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 .