PLATYPODINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 238-239

SUBFAMILY PLATYPODINAE , theflat-footed ambrosiabeetles

Euplatypus hians (Chapuis) 1865: 167 ( Platypus ); Wood and Bright 1992: 1145; Ivie et al. 2008b: 281. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat. Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela and Suriname to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius) 1801: 284 ( Bostrichus ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 282. Ivie et al. 2008b: 281; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 31; Daltry 2009: 70. = Platypus parallelus (Fabricius) 1801: 284 of most published records. = Platypus laevicollis Chapuis 1865: 212 of Guadeloupe. = Platypus rugulosus Chapuis 1865: 168 , Ramos 1946: 44 of Mona. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique*, Mona, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Kitts *, St. Lucia. USA (s FL, s TX), Mexico to Uruguay, Argentina, Chile; widespread New World. Introduced to Old World to Africa, Australia. Notes. This is the most widespread and destructive species in the subfamily, and occurs in many host genera of woody plants (Wood 1993: 275).

Euplatypus pulicarius (Chapuis) 1865: 165 ( Platypus ); Wood and Bright 1992: 1173; Daltry 2009: 70. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico. Trinidad, Colombia, Suriname to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina; widespread Antillesand South America .

Teloplatypus ustulatus (Chapuis) 1865: 224 ( Platypus ); Woodand Bright 1992: 1191; Daltry 2009: 70. Distribution. Guadeloupe*, Jamaica, St. Lucia. Mexico , Guatemala, to Costa Rica, Colombia, Cayenne, Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Ivie et al. (2008b: 281) note an unnamed species in this genus from Montserrat.