The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions
Peck, Stewart B.
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-02-12
2016
460
1
360
J8D
Latreille
1802
[368,598,1091,1115]
Insecta
Bostrichidae
Animalia
Coleoptera
121
116
Arthropoda
subFamily
Bostrichinae
Apate cephalotes(Olivier) 1790b: 108( Bostrichus). = Phonapate frontalisFåhraeus 1871: 664; Lepesme 1947: 210; Borowski and Wegrzynowicz 2007: 156. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World; native to Africa, Middle East, India. Notes. Attacking date palms, in wood of tamarisk and bamboo. Plate25. TRIBEBOSTRICHINI Amphicerus cornutus(Pallas) 1772: 8( Ligniperda); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 399; Lepesme 1947: 206; Fisher 1950: 70; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 277; Ivieet al. 2008b: 246; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 7; Thomaset al. 2013: 12. = Bostrychus bicornutusLatreille 1812: 65, Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 419 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Canouan*, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica*, Grenada*, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mayreau*, Montserrat, Mustique*, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy*, St. Croix, St. Kitts*, St. Lucia* (also in Daltry 2009: 66), St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Union*. USAto Mexicoto Panamaand Brazil, Hawaii (introduced); widespread New World; introduced to Fiji, Poland. Notes. Adults and larvae bore in many tree species. Plate25. Heterobostrychus aequalis(Waterhouse) 1884: 215( Bostrichus); Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 8; Thomas et al. 2013: 12. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Cuba. USA(FL, introduced and established); probably tropicopolitan, introduced to New World, probably nativeto Africa; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Apest of wood structures and products. TRIBEXYLOPERTHINI Tetrapriocera longicornis(Olivier) 1795: 15( Bostrichus); Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 419; Gorham 1898a: 329; Lepesme 1947: 209; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Ramos 1946: 40; Fisher 1950: 102; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 3; Bennettand Alam 1985: 23; Ivieet al. 2008b: 246; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 8; Thomaset al. 2013: 13. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia*, Canouan*, Carriacou*, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique*, Mayreau*, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts*, St. Lucia* (also in Daltry 2009: 66), St. Thomas, St. Vincent*, Union*. USA(FL), Mexico, Central America, South Americato Peru, Brazil; Galapagos; widespread New World; introduced to Germany. Notes. Boring in wood of many species of trees, and roots and wooden boxes. The beetles are abundant in lowland forests, and are commonly taken at light traps. Plate26. Xylobiops sextuberculata(LeConte) 1858: 73( Sinoxlyon); Gorham 1898a: 329 ( Xylopertha); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Fisher 1950: 126. Distribution. Grenada? Guatemala, Mexico,sw USA; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Xylomeira tridens(Fabricius) 1792: 362( Apate); Fisher 1950: 120; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246. = Xylomeira torquata(Fabricius) 1801: 382( Apate); Lepesme 1947: 208; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Ramos 1946: 40; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 4; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 8; Thomaset al. 2013: 13. Distribution. Anguila*, Antigua, Bahamas, Bequia*, Canouan*, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mayreau*, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique*, Nevis*, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy*, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts*, St. Lucia, St. Thomas ( typelocality), St. Vincent*, Tortola, Union*. USA(TX, FL), Mexico; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America. Notes. Adults and larvae bore in wood of Parkinsoniasp., Delonix regia(Boj. ex. Hook.) Raf. (royal poinciana), Acaciaspp., and Tamarindus indicaL. Thebeetles are abundant in lowland forests, and are commonly taken at light traps. Plate26. Xylopsocus capucinus(Fabricius) 1781: 62( Apate); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Fisher 1950: 140; Spilman 1971: 3; Ivieet al. 2008b: 246. Distribution. Antigua*, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia*. Brazil, Surinam, Trinidad; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World; native to Old World tropics. TRIBESINOXYLINI Sinoxylon unidentatum(Fabricius) 1801: 377; Borowski and Wegrzynowicz 2007: 119. = Sinoxylon conigerumGerstaecker 1855: 268; Fisher 1950: 60; Tucker 1952: 343; Bennettand Alam 1985: 23. Distribution. Barbados. Venezuelaand Hawaii; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World; widespread in tropical Asia and Africa. Notes. A wood-borer; members of this genus are serious pests of fallen trees and bamboo in India.