Longitarsus providensis Blake 1965: 7 Leaf Beetles of the Cayman Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Clark, Shawn M. Lillrose, Tiffany Belo Neto, Luiz A. Insecta Mundi 2013 2013-02-14 2013 279 1 41 Blake Blake [192,600,898,922] Insecta Chrysomelidae Longitarsus Animalia Coleoptera 25 24 Arthropoda species providensis  ( Figure 17)      Longitarsus providensis Blake 1965: 7.   Diagnosis.The greatly enlarged hind femora and the unusually long hind basitarsi that are about half as long as the hind tibiae are characteristics of the genus  Longitarsusand easily distinguish this species from all other chrysomelids known from the Cayman Islands(except for  Longitarsus alisonae). From other West Indian species of  Longitarsus(including  L. alisonae),  L. providensisis distinguished by the rather coarsely punctate pronotum and elytra, by the alutaceous microsculpture that is especially strong on the pronotum but also present on the vertex and elytra, by the non-truncate elytra that normally cover the abdominal apex, and especially by the distinctive aedeagus that is slightly narrowed before the apex, subtruncate at the apex, and with a small median tooth on the apical margin.   Material examined.  Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, Brac Paradise Subdivision,  5-VI-2008, M. C. Thomas, R. H. Turnbow, blacklight trap(4, RHTC);  Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, Major Donald Dr., 0.6 kmE. jct. Ashton Reid Dr.,  5-VI-2008, M. C. Thomas, R. H. Turnbow, blacklight trap(1, RHTC);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  19-III-1988, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(1, BYUC; 2, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  2-IV-1988, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(3, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  17- I-1989, P. Fitzgerald bl trap(2, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  8-VII-1990, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(2, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  28-VII-1990, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(2, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  4-VIII-1990, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  19-VIII-1990, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  7-X-1990, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(2, BYUC; 1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  10-V-1992, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  17-V-1992, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(3, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  VI-1992, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(3, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman,  12-VII-1992, P. Fitzgerald, blacklight trap(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Botanic Garden,  4-VI-2008, M. C. Thomas, R. H. Turnbow, B. K. Dozier, bl trap(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Botanic Garden,  9-VI-2008, M. C. Thomas, R. H. Turnbow, B. K. Dozier, bl trap(4, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, CI Botanic Garden,  8-VI-2008, Thomas& Turnbow, bl trap(3, BYUC; 23, RHTC);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Frank Sound Road,  3-VI-2008, R. Turnbow(1, RHTC);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Georgetown, UCCI,  2-VI-2008, Thomas& Turnbow, bl trap(1, RHTC);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Governor Gore’s Pond,  28-V-2009, R. Turnbow(1, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Mastic Trail,  28-V- 2009, Thomas, Turnbow& Ball, blacklight trap(5, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Mastic Trail,  28-V-2009, R. Turnbow(4, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Mastic Trailhead S.,  21-V- 2009, Thomas, Turnbowand Ball, bl trap(3, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Mastic Trailhead S.,  27-V-2009, R. Turnbow(5, BYUC; 20, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, North Side, 19°212N, 81°122W,  22-II-1993, W. E. Steiner& J. M. Swearingen, at black light in forest clearing near coast (1, USNM);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Queen Elizabeth Botanical Garden,  28-V-2009, Thomas, Turnbowand Ball, bl trap(7, FSCA);  Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Queen Elizabeth Botanical Park,  21-V-2009, Thomas, Turnbowand Ball, bl trap(2, FSCA).  Extralimital distribution. Bahamas( Blake 1965).  Plant associations.Unknown.   Comments.This species was previously known only from the Bahamas. We have compared the Cayman Islandsspecimens with material collected on AndrosIsland in the Bahamas, and we find the beetles to be essentially identical. 2008-06-05 R, RHTC M. C. Thomas & H. Turnbow Cayman Islands Brac Paradise Subdivision Cayman Brac 25 24 1 2008-06-05 R, RHTC M. C. Thomas & H. Turnbow Cayman Islands Cayman Brac Ashton Reid Dr. Major Donald Dr. 25 24 1 1988-03-19 BYUC, FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1988-04-02 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1989-01-17 FSCA Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1990-07-08 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1990-07-28 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 [287,1328,1570,1594] 1990-08-04 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1990-08-19 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1990-10-07 BYUC, FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1992-05-10 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1992-05-17 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1992-06 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 1992-07-12 FSCA P. Fitzgerald Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 2008-06-04 R, FSCA M. C. Thomas & H. Turnbow & B. K. Dozier Cayman Islands Botanic Garden Grand Cayman 25 24 1 2008-06-09 R, FSCA M. C. Thomas & H. Turnbow & B. K. Dozier Cayman Islands Botanic Garden Grand Cayman 25 24 1 2008-06-08 BYUC, RHTC CI Botanic Garden & Thomas & Turnbow Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 25 24 1 2008-06-03 R, RHTC Turnbow Cayman Islands Frank Sound Road Grand Cayman 25 24 1 2008-06-02 UCCI, RHTC Thomas & Turnbow Cayman Islands 26 25 Grand Cayman 25 24 1 George Town 2009-05-28 R, FSCA Turnbow Cayman Islands Governor Gore's Pond Grand Cayman 26 25 1 2009-05-28 FSCA Thomas & Turnbow & Ball Cayman Islands Mastic Trail Grand Cayman 26 25 1 2009-05-28 R, FSCA Turnbow Cayman Islands Mastic Trail Grand Cayman 26 25 1 2009-05-21 FSCA Grand Cayman & Mastic Trailhead S. & Thomas & Turnbow & Ball Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 26 25 1 2009-05-27 R, BYUC, FSCA Mastic Trailhead S. & Turnbow Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 26 25 1 1993-02-22 USNM Steiner & Swearingen Cayman Islands Grand Cayman 26 25 1 North Side 2009-05-28 FSCA Thomas & Turnbow & Ball Cayman Islands Queen Elizabeth Botanical Garden Grand Cayman 26 25 1 2009-05-21 FSCA Thomas & Turnbow & Ball Cayman Islands Queen Elizabeth Botanical Park Grand Cayman 26 25 1