SUBFAMILYDINODERINAE, C. G. Thomson, 1863

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SUBFAMILYDINODERINAE

Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston) 1858: 409 ( Rhizopertha ); Gorham 1898a: 329 ( Rhizopertha ); Lepesme 1947: 203. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; tropicopolitan. Notes. Boring into wooden materials and into stored manioc and yam tubers. Plate 25.

Dinoderus distinctus Lesne 1897: 322 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398; Lepesme 1947: 200. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced to New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Philippines; Germany (introduced). Notes. Found in imported roots in a pharmacy in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; maybe not established.

Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) 1775: 54 ( Apate ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 419; Lepesme 1947: 202; Fisher 1950: 30; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 3; Ivieet al. 2008b: 246; Thomaset al. 2013: 12. Distribution. Antigua *, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (FL, CA), Guatemala to Argentina; widespread in Old and New World tropics; introduced to New World tropics; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. The bamboo powder-post beetle. Adults and larvae bore into dry (not living) bamboo (wherever dry bamboo is stored) plus sugarcane, rattan, packing cases, and stored products such as many kinds of timber, plants, and vegetable products. Plate 25.

Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) 1792: 359 ( Synodendron ); Lepesme 1947: 200; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 104; Thomaset al. 2013: 13. Distribution. Barbados, Caymans, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. Mexico to Brazil, USA?; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The lesser grain beetle; in stored products and virtually cosmopolitan in grain stores; also attacking books. Plate 25.