CERAMBYCINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 21-22

SUBFAMILY CERAMBYCINAE

TRIBE METHIINI

Methia necydalea (Fabricius) 1798: 148 ( Saperda ); Villiers 1980a: 130; Philips and Ivie 1998: 72; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 71; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas (Great Exuma, Andros, South Bimini, Mayaguana), Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mona Island, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, 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 ); Chemsak 1966: 211; Villiers 1980a: 130; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 74; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. 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 HESPEROPHANINI

Ochrus ornatus (Fisher) 1935: 189 ( Pseudoeme ); Villiers 1980c: 273; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 85. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Lucia (type locality). Venezuela ; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE ELAPHIDIINI

Curtomerus flavus (Fabricius) 1775: 191 ( Callidium ); Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1980a: 131; Ivie 1985: 309; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 88. Distribution. Anguilla, Bahamas (Andros, South Bimini, New Providence, San Salvador), Barbados, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands (Guana, Virgin Gorda), Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Mona Island, Puerto Rico, St. Christopher, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central and South America ; widely introduced by commerce; introduced to Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, and Philippines; widespread New World. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Elaphidion glabratum (Fabricius) 1792: 295 ( Stenocorus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 565; Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1979b: 96 (lectotype), 1980c: 287; Ivie 1985: 310; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 101. Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. Eustatius , St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, Tortola; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. E. glabratum pseudonomon Ivie 1986: 311 occurs in the Virgin Islands (Anagada, St. John St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda). Host trees: Acacia , Citrus .

Nesanoplium dalensi Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 90 . Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic. Notes. Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles.

TRIBE IBIDIONINI

Neocompsa cylindricollis (Fabricius) 1798: 146 ( Heterachtes ); = Heterachthes quadrimaculata Haldeman 1847: 43 [not Fabricius 1792: 328]; Chemsak 1966: 215. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, 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 South America . Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

TRIBE CALLICHROMATINI

Mionochroma elegans (Olivier) 1790: 298 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980f: 97 (lectotype); Monné and Hovore 2005: 103; Woodruff et al. 1998: 15 ( Callichroma ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 115. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not St. Thomas and South America .

Mionochroma rufescens (Gahan) 1895: 113 ( Callichroma ); Villiers 1980c: 296, 1980f: 98 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 116. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia (type locality),?St. Thomas; widespread Antilles endemic; not Mexico and Guyana.

TRIBE TORNEUTINI

SUBTRIBE BOTHRIOSPILINA

Chlorida festiva (Linnaeus) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1980a: 130, 1980c: 274; Woodruff et al. 1998: 15; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005: 130. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, 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.