DINODERINAE, C. G. Thomson, 1863

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 : 61

SUBFAMILY DINODERINAE

Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston) 1858: 409 ; Gorham 1898a: 329 ( Rhizopertha bifoveata ); Lepesme 1947: 203. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. widespread New World ; tropicopolitan. Notes. Boring into many wood products.

[ Dinoderus distinctus Lesne 1897: 322 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398; Lepesme 1947: 200. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced; no evidence that it is established. Philippines; Germany (introduced). Notes. Found in imported roots in a pharamacy in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.]

Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) 1775: 54 ( Apate ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 419; Lepesme 1947: 202; Fisher 1950: 30; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 398; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 3; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (FL, CA), Guatemala to Argentina; widespread in Old and New World tropics; introduced to New World tropics; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. The bamboo powder-post beetle. Adults and larvae bore into dry (not living) bamboo (wherever dry bamboo is stored) plus sugarcane, rattan, packing cases, and stored products such as many kinds of timber, plants, and vegetable products.

Rhizopertha dominica Fabricius 1792: 359 ; Lepesme 1947: 200; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Perez- Gelabert 2008: 104. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. Mexico to Brazil, USA?; widespread New World. Cosmopolitan. Notes. In stored products; also attacking books.