FAMILYCERAMBYCIDAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 170

155. FAMILYCERAMBYCIDAE , the longhorned wood boring beetles

This is a very large family, and it is one of the two best studied beetle families in the Lesser Antilles. The larvae bore into living and dead plant tissue such as stems, roots, cambium and sapwood. Adults are often found on flowers feeding on pollen and nectar. They are most often collected on flowers, by beating or sweeping vegetation, and at lights at night. The classification, nomenclature and synonyms used here generally follow Monné (2005a, 2005b) and Monné and Hovore (2005). These sources usually do not list individual Lesser Antilles islands for widely distributed species, but are used as the principal sources for distributions beyond the Lesser Antilles, and have been updated to 2011 (Monné and Bezark 2011). Chalumeau and Touroult (2005a) summarize most of the fauna of the Lesser Antilles, with additional species from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. They also provide keys and figures for identification and additional details of biologies. Additional keys and illustrations are in the series of papers by Villiers (1979a-b, 1980a-f). Micheli (2010) provides keys to the fauna of Puerto Rico, which will be useful for at least some of the species in the Lesser Antilles (see Ivie 2011 for review). Touroult (2012a) provides a list of all species with the Lesser Antilles island records.