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
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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