CERAMBYCINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 50-52

SUBFAMILY CERAMBYCINAE

TRIBE METHIINI

Methia necydalea (Fabricius) 1798: 148 ( Saperda ); Gahan 1895: 122; Ramos 1946: 41; Villiers 1980a: 130; Philips and Ivie 1998: 72; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 71; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 6; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 20. = Methia pusilla Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 468 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin , Nevis, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union. USA (TX- FL-VA) to Mexico, Belize to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Taken at lights, mostly in dry forests. Host trees: Sloanea , Inga , Laguncularia , Conocarpus , Rhizophora , Avicennia .

TRIBE ACHRYSONINI

Achryson surinamum (Linnaeus) 1767: 632 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 461; Gahan 1895: 92; Chemsak 1966: 211; Villiers 1980a: 130; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 74; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Touroult 2007: 6; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent. SW USA to Trinidad to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Host trees: Acacia , Leucaena , Lonchocarpus , Tamarindus .

TRIBE EBURIINI

Eburia insulana Gahan 1895: 93 ; Villiers 1979: 96 (lectotype), 1980c: 280; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 82; Touroult 2007: 6. Distribution. Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent (type locality), Union; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE ELAPHIDIINI

Curtomerus flavus (Fabricius) 1775: 191 ( Callidium ); Ramos 1946: 42 ( Cylindera ); Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1980a: 131; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Ivie 1985: 309; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 88; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 17. = Cyrtomerus pilicornis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 465 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 108 ( Cylindera ). Distribution. Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands (Guana, Virgin Gorda), Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mona, Monserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central and South America ; widespread New World; widely spread by commerce to Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, and Philippines. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Nesanoplium puberulum (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 464 ( Cyrtomerus ); Gahan 1895: 108; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 571; Chemsak 1966: 214; Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980f: 98 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 89; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 21. Distribution. Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Barthélémy, St. Vincent, Tortola; not Montserrat; widespread Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies. Notes. Host trees: Inga , Hymenaea , Tamarindus , Acacia, Cyatharexylum , Coccoloba . In dry and moist forests.

TRIBE IBIDIONINI

Neocompsa cylindricollis (Fabricius) 1798: 146 ( Heterachtes ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 109 ( Stenocorus ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. = Heterachthes quadrimaculata Haldeman 1847: 43 (not Fabricius 1792: 328); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 464 ( Ibidion ); Gahan 1895: 107 ( Compsa ); Chemsak 1966: 215. = N. quadrimaculata (Fabricius) 1792: 328 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 464; Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980c: 291, 1980e: 595; Woodruff et al. 1998: 16 ( Heterachthes ); Vitali and Touroult 2005: 68 (larva), Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 109; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Tortola. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

TRIBE PLECTROMERINI

Plectromerus fasciatus (Gahan) 1895: 109 ( Pentomacrus ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 112 (as an unnamed new species), 2005b: 158 (lectotype); Touroult 2007:12; Nearns and Branham 2008: 33 ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Grenada, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Vincent; not Cuba; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE EROSCHEMINI

Tethlimmena basalis Gahan 1895 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 114, 2005b: 158 (lectotype). Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic.

TRIBE TORNEUTINI

SUBTRIBE BOTHRIOSPILINA

Chlorida festiva (Linnaeus) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 462; Gahan 1895: 93; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 93; Villiers 1980a: 130, 1980c: 274; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Woodruff et al. 1998: 15; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 130; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Perez- Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central and South America to Argentina; widespread New World. Introduced to Old World; São Tome, Gulf of Guinea. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

TRIBE TRACHYDERINI

SUBTRIBE TRACHYDERINA

Oxymerus aculeatus lebasi Dupont 1838: 47 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 132; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. = Oxymerus lebasii Dupont, Villiers 1980c: 305 . = Oxymerus luteus Voet 1778: 17 ; Gahan 1895: 110; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 592, not Voet 1778: 17. Distribution. Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Trinidad, Guyana; other subspecies in Brazil and Bolivia to Uruguay; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. From mangrove to moist forest zone. Host trees: Artocarpus , Inga , Conocarpus , Acacia .