LAMIINAE, Latreille, 1825

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 36-39

SUBFAMILY LAMIINAE

TRIBE LAMIINI

Taeniotes leucogrammus Thomson 1865: 554 ; Gahan 1895: 121; Villiers 1980e: 558; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 140; Touroult 2007: 7. Distribution. Martinique (type locality), St. Lucia ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Touroult 2007: 7 has described the subspecies T. l. luciae of St. Lucia .

[ Taeniotes pulverulentus (Olivier) 1790: 302 ( Lamia ); Gahan 1895: 121; Villiers 1980e: 558; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 138. Distribution. Grenada; not Guadeloupe and not Martinique. Costa Rica to Paraguay; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. This is listed as a synonym of T. farinosus (Linnaeus) 1758: 390 in Monné and Hovore 2005: 270, which occurs from Costa Rica to Peru.]

[ Taeniotes scalaris Fabricius 1781: 213 ; Gahan 1895: 121; Villiers 1980e: 556; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 138. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Martinique (record needs confirmation, probably not established); not Guadeloupe. Mexico, Central and South America ; widespread Antilles and Latin America ? Notes. Host trees; Ficus spp. , Morus spp. , Artocarpus spp. , Castilloa spp. Listed as a synonym of T. scalatus Gmelin 1790: 1825 in Monné and Hovore 2005: 271.]

TRIBE APOMECYNINI

Adetus lherminieri Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 468 ; Gahan 1895: 122; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 597; Villiers 1980d: 465, 1980e: 543, 1980f: 86 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 144; Touroult 2007: 8. = A. leewardensis Breuning 1940: 38 of St. Vincent. = A. grossepunctatus Breuning 1940: 38 of Grenada and of Mustique. Distribution. Barbados, Canouan, Dominica (subspecies dominicensis Breuning 1971: 307 ), Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Petit St. Vincent, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host plants: Coccoloba uvifera , Cordia spp. , Cossypium spp., Hibiscus spp. , Thespia spp.

Bebelis picta Pascoe 1875: 73 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 149. = Dorcasta obtusa Bates 1885: 372 , Gahan 1895: 127 of St. Vincent. = Bebelis lignosa Thomson 1864: 110 ; Breuning 1971: 300 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Martinique, St. Vincent. Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Probably not Cuba.

Rosalba hovorei Touroult 2007:13 , Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 147 (misidentification as R. arawakiana Villiers 1980e: 545 of Guadeloupe). Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

TRIBE ONCIDERINI

Cacostola ornata Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 470 ; Gahan 1895: 125; Villiers 1980e: 551, 1980f: 87 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 158; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Touroult 2007: 8. Distribution. Bequia, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Mangifera indica L., Chrysobalanus spp. , Avicenia spp.

Hypsioma grisea (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 469 ( Hypomia ); Gahan 1895: 125; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 549, 1980f: 87 (lectotype) ( Tritania ); Monné and Hovore 2005: 204; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 154; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 72 (larva); Dalens and Touroult 2007: 292; Touroult 2007: 8. = Hypsioma picticornis Bates 1865: 111 ; Gahan 1895: 125 of Grenada. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Piscidia spp. , Lonchocarpus spp. , Mangifera indica . dry and moist zone forests.

Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) 1792: 276 ( Lamia ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 470; Gahan 1895: 125; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 547; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 151; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 74 (larva); Touroult 2007: 8. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. The female of this beetle lays its eggs in a small tree branch and then girdles the branch with its mandibles until the branch drops to the forest floor. The larva develops in the fallen branch. Host trees are: “bois doux” ( Inga spp. , with a diameter up to 20 mm), Coccoloba uvifera , Lonchocarpus spp. , Diospyros spp , Acacia spp. , Sloanea spp. , Citrus spp., etc.

Trestonia signifera Buquet 1859: 49 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 469; Gahan 1895: 125 ( Trestonia ); Villiers 1980e: 549; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 157. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE POGONOCHERINI

Ecyrus hirtipes Gahan 1895: 127 ; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 561, 1980f: 88 (lectotype); Chemsak 1969: 189; Ivie and Chemsak 1983: 199; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 163; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Touroult 2007: 8; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 17. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, Union; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Polyphagous on many host trees.

