ENTIMINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 43-44

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SUBFAMILY ENTIMINAE View in CoL

TRIBE EUSTYLINI

Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) 1758: 386 View in CoL ( Curculio View in CoL ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436; Uyttenboogaart 1902: 118; Hustache 1929: 183; Ramos 1946: 43; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 99; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55; Cooter 1983: 186; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 282; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279. = Curculio abbreviatus variety brevis (Olivier) 1790: 549 View in CoL of Guadeloupe, of Martinique. = Curculio abbreviatus variety distinguendus Gyllenhal 1834: 10 View in CoL of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of Puerto Rico. = Curculio abbreviatus variety guadeloupensis Gyllenhal 1834: 11 of Guadeloupe. = Curculio abbreviatus guadelupensis Hustache 1929: 184 [not guadeloupensis Gyllenhal 1834 View in CoL ]. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic. USA (FL, introduced, first reported in 1964). Notes. The citrus root weevil or the diaprepes root weevil. Economic importance. This pest is commonly called ‘the sugar cane root stalk borer weevil. It is a serious pest in Florida and the West Indies, attacking roots of citrus and a wide variety of other plants including many other cultivated trees and shrubs such as avocado Woodruff (1964, 1968, 1985). It is also a pest in the French Antilles ( Mauleon and Mademba-Sy 1988). Ulmer et al. (2006) report on the parasitoids of the weevil’s eggs on St. Lucia. Adults feed on leaves and larvae bore into the roots of plants.

Diaprepes famelicus (Olivier) 1790: 544 ( Curculio View in CoL ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 438; Hustache 1929: 197 ( Prepodes View in CoL ); Miskimen and Bond 1970: 99; Cooter 1983: 186; Whitwell 1991; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 134. = Curculio affinis (Fabricius) 1801: 531 View in CoL . = Diaprepes lepidopterus Gyllenhal 1834: 14 . = Exophthalmus leucopterus: (Leng and Mutchler) 1914: 469 [error]. =subspecies barbadensis Marshall 1916: 451 of Barbados. =subspecies elegantulus Gyllenhal 1834: 13 [also incorrectly attributed to Leng and Mutchler 1914: 469] of Cuba, of Martinique. =subspecies esuriens Gyllenhal 1834:

15. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. This species is a pest in citrus nurseries. The biology is likely similar to that of D. abbreviatus View in CoL (L.).

Diaprepes reticulatus Chevrolat 1880: 165 . Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. A possible pest of citrus.

Diaprepes variegatus Chevrolat 1880: 165 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 56. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. A possible pest of citrus.

Exophthalmus hemigrammus (Chevrolat) 1880: 197 View in CoL ( Diaprepes View in CoL ). = Exophthalmodes hemipterus (Lona) 1938: 520 View in CoL [error] Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

Exophthalmus martinicensis Chevrolat 1879 : XCVIII. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

Oxydereces cretaceus (Fabricius) 1792: 452 ( Curculio ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 435 ( Oxyderces ); Hustache 1929: 189 ( Plococompsus ). = Compsus scutellaris (Chevrolat) 1880: 197 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE NAUPACTINI

Ericydeus marginicollis (Chevrolat) 1880c: 197 ( Cyphus ). Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

Ericydeus viridis (Chevrolat) 1880c: 197 ( Cyphus ). Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.