DYNASTINAE, MacLeay, 1819

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 : 25-26

SUBFAMILY DYNASTINAE

TRIBE CYCLOCEPHALINI

Chalepides barbatus barbatus (Fabricius) 1787: 10 ( Scarabaeus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 253; Paulian 1947a: 73; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 590 (suggesting labelling error); Chalumeau 1983a: 216 (doubting Guadeloupe record); Endrödi 1985: 172; Audreau: 2001: 426. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloulpe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten. Other subspecies are from Guatemala to Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Introduced to lower Lesser Antilles according to Chalumeau (1983a 216). Some records are placed in Chalepus M’Leay 1819: 149 (Scarabaeidae) which is preocupied by Chalepus Thunberg 1805: 282 (Chrysomelidae) . Wolcott (1950: 263) discusses the natural history of this detritus feeding and non-economic beetle in Puerto Rico.

Cyclocephala immaculata (Olivier) 1789: 29 ( Melolontha ); Arrow 1947: 221; Paulian 1947a: 69; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 582; Chalumeau 1983a: 143; Endrödi 1985: 101. = C. danforthi Chapin 1935: 69 of St. Martin-St. Maarten. Distribution. Anegada, Désirade, Guadeloupe (type locality), St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin-St. Maarten. French Guiana (C. i. ferruginea (Fabricius) 1798: 170 ( Melolontha )); Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Cyclocephala mafaffa Burmeister 1847: 69 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 581; Chalumeau 1983a: 141; Endrödi 1985: 85; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. = Cyclocephala mafaffa grandis Burmeister 1847: 69 ; Chalumeau 1983a: 141 = Cyclocephala grandis Olivier 1847: 69 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 401; Paulian 1947a: 67 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts. S USA, Mexico to Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad; widespread New World.

TRIBE ORYCTINI

Strategus talpa (Fabricius) 1792: 32 ( Scarabaeus ); Paulian 1947a: 78; Ratcliffe 1976: 150; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 595; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 49. Distribution. Bahamas, Antigua, Guana, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy (type locality), St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Vieques; widespread Antilles endemic.

Tomarus cuniculus (Fabricius) 1801: 20 ( Geotrupes ); Paulian 1947a: 76 ( Ligyrus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 591; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 27; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983a: 154; Cooter 1983: 185; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245 ( Ligyrus ); Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 49. = Ligyrus antillarum Palisot de Beauvois 1805: 104 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 402 of Guadeloupe. = Ligyrus tumulosus Burmeister 1847: 101 ; Ramos 1946: 41 of Mona; Uyttenboogaart 1902: 116 of Barbados. Distribution. Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Jamaica, Marie- Galante, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. United States to Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; larvae a serious pest of roots of sugar cane, or may be saprophagous or coprophagous where sugar cane is absent.

Tomarus ebenus (DeGeer) 1774: 317 ( Scarabaeus ); Paulian 1947a: 76 ( Ligyrus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 592; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 26; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983a: 156. = Ligyrus cordatus Fabricius 1792: 31 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 402 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Marie-Galante, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten. Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; larvae feed on small tubers of Dioscoraceae and Convolvulaceae and may damage gardens.

TRIBE PHILEURINI

Phileurus valgus Linnaeus 1758: 347 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 403; Ratcliffe 1988: 52. = Phileurus castaneus antillarum Prell 1912: 179 ; Paulian 1947a: 82; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. = P. valgus antillarum Prell 1912: 179 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 599; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 27; Chalumeau 1983a: 168 of Guadeloupe, of Dominica, and of Martinique; Turnbow and Thomas 2008; 49. = P. valgus capra Bates 1889: 341 of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of St. Martin-St. Maarten, and of St. Barthélemy in Endrödi 1985: 726. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Vincent. Venezuela. The nominate subspecies is in USA (FL) and Central and South America to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; adults and larvae collected in decaying logs of Inga sp.