SUBFAMILYLEPTURINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 179

SUBFAMILYLEPTURINAE

TRIBELEPTURINI

Fortuneleptura cameneni Villiers 1979a: 26, 1980b: 157 ; Chalumeau 1985c: 150; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 68; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. Adiurnal resident of hygrophile forests; a mimic of Photinus vittiger Gyllenhal firefly beetles, Anchastus (= Achrestus ) sp. elaterids, and Pseudozonitis marginatus (Fabricius) meloids. Genus endemic to the Lesser Antilles. Plate 44.

Strangalia benitoespinali Chalumeau 1985c: 149 ; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 67; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Montserrat; singleisland endemic. Notes. In mesophile forest. Adults are a visual mimic of Thonalmus hubbardi Leng and Mutchler lycid beetles. Plate 48.

Strangalia bonfilsi Villiers 1979a: 24, 1980b: 155 ; Chalumeau 1985c: 149; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 64; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. In upper mesophile and hygrophile forests, adults are a mimic of Photinus discoideus (Sahlberg) firefly beetles and are most active in May and June. Plate 48.

Strangalia debroizei Chalumeau and Touroult 2005b: 156, 2005a: 65 ; 2012a: 83. Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic. Notes. In hygrophile forest. Adults are a visual mimic of soldier beetles ( Cantharidae ). Plate 48.

Strangalia insularis (Fisher) 1932: 56 ( Ophistomis ); Villiers 1980b: 156; Monné and Hovore 2005: 176; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 66; 2012a: 83. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic. Notes. In hygrophile forest. Avisual mimic of Photinus spp. firefly beetles.

Strangalia thoracica (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 465 ( Ophiostomis ); Gahan 1895: 110; Villiers 1980b: 155; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 63; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. In upper humid and hygrophile forests. Peak of adult emergence from March to June. Day active, on flowers; larvae develop in branches of Inga spp. , Miconia sp. , Micheria sp.