SUBFAMILYPOLYCESTINAE, Lacordaire, 1857

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 97-98

SUBFAMILYPOLYCESTINAE

TRIBEHAPLOSTETHINI

Micrasta creola Obenberger 1936: 144 ; Paulian 1947b: 152; Bellamy 2008-2009: 140; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Cuba (in Bellamy 1990: 124) is an error. Ivie et al. (2008b: 245) lists four undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat. Plate 15.

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

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

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

Micrasta uniformis (Waterhouse) 1896: 105 ( Mastogenius ); Fisher 1925: 203 (Trigonogra); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 341; Ivie and Miller 1984: 298l; Woodruff et al. 1998: 145 ( Mastogenius ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Bellamy 2008-2009: 142; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Anagada, Grenada (type locality), Guana, St. Lucia ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 245) lists a species near this from Montserrat.

Micrasta sp. number 2, yellow tarsi; Ivieet al. 2008b: 245. Distribution. Montserrat; singleisland endemic?

Micrasta sp. number 3, yellow tibia, big parameres; Ivieet al. 2008b: 245. Distribution. Montserrat; single island endemic?

Micrasta sp. number 4, olive elytra, blue pronotum, Ivieet al. 2008b: 245. Distribution. Montserrat; single island endemic?

Micrasta sp. number 5, bright blue, wide; Ivieet al. 2008b: 245. Distribution. Montserrat; singleisland endemic?

TRIBEACMAEODERINI

Acmaeodera danforthi Fisher 1949: 345 ; Bellamy 2008-2009: 180; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Grenada (Hog Island); singleisland endemic.

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 thespecies is established); Bellamy 2008-2009: 196; Brûlé 2012b: 42. = Acmaeoderacontigua Kerremans 1897: 42 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. USA (AZ, TX), Mexico , Guatemala, Nicaragua. Plate 15.

Acmaeodera villiersi Descarpentries 1981: 129 ; Touroult 2005: 87; Bellamy 2008-2009: 271; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Mostly found in dry and littoral forest and mangrove. Plate 15.

TRIBEPOLYCESTINI

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 2012b: 42; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. = Polycesta porcata Laporte and Gory 1837: 2 of Guadeloupe; Wolcott 1951: 275 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276. = Polycesta karakera Chevrolat 1838: 55 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1898: 404 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Désirade, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, Mayreau*, Petite Terre, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Union*. French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. The Martinique record was reared from dead wood of Myrtaceae (Morne Larcher, Diamant, emerged XII, 2008, J. Touroult leg.). Ivie et al. (2008b: 245) list an undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat. The species may be distributed by commerce in wood and products such as furniture ( Wolcott 1951: 276 ). Larvae are known to develop in wood of species of Pimenta sp , sp., Eugenia sp. , Melicococcus sp., Bucida sp. , Averrhoa sp. , and Coccoloba uvifera L. Plate 16.