CETONIINAE, Kolbe, 1897

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 47

SUBFAMILY CETONIINAE

TRIBE GYMNETINI

Gymnetis lanius Linnaeus 1766: 557 . = Gymnetis guadelupiensis Gory and Percheron 1833: 351 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 403; Paulian 1947a: 84; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 601; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 29; Chalumeau 1983a: 173. Distribution. Dominica (seen flying only) and Guadeloupe ( Gymnetis lanius guadelupiensis ); Hispaniola ( Gymnetis lanius burmeisteri Schürhoff 1937: 63 ); St. Lucia ( Gymnetis lanius rudolphi Frölich 1892: 115 ); widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults often rare. Blackwelder 1944-1957: 263 lists Jamaica but this is in error. Notes. In some catalogues as Paragymnetis .

TRIBE CETONIINI

Protaetia fusca (Herbst) 1790: 257 ; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22, as Protaetta sp.; Woodruff 2006: 227; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 49. Distribution. Barbados, Bahamas, Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA)., USA (FL, three southern counties); introduced to New World, native and widespread in Southeast Asia and Australasia; also Pacific and Indian Ocean islands; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. The Asian mango flower beetle. Adults feed on flowers of pigeon pea on Barbados, and probably pollen of many plants as well, where they may cause plant damage. Adults may also feed on fermenting materials; larvae may feed on plant roots but more likely on rotting plant trash.