SUBFAMILYCETONIINAE, Kolbe, 1897

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 95-96

SUBFAMILYCETONIINAE

TRIBEGYMNETINI

Gymnetis lanius L. 1767: 557; Thomaset al. 2013: 42. = Gymnetis guadelupiensis Gory and Percheron 1833: 351 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 403; Paulian 1947a: 84; Chalumeauand Gruner 1977: 601; Cartwrightand Chalumeau 1978: 29; Chalumeau 1983a: 173. Distribution. Caymans, Dominica (seen flying only) and Guadeloupe ( Gymnetis lanius guadelupiensis ); St. Lucia ( Gymnetis lanius rudolphi Frölich 1792: 115 ); and a third subspecies on Hispaniola; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults often rare. Blackwelder 1944-1957: 263 lists Jamaica but this is in error. In some catalogues as Paragymnetis Schürhoff. Plate 10.

Hoplopyga antilliana Ratcliffe 2012: 112 . Distribution. Grenada, Union; Grenada paleo-island endemic.

TRIBECETONIINI

Protaetia fusca (Herbst) 1790: 257 ; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22, as Protaetta sp.; Woodruff 2006: 227; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 49. Distribution. Barbados, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy. 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 the Lesser Antilles. Notes. The Asian mango flower beetle. Adults feed on flowers of pigeon pea on Barbados, and probably pollen of mango and many other plants as well, where they may cause damage. Adults may also feed on fermenting materials; larvae may feed on plant roots but more likely on rotting plant trash.