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Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 26

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352656

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SUBFAMILY ENTIMINAE View in CoL

TRIBE EUSTYLINI

Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) 1758: 386 ( Curculio ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona Island, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic. USA (FL, introduced, first reported in 1964). Notes. The citrus root weevil, diaprepes root weevil or sugarcane root-borer. A serious pest in Florida and the West Indies of Citrus and a wide variety of plants including many other cultivated trees and shrubs such as avocado. Adults feed on leaves and larvae bore into the roots of plants.

Diaprepes boxi Marshall 1938: 3 View in CoL ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic. Notes. A possible pest of Citrus View in CoL .

Eustylus hybridus (Rosenschoeld) 1840: 200 View in CoL ( Platyomus View in CoL ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 53. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), St. Lucia ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. On sweet peas, and rose apple trees.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Loc

ENTIMINAE

Peck, Stewart B. 2009
2009
Loc

Diaprepes boxi

O'Brien, C. W. & G. J. Wibmer 1982: 55
1982
Loc

Eustylus hybridus (Rosenschoeld) 1840: 200

O'Brien, C. W. & G. J. Wibmer 1982: 53
1982
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