E34CE17CFFD7793D4A3CD25B" originalValue="’20.93”">'20.93&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="C6FD29AC9E3AB8EFE9C75F7234FB0197" degrees="64" direction="west" minutes="55" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="31.20" value="-64.92533">
64°55 
<normalizedToken id="3B6DC47CC0B4995F0E7847D0449B5B47" originalValue="’31.20”">'31.20&quot;</normalizedToken>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 05.viii.1984, (1 spec., WIFP).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FA33E358A0EBC41223D5064956814B09" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="A113CD674C243D6B9D501028DC1B1A3D" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="34E187218C99F79AD03ED3F8279F59A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">
Body widest ca at midlength. Lateral margin of pronotum angulate. Pronotal punctation double-sized, dense consisting of moderately large, round punctures intermixed with smaller transverse punctures. Pronotal interstices with microsculpture. Mesal part of prosternum divided from lateral portions by oblique sharp ridges. Lateral margin of antennal grooves with acute projection. Elytral interval 2 narrower than interval 3, lower than intervals 1 and 3, reaching elytral apex. Elytral intervals 5, 7 and 9 distinctly higher than adjacent intervals. Elytral interstices shiny, without microsculpture. Preepisternal plate wide, drop-like, 2 
<normalizedToken id="1FD0CBDFFABFBECF8394BF405B12E623" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide. Interstices of median part of metaventrite with very fine microsculpture, opaque. Anterolateral ridges not meeting together mesally. Parameres 1.2 
<normalizedToken id="2F6F0124E585F52134804C94A5AEC384" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than phallobase, bearing a single seta apically. Median lobe longer than parameres, narrowing towards apex. Membranous lateral projections of median lobe large, bearing long setae on each side.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7BEC61BD4C8D73F7C94A94BE2C7A6926" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5D22B745CEAF95045897E38A97CAF3C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC04720CC213D63911E2F9B40A7A2464" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">
<taxonomicName id="D0E0EDA94824C5D4E773C17EC2353190" authorityName="Hansen" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Oosternum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oosternum sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sharpi">
<emphasis id="9E03F3947A5EE79933D98A7AFC57F6BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Oosternum sharpi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a common species distributed throughout the West Indies. We are recording it from all islands of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico) as well as from 9 islands of the Lesser Antilles. The species is otherwise widely distributed in southern USA, Central America and northern part of the South America, and was also introduced to the Azores (
<bibRefCitation id="3DC4459F21B36E6132C0FA0C67C0CBC2" author="Orchymont, A. dʼ" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Musee Royal dʼHistoire Naturelle de Belgique" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" pagination="1 - 86" refId="B18" refString="Orchymont, A. dʼ, 1940. Les Palpicornia des iles atlantiques. Memoires du Musee Royal dʼHistoire Naturelle de Belgique 20: 1 - 86" title="Les Palpicornia des iles atlantiques" volume="20" year="1940">Orchymont 1940</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="0C59DCF715E3721F07E8934F1D4BC8A8" author="Svensson, BW" journalOrPublisher="Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" pagination="90 - 93" refId="B24" refString="Svensson, BW, 1973. Report no 63 from the Lund University Expeditions in 1957 to the Azores and Madeira. Palpicornia (Coleoptera) from the Azores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 27: 90 - 93" title="Report no 63 from the Lund University Expeditions in 1957 to the Azores and Madeira. Palpicornia (Coleoptera) from the Azores" volume="27" year="1973">Svensson 1973</bibRefCitation>
), Hawaiian islands (
<bibRefCitation id="1E2906124247129CBA8D7B8C24422FC7" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Pacific Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" pagination="266 - 288" refId="B11" refString="Hansen, M, 1995. A Review of the Hawaiian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Pacific Science 49 (3): 266 - 288" title="A Review of the Hawaiian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)" volume="49" year="1995">Hansen 1995</bibRefCitation>
), Ghana (
<bibRefCitation id="0D84323E11031C6B19F2ABF78F726585" author="Smetana, A" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" pagination="1 - 292" publicationUrl="10.4039/entm110105fv" refId="B22" refString="Smetana, A, 1978. Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 105: 1 - 292, DOI: 10.4039/entm110105fv" title="Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" url="10.4039/entm110105fv" volume="105" year="1978">Smetana 1978</bibRefCitation>
) and Sri Lanka (
<bibRefCitation id="4A8F1DA57AF680FEE48103DCDAF552AA" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Pacific Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" pagination="266 - 288" refId="B11" refString="Hansen, M, 1995. A Review of the Hawaiian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Pacific Science 49 (3): 266 - 288" title="A Review of the Hawaiian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)" volume="49" year="1995">Hansen 1995</bibRefCitation>
). All specimens but one examined by us from the West Indian islands were females. The only male known from the West Indies is from Puerto Rico.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4D2DD47F9017B84D92B3869FD593ADAD" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="7C8201E62D5DF70E2494F983FDB19980" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="863BBB7B32B126C2DD48BF340A52C2EA" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">
Specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="69FD09BB6416129C42997A4944F59781" authorityName="Hansen" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Oosternum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oosternum sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sharpi">
<emphasis id="34065C6E99A91E42300DE2250B318A9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="43">Oosternum sharpi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are often collected from dry leaf litter of secondary forests or other secondary types of vegetation (including bamboo stands in agricultural areas), and are also found in cow and horse dung in the lowlands or occasionally attracted to UV light.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>