TRIBE DESMIPHORINI

Estola rogueti Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 167, 2005b: 158 . Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. In dry zone forests.

Mimestoloides benardi Breuning 1980: 70 ; Villiers 1980e: 559; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 166; Touroult 2007: 8. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. In dry and moist zone forests; reared from branches of Artocarpus spp. and captured on Clusia plukenetii Urban.

TRIBE ANISOCERINI

Onychocerus crassus (Voet) 1778: 10 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1980e: 586; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 168. Distribution. Grenada, Martinique. Panama to Trinidad, Tobago, to Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Host plants: Spondias spp. , Hura sp.

TRIBE ACANTHODERINI

Oreodera glauca (Linnaeus) 1758: 390 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471; Gahan 1895: 128; Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 583; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 169; Touroult 2007:11; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 21. Distribution. Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. Mexico to Panama, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. An anthropophile and possibly introduced to some islands. Host trees: Ficus spp. , Artocarpus spp. , Coccoloba uvifera , etc.

Steirastoma breve (Sulzer) 1776: 45 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1980e: 584; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 171. = Cerambyx depressum Fabricius 1781: 214 ; Gahan 1895: 128. Distribution. Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia. USA (FL), Costa Rica to Trinidad, Argentina; widespread New World.

TRIBE ACANTHOCININI

Amniscus assimilis (Gahan) 1895: 136 ( Leptostylus ); Gahan 1895: 136; Gilmour 1963: 59 ( Leptostylopsis ); Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 571, 1980f: 90 ( Leptostyloides ); Monné and Hovore 2005: 246; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 179; Vitali 2001: 153 (larva); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. = Leptostylopsis bidentatus (Fabricius) 1775: 165 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 136 ( Leptostylus ) of Nevis. = Leptostylus bidentatus in part, Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471; Gilmour 1963: 59 (new combination). Distribution. Barbados, Désirade, Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Guana, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Mexico record in doubt. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Amniscus similis (Gahan) 1895: 136 ( Leptostylus ); Gahan 1895: 136; Villiers 1980d: 466, 1980e: 572, 1980f: 91 (lectotype) ( Leptostyloides ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 178; Vitali and Touroult 2006: 5 (larva); Touroult 2007:11. = Leptostylus bidentatus in part; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 136. = Leptostyloides turbidus Gilmour 1963: 63 of St. Eustatius. = Paratrypanidius antiguae Gilmour 1963: 15 of Antigua. = Leptostylopsis testaceus (Froelich) 1792: 141 ( Leptostylus ); Gilmour 1963: 59. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada (type locality), Guadeloupe, Guana, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Vincent , Tortola, Virgin Gorda. Mexico, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Host trees: Tabebuia spp. , Delonix spp. , Hippomane mancinella , Mangifera indica , Artocarpus spp. , Cecropia spp. , Clusia spp.

Anisopodus dominicensis Villiers 1980 d: 467, 1980e: 581, 1980f: 96; Chemsak et al. 1992: 134. = Lepturges brochieri Chalumeau and Touroult 2004a 193; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 194 (synonymy). Distribution. Dominica, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. In moist forest.

Lagocheirus araneiformis (Linnaeus) 1767: 625 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 471; Gahan 1895: 130; Gilmour 1963: 58; Villiers 1980d: 465, 1980e: 564; Chalumeau 1983b: 223; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 213; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007:12; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 20; Wolcott 1950 . Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Bequia, Cuba, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Guana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mustique, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union. The subspecies L. a. guadeloupensis Dillon 1957: 150 is reported in Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Martin, St. John. The subspecies L. a. insulorum Dillon 1957: 150 is distributed on various islands of the southern Lesser Antilles, including Martinique. Five other subspecies are elsewhere in the West Indies (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), USA (FL), Mexico to Panama, and northern South America ; widespread New World. Introduced to Tahiti and Hawaii. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera and species, especially Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg., especially in dry zones. The emergence holes of adult beetles from the tree are through large, conspicuous, circular “trap-doors” cut through the bark of the host tree, which are sometimes still attached to the tree. The holes under the bark are feeding chambers and pupation takes place deeper in the tree.

