SUBFAMILYBUPRESTINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 99-100

SUBFAMILYBUPRESTINAE

TRIBEBUPRESTINI

[ Buprestis aurulenta L. 1767: 66; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 151; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 313; Bellamy ( Cypriacis ), 2008-2009: 1028. Distribution. Western Canada, USA, Mexico ; introduced to Australia, Guam; not established on Guadeloupe.]

Buprestis decora Fabricius 1775: 217 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 148; Paulian 1947b: 150; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1036. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe (seemingly now established?), Puerto Rico; introduced into Antilles in pine logs (from USA?). USA (TX-FL-NJ); introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Plate 15.

[ Buprestis fasciata Fabricius 1787: 177 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 154; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 313; Bellamy ( Cypriacis ), 2008-2009: 1037. = Ancylocheira (Buprestis) lherminieri Chevrolat 1838: 68 of Guadeloupe; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 405. Distribution. Widespread northeastern USA; not established on Guadeloupe.]

[ Buprestis lineata Fabricius 1775: 217 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 152; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1053. Distribution. Cuba, Puerto Rico; both introduced? USA (TX-IN-FL), widespread Canada; not established on Guadeloupe.]

[ Buprestis maculipennis Gory 1840: 118 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 145; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1053. Distribution. Eastern North America ; not established on Guadeloupe.]

TRIBEACTENODINI

Actenodes marmorata (Laporte and Gory) 1837: 31 ( Chrysobothris ); Fisher 1925: 84; Paulian 1947b: 146; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1568; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Martinique. French Guiana; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Note. Lengand Mutchler 1914: 430 record Actenodesfulminata Schoenherr 1817: 121 from Martinique, but Fisher 1925: 87 takes this as a misapplication of the name to a specimen of Actenodes marmorata .

TRIBECHRYSOBOTHRINI

Chrysobothris antillarum Fisher 1925: 101 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 315; Tucker 1952: 342; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1595; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Barbados; singleisland endemic. Notes. Brûlé (2012b: 44) indicates that the past suggestion that this species is a synonym of C. cordicollis Laporte and Gory (1837: 24) of Brazil is wrong.

Chrysobothris bella Fisher 1925: 106 ; Paulian 1947b: 148; Touroult 2005: 87; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1601; Brûlé 2012b: 42; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. Distribution. Martinique, Mustique, Grenada, Union; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 15.

Chrysobothris guadeloupensis Descarpentries 1981: 131 (as Chrysobothris thoracica guadeloupensis ); Touroult 2005: 87; Woodley and Touroult 2012: 1 (elevation to species status); Brûlé 2012b: 42; Maier and Ivie 2013: 84. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), La Désirade, Mayreau*; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Chrysobothris thoracica (Fabricius) 1789: 138 ( Buprestis ) is thus limited to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of Anegada, Guana, Great St. James, Jost Van Dyke, Necker, Sandy Cay, St. John, St. Thomas; and tentatively Anguilla and St. Croix. Host trees: Tamarindus indica L., white mangrove ( Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn., and Acacia tortuousa (L.). Willd. Plate 15.

Chrysobothris marskeae Maier and Ivie 2013 :: 85. Distribution. Montserrat (type locality); single island endemic? Notes. Aspecimen from Antigua * maybe this species.

Chrysobothris undescribed species, Daltry 2009: 65. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.

Chrysobothris picklesi Théry 1938: 475 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 318; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1663; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Carriacou; singleisland endemic Grenada paleo-island endemic. Plate 15.

Chrysobothris pulchra Laporte and Gory 1837: 18 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 318; Bellamy 2008: 15; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1665; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Grenada; singleisland endemic. Not Brazil.

Chrysobothris sexpunctata (Fabricius) 1801: 206 ( Buprestis ); Fisher 1925: 94; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 318; Tucker 1952: 342; Bennettand Alam 1985: 22; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1677; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Barbados (introduced). Nicaragua, Panama, northern South Americato Brazil, Bolivia; introduced to the Lesser Antilles.

Chrysobothris sabae Maier and Ivie 2013: 865 . Distribution. Saba; singleisland endemic.

Chrysobothris tranquebarica (Gmelin) 1790: 1932 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 404; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 318; Paulian 1947b: 147; Fisher 1925: 96; Miller and Ivie 1984: 294; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Touroult 2005: 87; Bellamy 2008-2009: 1688; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 9. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas. USA (FL); not South America ; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America . Notes. The Australian pine borer. Larvae bore commonly in Casuarina equisetifolia L. and Rhizophora mangle L.; also in Cassia spp. , Conocarpus erectus L., Bucida sp. , Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn., Terminalia sp. , and Pinus pallustris Mill. ( Wolcott 1951: 277 , Benoit 1966: 330; Touroult 2005: 87). Plate 15.