BRUCHINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 100-102

SUBFAMILY BRUCHINAE

TRIBE BRUCHIDIINI

Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) 1758: 386 ( Curculio ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 761; Tucker 1952: 347; de Luca l972: 103; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Udayagiri and Wadhi 1989: 167; Kingsolver 2004: 80; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico; introduced to Lesser Antilles; expected throughout the Antilles. From USA (widespread) to Brazil; native to Old World; tropicopolitan. Notes. The cow pea weevil; a major stored products pest of many leguminous genera.

Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabriciuis) 1775: 65 ( Bruchus ); Kingsolver 2004: 82. = Callosobruchus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius) 1792: 371 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 761; Tucker 1952: 347; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 96; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA, J. Kingsolver det.), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; expected throughout the Antilles. South America , USA (TX-CT-FL); Mexico to South America , introduced to and now widespread in New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; cosmopolitan. Notes. Also called the cow pea weevil; a stored products pest of seeds of various legumes.

TRIBE ACANTHOSCELIDINI

Acanthoscelides argillaceus (Sharp) 1885: 452 ( Bruchus ); Udayagiri and Wadhi 1989: 37. Acanthoscelides obreptus Bridwell 1942: 256. deLuca 1972: 1. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola. Mexico , Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela, to Brazil, Chile; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. A pest of stored seeds Cajanus sp. , Dolichos sp. , Phaseolus spp. , and Vigna sp.

Acanthoscelides desmanthi Johnson 1990: 364 . Distribution. Antigua, Curaçao, Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA, J. Kingsolver det.), Nevis. Puerto Rico, St. Eustatius. USA, Mexico , Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; widespread New World.

Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fahraeus) 1839: 32 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 414; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Udayagiri and Wadhi 1989: 46; Johnson 1990: 384; Kingsolver 2004: 111; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8. = Acanthoscelides ochraceicolor (Pic) 1913: 110 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 760; Kingsolver 1969: 53; de Luca l972: 103. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadelope, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Monserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Vincent ( type locality), Tortola, Union. USA (FL, LA, TX) and Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Aruba, Trinidad, Surinam; Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; widespread New World. Note. Hosts: Abutilon hypoleucus Gray , Galactia striata Jacq. , Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC, R. longeracemosa (M. Martens and Galeotti) , Vicia sp. , and Eriosema violaceum (Aubl.) G. Don.

Acanthoscelides guadeloupensis Pic 1927: 11 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 1944: 759; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 414. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Acanthoscelides johnique Johnson 1986: 265 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas. Trinidad, Tobago; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Acanthoscelides modestus (Sharp) 1885b: 461 ( Bruchus ); Johnson 1990: 433. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA, J. Kingsolver det.), Hispaniola, Jamaica. Puerto Rico. Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) 1831: 1 ( Bruchus ); Miskimen and Bond 1970: 96; de Luca l972: 103; Johnson 1990: 438; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 122. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, St. Croix; expected throughout the Antilles; native to subtropical New World; cosmopolitan. Note. A major stored products pest of beans and peas.

Caryedes podagrica Fabricius 1801: 399 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 758; de Luca l972: 103; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 417; Udayagiri and Wadhi 1989: 76. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy. Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Ctenocolum janzeni Kingsolver and Whitehead 1974: 289 . Distribution. Guadeloupe (new island record, FSCA; 14 specimens, 5 localities; J. Kingsolver det.). Mexico, Costa Rica ; Lesser Antilles and Latin America ? Notes. The distribution could also suggest that the species is introduced to Guadeloupe.

Sennius rufomaculatus (Motschulsky) 1874: 222 ( Bruchus ); Alvarez and Kingsolver 1997: 219; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Sennius instabilis (Sharp) 1885: 446 ( Bruchus ); de Luca l972: 103; Udagiri and Wadhi 1989: 106. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad-Tobago; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Host: Cassia spp.

Stator monachus (Sharp) 1885b: 471 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 760; de Luca l972: 103; Johnson and Kingsolver 1976: 42; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Stator dufaui (Pic) 1927: 11 ( Bruchus ) of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759 ( Acanthoscelides ); Kingsolver 1972: 220. Distribution. Antigua, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola. Mexico , Guatemala, Panama, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Not listed in Kingsolver’s (1972) synopsis of Stator Bridwell of the West Indies. Hosts: in seeds and flowers of Inga spp. , Acacia spp. , Piscidia spp.

TRIBE BRUCHINI

Mimosestes insularis Kingsolver and Johnson 1978: 35 , Kingsolver 2004: 188. Distribution. Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA, J. Kingsolver det.), Jamaica, Puerto Rico. USA (Hawaii), Colombia. Notes. Hosts: seeds of Acacia spp and Prosopis spp.

Mimosestes mimosae (Fabricius) 1781: 76 ( Bruchus ); Kingsolver and Johnson 1978: 42; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. Distribution. Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe (new island record, INRA, J. Kingsolver det.), Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico; expected throughout Lesser Antilles. USA, Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Trinidad, Guyana and Brazil; WNA; introduced to Azores. Notes. Hosts: Many species including Acacia spp. , Caesalpinia sp. , Hymenaea sp. , Ochroma sp. , Prosopis sp. , and Vicia sp. This is a variable species, with small but consistent differences in the male genitalia

SUBTRIBE MEGACERINI

Megacerus lherminieri (Fahraeus) 1839: 37 ( Bruchus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 473 ( Acanthoscelides ) of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 1944: 760; Terán and Kingsolver 1977: 101; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 411. = Bruchus ( Pachybruchus) curtipennis Pic 1927: 11 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759 ( Acanthoscelides ), Terán and Kingsolver 1977: 101 as synonym, in error. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico. Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America ? Notes. Hosts: probably on Convolvulaceae .