LAMIINAE, Latreille, 1825

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 52-54

SUBFAMILY LAMIINAE

TRIBE APOMECYNINI

Adetus lherminieri Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 468 ; Gahan 1895: 122; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 597; Villiers 1980d: 465, 1980e: 543, 1980f: 86 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 144; Touroult 2007: 8. = A. leewardensis Breuning 1940: 38 of St. Vincent. = A. grossepunctatus Breuning 1940: 38 of Grenada and of Mustique. Distribution. Barbados, Canouan, Dominica (subspecies dominicensis Breuning 1971: 307), Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Petit St. Vincent, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Union ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host plants: Coccoloba , Cordia , Gossypium , Hibiscus , Thespia .

Bebelis picta Pascoe 1875: 73 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 149. = Dorcasta obtusa Bates 1885: 372 , Gahan 1895: 127 of St. Vincent. = Bebelis lignosa Thomson 1864: 110 ; Breuning 1971: 300 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Martinique, St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Probably not Cuba.

Tethystola mutica Gahan 1895: 126 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 146, 2005b: 159 (lectotype). Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE ONCIDERINI

Hypsioma grisea (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 469 ( Hypomia ); Gahan 1895: 125; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 549, 1980f: 87 (lectotype) ( Tritania ); Monné and Hovore 2005: 204; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 154; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 72 (larva); Dalens and Touroult 2007: 292; Touroult 2007: 8. = Hypsioma picticornis Bates 1865: 111 ; Gahan 1895: 125 of Grenada. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Piscidia , Lonchocarpus , Mangifera . In dry and moist zone forests.

Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) 1792: 276 ( Lamia ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 470; Gahan 1895: 125; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 547; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 151; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 74 (larva); Touroult 2007: 8. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. The female of this beetle lays its eggs in a small tree branch and then girdles the branch with its mandibles until the branch drops to the forest floor. The larva develops in the fallen branch. Host trees are: “bois doux” ( Inga sp. , with a diameter up to 20 mm), Coccoloba , Lonchocarpus , Diospyros , Acacia , Sloanea , Citrus , etc. The people of Dominica and St. Lucia commonly and mistakenly think these fallen branches are the act of the large hercules beetle ( Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus) , Scarabaeidae ), which supposedly grasps the branches between its two horns and flies in loops until the branch is cut.

TRIBE PTEROPLIINI

Epectasis similis Gahan 1895: 126 ; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 552, 1980f: 87 (lectotype); Chemsak et al. 1992: 118; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 160. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Mangifera and Sloanea . In wet zone forests.

TRIBE DESMIPHORINI

Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) 1795: 11 ( Saperda ); Gahan 1895: 122; Micheli and Hovore 2003: 3; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 165; Touroult 2007: 8. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union. SW USA, Mexico to Venezuela, to Argentina; Galapagos; widespread New World.

TRIBE ACANTHOCININI

Amniscus similis (Gahan) 1895: 136 ( Leptostylus ); Gahan 1895: 136; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 572, 1980f: 91 (lectotype) ( Leptostyloides ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 178; Vitali and Touroult 2006: 5 (larva); Touroult 2007:11. = Leptostylus bidentatus in part; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 136. = Leptostyloides turbidus Gilmour 1963: 63 of St. Eustatius. = Paratrypanidius antiguae Gilmour 1963: 15 of Antigua. = Leptostylopsis testaceus (Froelich) 1792: 141 ( Leptostylus ); Gilmour 1963: 59. Literature records of Leptostylopsis testaceus (Froelich) 1792: 141 for Dominica ( Woodruff et al. 1998: 16, as Leptostylus ) may be Amniscus (= Leptostyloides ) similis Gahan ( Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 199) . Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, Guana, Iles des Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Eustatius , St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tortola, Virgin Gorda. Mexico, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Host trees: Tabebuia , Delonix , Hippomane , Mangifera , Artocarpus, Cecropia, Clusia.

Lagocheirus araneiformis (Linnaeus) 1767: 625 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471; Gahan 1895: 130; Gilmour 1963: 58; Villiers 1980d: 465, 1980e: 564; Chalumeau 1983 b: 223; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 213; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007:12; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 20. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia, Cuba, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Guana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mustique, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union. The subspecies L. a. guadeloupensis Dillon 1957: 150 is reported in Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, Guadeloupe, St. Eustatius , St. Martin; St. John. The subspecies L. a. insulorum Dillon 1957: 150 is distributed on various other islands of the Lesser Antilles. Five other subspecies are elsewhere in the West Indies ( Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), USA (FL), Mexico to Panama, and northern South America ; widespread New World. Introduced to Tahiti and Hawaii. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera, especially in dry zones. The emergence holes of adult beetles from the tree are through large, conspicuous, circular “trap-doors” cut through the bark of the host tree, which are sometimes still attached to the tree. The holes under the bark are feeding chambers and pupation takes place deeper in the tree.

Leptostylopsis smithi (Gahan) 1895: 132 ( Leptostylus ); Gilmour 1963: 59; Villiers 1980f: 92 (lectotype); Chalumeau 1983 b: 226; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 201. Distribution. Bequia, Mustique, Grenada, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Nealcidion socium (Gahan) 1895: 131 ( Alcidion ); Villiers 1980e: 567, 1980f: 89 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 211. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent (type locality). Trinidad, Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Styloleptus posticalis (Gahan) 1895: 133 ( Leptostylus ); Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 573, 1980f: 93 (lectotype); Chalumeau 1983 b: 228, 229; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 204; Touroult 2007: 11, 12. = Styloleptus inermis Fabricius 1801: 293 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 472 of Guadeloupe. = Styloleptus albosuturalis Villiers 1980c: 467, 1980f: 93 ; Chalumeau 1983 b: 230; Chemsak et al. 1992: 146; Monné and Hovore 2005: 271; Chalumeau and Touroult 2004: 194 (synonymy). =S. bonfilsi Villiers 1980e: 575, 1980f: 93 of Guadeloupe; Chalumeau 1983 b: 229 as subspecies; Chalumeau and Touroult 2004: 194 (synonymy). = Leptostylopsis posticalis (Gahan) ; Gilmour 1963: 59. Distribution. Barbados, Bermuda (introduced), Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Barthélémy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; Lesser Antilles endemic. The nominate subspecies is limited to Grenada and St. Vincent. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Tithonius luneli Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 185. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Urgleptes gahani Chalumeau 1983 b: 234 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 191. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Urgleptes guadeloupensis (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 472 ( Lepturges ); Gahan 1895: 136; Ramos 1946: 42; Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 579, 1980f: 94 (lectotype); Chalumeau 1983 b: 233; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 190; Touroult 2007: 11, 12; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 22. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique,? Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

TRIBE CYRTININI

Decarthria stephensi Hope 1834: 16 ; Gahan 1895: 138; Villiers 1980e: 589; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 219. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Develops in branches of Ficus , Rhizophora , Coccoloba .