LIXINAE, Schoenherr, 1823

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 43

SUBFAMILY LIXINAE

TRIBE LIXINI

Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) 1861: 102 ( Rhinocyllus ); Bennett 1968; Stegmaier 1973: 235; Wibmer and O’Brien 1898: 9, 77; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 32. Distribution. Bahamas, Curaçao, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts; introduced to Lesser Antilles. USA (AZ, FL, NM, NV, TX, UT, WA). The species is native to India, the Near East, and Mediterranean region. Notes. The weevil bores into several plant species in the New World. The common name is the puncturevine stem weevil, and it was introduced to the New World, and is used as a biocontrol agent against puncture vine ( Tribulus terrestris L.), a native but noxious plant of tropical and subtropical New World. After its introduction it may have partly dispersed through the commercial movement of animal feed, such as horse feed.