SUBFAMILYENTIMINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 222-225

SUBFAMILYENTIMINAE

TRIBEANYPOTACTINI

Polydacrys depressifrons Boheman 1840: 298 . = Pandeletejus cavirostris (Schaeffer) 1908: 214 . = Pandeleteius nubilosus (Boheman) 1840: 296 . Distribution. Grenada, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. USA (TX), Mexico , Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Ivieet al. (2008b: 279) list an unidentified species from Montserrat.

Polydacrys moestus Chevrolat 1880b: 190 ; Hustache 1929: 186; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 22. = Polydracys nigrosparsus Chevrolat 1880b: 190 . Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Polydacrys scansorius (Klug) 1829: 13 ( Sitona ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 29; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 22. = Polydacrys modestus Gyllenhal 1834: 131 , Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 4345. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe; widespread Antillesendemic.

TRIBEEUDIAGOGINI

Promecops lunatus Fåhraeus 1840: 327 ; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 23. = Promecops cognatus Fåhraeus 1840: 331 . Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenadines, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Promecops posticus Fåhraeus 1840: 322 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 442; Hustache 1929: 201; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 23. = Artipus alboscutellatus (Chevrolat) 1880d: 254 . = Promecops olivieri Faust 1892: 27 . Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality); Lesser Antillesendemic. Not South America .

Promecops sinuatocollis Hustache 1929: 202 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

TRIBEEUSTYLINI

Brachyomus tuberculatus (Boheman) 1842: 218 ( Geonemus ). Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

Compsus gentilis (Olivier) 1807: 315 ( Curculio ). Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436 ( Neocyphus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of citrus.

Compsus lacteus (Fabricius) 1781: 185 ( Curculio ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 435 ( Oxyderces ); Wibmer and O’Brien 1989: 29. Distribution. Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Jamaica. South America ( French Guiana, type locality; not Guadeloupe) ; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) 1758: 386 ( Curculio ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436; Uyttenboogaart 1902: 118; Hustache 1929: 183; Ramos 1946: 43; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 99; O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 55; Cooter 1983: 186; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 282; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 23; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. = Curculio abbreviatus variety brevis (Olivier) 1790b: 549 of Guadeloupe, of Martinique. = Curculio abbreviatus variety distinguendus Gyllenhal 1834: 10 of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of Puerto Rico; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 23 of Dominica. = Curculio abbreviatus variety guadeloupensis Gyllenhal 1834: 11 of Guadeloupe. = Curculio abbreviatus guadelupensis Hustache 1929: 184 [not guadeloupensis Gyllenhal 1834 .] Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic. USA (FL, introduced, first reported in 1964). Notes and economic importance. The citrus root weevil or the diaprepes root weevil. This pest is also 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. Lapointe (2000) reviews the agricultural importance of beetles in this genus. Plate 55.

Diaprepes balloui Marshall 1916: 449 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 23. Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic. Not Hispaniola, contrary to Perez-Gelabert (2008: 134). Notes. Biology unknown but likely similar to that of Diaprepes abbreviatus . Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Diaprepes boxi Marshall 1938: 3 ; O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Diaprepes cf. doublierii Guérin-Méneville 1847: 9 ; O’Brien and Turnbow 2011: 24. Distribution. Dominica, Hispaniola; widespread Antillesendemic.

Diaprepes excavatus Rosenschoeld 1840: 343 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Diaprepes famelicus (Olivier) 1790b: 544 ( Curculio ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 438; Hustache 1929: 197 ( Prepodes ); Miskimenand Bond 1970: 99; Cooter 1983: 186; Whitwell 1991; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 134; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 24. = Curculio affinis (Fabricius) 1801: 531 . = 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 Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.).

Diaprepes marginatus (Fabricius) 1775: 145 ( Curculio ) [resurrected name; incorrectly attributed to Olivier. 1790: 526]; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 437; Hustache 1929: 184; Schiller 2004: 19; O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 55. = Curculio bivittatus (Fabricius) 1787: 118 . = Diaprepes circumdatus: Schoenherr 1826: 117 [nomen nudum.] = Diaprepes denudatus Pierce 1915: 263 Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Thomas; widespread Antillesendemic.

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

Diaprepes rufescens Boheman 1840: 346 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 438; Hustache 1929: 197 ( Prepodes ); O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 56. Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Diaprepes variegatus Chevrolat 1880b: 165 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 56. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Eustylushybridus (Rosenschoeld) 1840: 200 ( Platyomus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 200; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 24. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), St. Lucia ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. On sweet peas and Eugenia sp. rose apple trees.

