HISPINAE, Gyllenhal, 1813

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 : 55-56

SUBFAMILY HISPINAE

TRIBE CHALEPINI

Chalepus plebejus (Chapuis) 1877: 16 ( Odontota ); Champion 1897 b: 278; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 727; Takizawa 2003: 94. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent. Colombia, Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Chalepus sanguinicollis (Linnaeus) 1771: 530 ( Hispa ); Champion 1897 b: 277; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 727; Ramos 1946: 43; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 95; Takizawa 2003: 94; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 23. Distribution. Bahamas, Bequia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guana, Hispaniola, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union, Vieques. USA (FL), Central America to Argentina and Bolivia; widespread New World. Notes. Often a pest on legumes.

TRIBE MESOMPHALIINI

Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius) 1775: 90 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 744; Takizawa 2003: 99; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 745; Woodruff et al. 1998: 17; Takizawa 2003: 99 (synonymy). Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, St. John, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central America , Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil; widespread New World. Notes. Feeds on species of Ipomoea and other members of Convolvulaceae .

Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 . = C. polysticha Boheman 1854: 56 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1897 b: 279 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Barthelemy, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Dolichotoma chloris Hope 1840: 96 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 736; Takizawa 2003: 101. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE CASSIDINI

Agroiconota judaica (Fabricius) 1781: 109 ( Cassida ); Champion 1897 b: 279 ( Coptocycla ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 748; Takizawa 2003: 97. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique, St. Vincent. Panama to French Guiana to Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Charidotella guadeloupensis (Boheman) 1855: 427 ( Coptocycla ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481; Champion 1897 b: 280 ( Coptocycla ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 752 ( Metriona ); Takizawa 2003: 98. Distribution. Guadeloupe; Mustique and St. Vincent records need verification; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Charidotella latevittata (Boheman) 1855: 151 ; Takizawa 2003: 98. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Charidotella sexpunctata (Fabricius) 1781: 109 ( Cassida ); Takizawa 2003: 98; Cooter 1983: 185 ( Metriona trisignata ) according to Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Coptocycla bicolor (Fabricius) 1798: 83 ( Cassida ); Champion 1897 b: 279; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 751 ( Metriona ). = Coptocycla bistripunctata Olivier 1790: 382 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bequia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Costa Rica, Venezuela to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Feeds on species of Ipomoea and various Convolvulaceae .

Hilarocassis exclamationis (Linnaeus) 1767: 577 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480 ( Mesomphalia ); Champion 1897 b: 278; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 742; Takizawa 2003: 104. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Union. Mexico, Central, South America ; Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Feeds on Jacquemontia sp.