Leptostylopsis martinicensis Villiers 1980e: 569, 1980f: 91 ; Chalumeau 1983b: 226; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 200; Touroult 2007:11, 12. = Leptostylopsis rogueti Chalumeau 1983b: 227 . Distribution. Martinique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. In dry and moist zone forests; reared from branches of Lonchocarpus punctatus Kunth and found on Mangifera indica and Inga spp.

Nealcidion socium (Gahan) 1895: 131 ( Alcidion ); Villiers 1980e: 567, 1980f: 89 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 211. Distribution. Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent (type locality). Trinidad, Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Oedopeza fleutiauxi (Villiers) 1980f: 95 ( Chaetanes ); Villiers 1980c: 467, 1980e: 578; Chemsak et al. 1992: 144; Monné and Hovore 2005: 266; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 183; Vitali 2001: 152 (larva). Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Under bark of Dacryodes sp.

Styloleptus posticalis (Gahan) 1895: 133 ( Leptostylus ); Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 573, 1980f: 93 (lectotype); Chalumeau 1983b: 228, 229; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 204; Touroult 2007: 11, 12. = Styloleptus inermis Fabricius 1801: 293 , sensu Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 472 of Guadeloupe. = Styloleptus albosuturalis Villiers 1980c: 467, 1980f: 93 ; Chalumeau 1983b: 230; Chemsak et al. 1992: 146; Monné and Hovore 2005: 271; Chalumeau and Touroult 2004a: 194 (synonymy). = S. bonfilsi Villiers 1980e: 575, 1980f: 93 of Guadeloupe; Chalumeau 1983b: 229 as subspecies; Chalumeau and Touroult 2004a: 194 (synonymy). = Leptostylopsis posticalis (Gahan) , Gilmour 1963: 59. Distribution. Barbados, Bermuda (introduced), Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic. The nominate subspecies is limited to Grenada and St. Vincent. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Trypanidius spilmani Villiers 1980 d: 467, 1980e: 577, 1980f: 95; Chalumeau 1983b: 224; Chemsak et al. 1992: 148; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 209. Distribution. Nominate subspecies on Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia; the subspecies T. s. liamaigae Chalumeau 1983b: 225 is on St. Kitts; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Urgleptes cobbeni Gilmour 1963: 85 ; Villiers 1980e: 580; Chalumeau 1983b: 233; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 188; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. Distribution. Barbados, Désirade, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Martin ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Curaçao and Bonaire records are in error. Notes. In dry to wet forests; developing in branches of many species of trees.

Urgleptes guadeloupensis (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 472 ( Lepturges ); Gahan 1895: 136; Ramos 1946: 42; Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 579, 1980f: 94 (lectotype); Chalumeau 1983b: 233; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 190; Touroult 2007: 11, 12; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 22. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique,?Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Urgleptes leopaulini Touroult 2004: 66 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 192; Touroult 2007:12. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE CYRTININI

Cyrtinus hubbardi Fisher 1926: 38 ; Villiers 1980d: 467, 1980e: 588; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 217. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Larvae develop in branches of Inga spp. , Lonchocarpus spp. and Acacia spp. in humid and wet forests.

Decarthria stephensi Hope 1834: 16 ; Gahan 1895: 138; Villiers 1980e: 589; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 219. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Develops in branches of Ficus spp. , Rhizophora spp. , Coccoloba uvifera .

TRIBE CALLIINI

Mesestola guadeloupensis Breuning 1980: 70 ; Villiers 1980e: 594; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 225; Touroult 2007:12. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies.

TRIBE HEMILOPHINI

Adesmus chalumeaui Touroult 2004: 70 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 223. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. Taken in upper elevation forest on Cecropia peltata leaves.