Exophthalmus aurarius (Gyllenhal) 1834: 12 ( Diaprepes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 438; [also incorrectly attributed to Leng and Mutchler 1914: 469]; Hustache 1929: 196 ( Prepodes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Exophthalmus dufaui (Hustache) 1929: 198 ( Prepodes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Exophthalmus foveicollis (Chevrolat) 1880e: 175 ( Diaprepes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Exophthalmus hemigrammus (Chevrolat) 1880c: 197 ( Diaprepes ). = Exophthalmodes hemipterus (Lona) 1938: 520 [error.] Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.

Exophthalmus interruptus (Chevrolat) 1880b: 165 ( Diaprepes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Exophthalmus marginicollis (Chevrolat) 1880e: 175 ( Diaprepes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 438; Hustache 1929: 198 ( Prepodes ); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 24; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47 ( Litostylus ). Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Exophthalmus marmoreus (Gyllenhal) 1840: 352 ( Praepodes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 439 ( Prepodes ); Hustache 1929: 198. = Prepodes marmoreus variety marmoratus (Hustache) 1929: 198 . Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

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

Exophthalmus vitraci (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 437 ( Diaprepes ); Hustache 1929: 196 ( Prepodes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

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

TRIBE GEONEMINI

Lachnopus campechianus Gyllenhal 1840: 388 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 439; Hustache 1929: 199 ( Prepodes ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic. Notes. Apossible pest of Citrus spp.

Lachnopus curvipes (Fabricius) 1787: 113 ( Curculio ). Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 199 ( Prepodes ); Schiller 2004: 11; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 282; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 24. = Curculio curvipes variety calcaratus (Olivier) 1807: 350 of Guadeloupe; not Oware (Africa), an error. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Cooter 1983: 186 and Ivie et al. 2008b: 279 also list an unidentified species in this genus from Montserrat. Plate 56.

Lachnopus lineicollis (Chevrolat) 1880e: 175 ( Diaprepes ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 439 ( Lachnopus ); Hustache 1929: 199 ( Prepodes ); O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 24. = Diaprepes foveicollis (Chevrolat) 1880e: 175 . = Diaprepes quadritaenia (Chevrolat) 1880b: 190 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 439; Hustache 1929: 196. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality); Lesser Antillesendemic.

Lachnopus memnonius (Gyllenhal) 1834: 42 ( Ptilopus ). Distribution. St. Barthélemy; singleisland endemic.

TRIBELORDOPINI

Hypoptus insularis Champion 1911: 302 . Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Hypsonotus latus Jekel 1857: 147 . Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBENAUPACTINI

Artipuscorycaeus Sahlberg 1823: 22 ; Tucker 1952: 348; O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 31; Bennettand Alam 1985: 29. Distribution. Barbados, St. Barthélemy; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Attacks seeds of crab’s eye vine (Cesalpinia spp.) and horse-nicker ( Abrus precatorius L.)

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

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

Litostylus boveli (Marshall) 1922b: 184 ( Germariella ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 32; Bennettand Alam 1985: 30; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 25. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Hispaniola, contrary to Perez-Gelabert 2008: 136. Notes. Adults feed on Citrus spp. foliage.

Litostylus leucocephalus (Chevrolat) 1880d: 213 ( Cyphus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Litostylus pudens (Boheman) 1833: 623 ( Cyphus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436 ( Neocyphus ); Hustache 1929: 188; Cooter 1983: 186; Ivieet al. 2008b: 279; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 25. Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy (type locality), St. Vincent ; Lesser Antillesendemic. Notes. Apossible pest of citrus.

Litostylus strangulatus (Chevrolat) 1880d: 213 ( Cyphus ); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 436; Hustache 1929: 189; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 25. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Hispaniola, contrary to Perez-Gelabert (2008: 136).

TRIBEPOLYDRUSINI

Polydrusus guadelupensis (Hustache) 1929: 186 ( Polydrosus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

Polydrusus latitarsis (Hustache) 1929: 185 ( Polydrosus ). Distribution. Guadeloupe; singleisland endemic.

TRIBETANYMECINI

Pandeleteius testaceipes Hustache 1929: 181 ; Howden 1970: 48, 2004: 20l; O’Brienand Wibmer 1982: 49; Woodruff et al. 1998: 23; O’Brienand Turnbow 2011: 25. = Pandeleteius sublineatus Champion 1911: 203 of Grenada and of St. Vincent; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 468; Howden 1970: 50, 2004: 201. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; Lesser Antillesendemic. Not Hispaniola, contrary to Perez-Gelabert 2008: 136. Plate 56.