PRIONINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 32-33

SUBFAMILY PRIONINAE

TRIBE MACROTOMINI

Mallodon spinibarbis (Linnaeus) 1758: 390 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 83; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 47. Distribution. Curaçao, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Argentina, Aruba; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. In several tree species in dry and humid forest zones.

Nothopleurus maxillosus (Drury) 1773: 86 and Plate 38, Figure 3 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 83; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 552; Villiers 1980b: 141; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 45; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. = Stenodontes exsertus Olivier 1795: 17 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 460, misidentification, of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados (needs verification), Barbuda (type locality), Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (seemingly absent in Virgin Islands), St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Kitts, St. Martin; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Larvae attack healthy and unhealthy wood of orange, mango, Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. and other trees.

TRIBE SOLENOPTERINI

Solenoptera canaliculata (Fabricius) 1787: 130 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 86; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 554 ( Derancistrus ); Villiers 1979a: 24, 1980b: 145; Galileo and Martins 1993: 441; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 54; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 65 (larva), 2006: 3 (pupa). Distribution. Bequia, Guadeloupe (subspecies S. c. asteria Gahan), Martinique (invalid subspecies asteria Gahan), Mustique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. In trunks of live trees such as Acacia spp. , Eugenia spp. , and Pimenta spp.

Solenoptera metallescens Thomson 1860: 306 ; Villiers 1979a: 24; 1980b: 148; Galileo and Martins 1993: 432; Monné and Hovore 2005: 12; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 58; Touroult 2007:12. Distribution. Dominica, Martinique (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Cuba.

Solenoptera quadrilineata (Olivier) 1795: 66 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 87; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 444; Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype), 1980b: 150; Galileo and Martins 1993: 447; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 57. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality, needs confirmation), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Solenoptera sulcicollis Thomson 1860: 306 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 460 ( Elateropsis ); Gahan 1895: 86; Villiers 1980b: 147; Galileo and Martins 1993: 442; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 56; Vitali and Touroult 2006: 3 (larva). Distribution. Martinique, Guadeloupe (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Cuba. Notes. Larvae bore into wood of orange and other trees; in urban areas and dry to wet forests.

[ Solenoptera thomae (Linnaeus) 1767: 623 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype); 1980b: 149; Galileo and Martins 1993: 429; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 61. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas; Guadeloupe (type locality, needs confirmation; and Martinique records are also questionable), Greater Antilles endemic?, probably not in Lesser Antilles, J. Touroult pers. comm., December, 2010].