Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Navassa island, West Indies

Nine species of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) ire reported for the first time From Navassa, a small island located Centrally among the Greater Antilles. The unihabited island, a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge, has rugged karst surface with lorested areas of low tree diversity and open savanna or exposed rock habitats. Specimen label data,including habitat and collection notes, are given along with comments oil the known distribution of each species. All species are of small size, are fully winged, and known to occur on adjacent larger islands or are widespreads region. The small number of species is attributed to the island's size of only 5.2 km and its lack of sand beach, mud, flat, and riparian habitats.