BUPRESTINAE

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 49-50

SUBFAMILY BUPRESTINAE

TRIBE BUPRESTINI

[ Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus 1767: 66 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (as accidental record of Guadeloupe, not established); Fisher 1925: 151; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 313; Bellamy ( Cypriacis ), 2008-2009: 1028. Distribution. Western Canada, USA, Mexico ; seemingly introduced to Australia, Guam.]

Buprestis decora Fabricius 1775: 217 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (as accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 148; Paulian 1947b: 150; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 1036. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe (seemingly now established), Puerto Rico; introduced into Antilles in pine logs (from USA?). USA (TX-FL-NJ); introduced to Lesser Antilles.

[ Buprestis fasciata Fabricius 1787: 177 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (as accidental record of Guadeloupe, not established); Fisher 1925: 154; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 313; Bellamy ( Cypriacis ), 2008-2009: 1037. = Ancylocheira (Buprestis) lherminieri Chevrolat 1838: 68 of Guadeloupe; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405. Distribution. Widespread northeastern USA.]

[ Buprestis lineata Fabricius 1775: 217 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (as accidental record of Guadeloupe, not established); Fisher 1925: 152; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 1053. Distribution. Cuba, Puerto Rico; both introduced? USA (TX-IN-FL), widespread Canada.]

[ Buprestis maculipennis Gory 1840: 118 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (as accidental record of Guadeloupe, not established); Fisher 1925: 145; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 1053. Distribution. Eastern North America .]

TRIBE CHRYSOBOTHRINI

Chrysobothris guadeloupensis Descarpentries 1981: 131 (as Chrysobothris thoracica guadeloupensis ); Touroult 2005: 87; Woodley and Touroult 2012a: 1, elevation to species status); Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), La Désirade; single island endemic. Notes. Chrysobothris thoracica (Fabricius) 1789: 138 ( Buprestis ) is thus limited to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas. No identification is given for the record from Anegada. Host trees: Tamarindus indica L., white mangrove ( Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn., and Acacia tortuousa (L.). Willd. Ivie et al. 2008b: 245 reports a species in this group from Montserrat.

Chrysobothris tranquebarica (Gmelin) 1788 (1790): 1932 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 404; Fisher 1925: 96; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 318; Paulian 1947b: 141; Miller and Ivie 1984: 294; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Bellamy 2008 -2009: 1688; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 9; Brûlé 2012: 42. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas. USA (FL); not South America ; widespread Antilles and North and/ or Central America . Notes. The Australian pine borer. Larvae bore in Casuarina spp. and Rhizophora mangle L.; also in Cassia spp. , Conocarpus spp. , and Pinus pallustris Miller ( Wolcott 1950: 277 , Benoit 1966: 330).