POLYCESTINAE, Lacordaire, 1857

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 : 48

SUBFAMILY POLYCESTINAE

TRIBE HAPLOSTETHINI

Micrasta creola Obenberger 1936: 144 ; Paulian 1947b: 152; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 140; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. In Bellamy 1990: 124 as Cuba, in error.

Micrasta gyleki Obenberger 1917: 90 ; Fisher 1925: 201; Paulian 1947b: 153; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 140; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Micrasta pygmaeola Obenberger 1917: 91 ; Fisher 1925: 202; Paulian 1947b: 152; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 142; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Micrasta strandi Obenberger 1936: 145 ; Paulian 1947b: 153; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 142; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE ACMAEODERINI

Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray) 1832: 358 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe, seemingly not established); Fisher 1925: 36; Paulian 1947b: 196 (notes that the species is established); Bellamy 2008 -2009: 196; Brûlé 2012: 42. = Acmaeodera contigua Kerremans 1897: 42 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced to Lesser Antilles. USA (AZ, TX), Mexico , Guatemala, Nicaragua.

Acmaeodera villiersi Descarpentries 1981: 129 ; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 271; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

TRIBE POLYCESTINI

Polycesta depressa (L.) 1771: 533 ( Buprestis ); Fisher 1925: 25; Paulian 1947b: 145; Cobos 1981: 68; Schiller 2004: 9; Touroult 2005: 87; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 370; Brûlé 2012: 42. = Polycesta porcata Laporte and Gory 1837: 2 of Guadeloupe; Wolcott 1950: 275 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276. = Polycesta karakera Chevrolat 1836: 55 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1898: 404 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. La Désirade, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, Petit Terre, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The species may be distributed by commerce in wood and products such as furniture ( Wolcott 1950: 276 ). Larvae are known to develop in wood of species of Pimenta sp. , Eugenia spp. , Melicococcus sp., Bucida sp. , Averrhoa sp. , and Coccoloba uvifera L.