RUTELINAE, MacLeay, 1819

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 44-45

SUBFAMILY RUTELINAE

Anomala insularis (Laporte) 1840: 136 ( Euchlora ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 399; Paulian 1947a: 62; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 106; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 24; Chalumeau 1978: 43, 1983a: 131, 1985b: 248. = Anomala marginata (Fabricius) 1792: 164 and A. cincta Blanchard of Guadeloupe, of Martinique. =Strigoderma marginatum Olivier 1789: 5; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 399 of Guadeloupe. = Anomala valida Burmeister 1844: 264 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 399 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. La Désirade, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Martinique, Marie-Galante; St. Kitts ( Anomala insularis liamaigae Chalumeau 1985a: 249 ); not Hispaniola (contra Perez-Gelabert 2008: 95 and Blackwelder 1944-1957); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults attracted to lights at many sites; larvae found in decaying breadfruit and mangos.

TRIBE RUTELINI

Macraspis tristis Laporte 1840: 117 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 399 ( Antichira ); Paulian 1947a: 58; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 242; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 103; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 22; Chalumeau 1983a: 126, 1985b: 244; Schiller 2004: 23; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. = Antichira lucida Olivier 1789: 75 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 400 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Barbados (probably introduced), Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults attracted to flowers of Poinciana sp. (flametree); larvae in decaying trees.

Rutela striata (Olivier) 1789: 79 ( Cetonia ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 400; Paulian 1947a: 61; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 239; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 104; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983a: 127; Chalumeau 1985a: 241; Jameson 1997: 102; Schiller 2004: 23; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. = Rutela striata variety guadelupensis Laporte 1840: 120 of Guadeloupe. = Rutela striata variety marginicollis Laporte 1840: 120 of Guadeloupe. = Rutela lineolata Linnaeus 1758: 350 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 400 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Rutela striata striata: Desirade , Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Montserrat; Rutela striata antiqua Ohaus 1922: 325 (= Rutela striata martinicensis Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 105 ): Martinique, St. Lucia ( Jameson 1997: 104); Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Venezuela.

TRIBE GENIATINI

Leucothyreus guadulpiensis Burmeister 1844: 501 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 401; Paulian 1947a: 64; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 107; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 22; Chalumeau 1978: 43, 1983a: 133, 1985b: 254; Schiller 2004: 34; Ivie et al. 2008b: 244. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Montserrat, St. Kitts; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Adults feed on citrus leaves at night.