SUBFAMILYBRUCHINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 187-190

SUBFAMILYBRUCHINAE

TRIBEBRUCHIDIINI

Bruchidius incarnatus (Boheman) 1833: 72 ( Bruchus ); Tucker 1952: 346; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28. Distribution. Barbados; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World. Awidely distributed Old World pest species. Notes. Attacks beans, pigeon pea, and other grains in storage.

Callosobruchus analis (Fabricius) 1781: 75 ( Bruchus ); Tucker 1952: 347; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28. Distribution. Barbados; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World. Awidely distributed Old World pest species, especially in se Asia. Notes. Reared in Barbados from imported beans.

Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) 1758: 386 ( Curculio ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 761; Tucker 1952: 347; de Luca l972: 103; Bennettand Alam 1985: 28; Kingsolver 2004: 80; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; expected throughout the Antilles. From USA (widespread) to Brazil; nativeto Old World; tropicopolitan. Notes. The cow pea weevil; a major stored products pest of many leguminous genera.

Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) 1775: 65 ( Bruchus ); Kingsolver 2004: 82. = Callosobruchus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius) 1792: 371 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 761; Tucker 1952: 347; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 96; Bennettand Alam 1985: 28. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, 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 the Lesser Antilles; cosmopolitan. Notes. Also called the cow pea weevil; a stored products pest of seeds of various legumes.

TRIBEACANTHOSCELIDINI

Acanthoscelides apicalis (Sharp) 1885b: 482 ( Bruchus ); Johnson 1990: 329. Distribution. Grenada, Grenadines (unspecified), Hispaniola. Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Hosts: Malvaceae and probably other plant families. Plate 49.

Acanthoscelides argillaceus (Sharp) 1885: 452 ( Bruchus ); Udayagiri and Wadhi 1989: 37. = Acanthoscelides obreptus Bridwell 1942: 256 ; de Luca 1972: 1. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola. Mexico , Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela, to Brazil, Chile; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Apest of stored seeds Cajanus sp. , Dolichos sp. , Phaseolus spp. , and Vigna sp.

Acanthoscelides caroni Johnson 1990: 350 . Distribution. Dominica, St. Vincent, Union. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Note. Hosts: Indigofera spp. , (Leguminosae).

Acanthoscelides desmanthi Johnson 1990: 364 . Distribution. Antigua, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Eustatius. USA, Mexico , Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; widespread New World.

Acanthoscelides difficilis (Sharp) 1885b: 452 ( Bruchus ); Johnson 1990: 369. Distribution. Montserrat* (det. J. Kingsolver), St. Eustatius. Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fåhraeus) 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; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 280; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 8 Thomaset al. 2013: 21. = Acanthoscelides ochraceicolor (Pic) 1913: 110 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 760; Kingsolver 1969: 53; de Luca l972: 103. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Bonaire, Carriacou*, Cuba, Curaçao, Caymans, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, 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: 759; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 414. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Acanthoscelides indigoferestes Johnson 1990: 399 . Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Eustatius. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Note. Hosts: Indigofera sp. (Leguminosae) .

Acanthoscelides johnique Johnson 1986: 265 ; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Ivieet al. 2008b: 255. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. John, St. Lucia *, St. Thomas, St. Vincent *, Union*. Trinidad, Tobago; widespread Antillesand Latin America . Note. Ivie et al. (2008b: 255) list another undetermined species in this genus from Montserrat. Plate 49.

Acanthoscelides megacornis Kingsolver 1980: 262 ; Johnson 1990: 427. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent. USA to Panama, Venezuela, Peru; widespread New World.

Acanthoscelides modestus (Sharp) 1885b: 461 ( Bruchus ); Johnson 1990: 433. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Brazil; widespread Antillesand Latin America .

Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) 1831: 1 ( Bruchus ); Miskimenand Bond 1970: 96; Johnson 1990: 438; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 122. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, St. Croix; expected throughout the Antilles; native to subtropical New World; cosmopolitan. Note. Amajor stored products pest of beans and peas. Plate 49.

Acanthoscelides zeteki Kingsolver 1969: 50 ; Johnson 1990: 487. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Curaçao, Puerto Rico. Mexico to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. pest of stored pigeon peas ( Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.). This is a native beetle species which has transferred onto this introduced legume. Plate 49.

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; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Ctenocolum crotonae (Fåhraeus) 1839: 123 ( Bruchus ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; and Ivieet al. 2008b: 255. Distribution. Guana, Montserrat, St. Thomas. Widespread tropical; Mexico to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Tobago, Venezuela to Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Ctenocolum janzeni Kingsolver and Whitehead 1974: 289 . Distribution. Guadeloupe. Mexico , Costa Rica; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America ? Notes. The distribution could also suggest that the species is introduced to Guadeloupe.

Ctenocolum tuberculatum (Motschulsky) 1874: 244 ( Pachymerus ); Kingsolver and Whitehead 1974: 290, new species record. Distribution. Canouan*, Mayreau*, Union* (all det. by J. Kingsolver). Mexico to Panama, Venezuela; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Ctenocolum probably undescribed species, new species record, (det. J. Kingsolver). Distribution. St. Barthélemy *; singleisland endemic?

Sennius fallax (Boheman) 1839: 59 ( Bruchus ); Johnson and Kingsolver 1973: 54. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica. USA (FL, GA), Mexico ; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America . Notes. Hosts: several Cassia spp. Plate 50.

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 cearanus (Pic) 1930a: 12 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759 ( Acanthoscelides ); Kingsolver 1972: 225; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 420; Johnson et al. 1989: 27. Distribution. Carriacou, Curaçao, Grenada *, Jamaica, Mayreau*, St. Vincent, Union*. Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Notes. Hosts: Pithecellobium sp. , Acacia spp.

Stator monachus (Sharp) 1885b: 471 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 760; de Luca l972: 103; Johnson and Kingsolver 1976: 42; Ivieet al. 2008b: 255. = Stator dufaui (Pic) 1927: 11 ( Bruchus ) of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759 ( Acanthoscelides ); Kingsolver 1972: 220. Distribution. Antigua, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, PuertoRico, 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.

TRIBEBRUCHINI

[ Bruchus pisorum (L.) 1758: 356 ( Dermestes ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 1944: 758; Alvarez and Kingsolver 1997: 215; Kingsolver 2004: 72; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico; a widespread species to be expected throughout the Lesser Antilles. Native to Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The pea weevil; a stored products pest, especially of Pisum sp. peas. Hosts: usually Pisum sp. , but also Cassia sp. , Cytisus sp. , Lathyrus sp. , Phaseolus sp. , and Vicia sp. Plate 49.]

[ Bruchus rufimanus (Boheman) 1833: 58 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 1944: 758; Alvarez and Kingsolver 1997: 215; Kingsolver 2004: 74. Distribution. Cuba, Puerto Rico, expected throughout the Lesser Antilles. USA (NJ, LA, CA); native to Old World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The broad bean weevil. Astored products pest, especially of Vicia sp. broad beans. Hosts: usually Vicia sp. , but also Lupinus sp. , Phaseollus sp., Pisum sp. , Vigna sp. , etc.]

Mimosestes insularis Kingsolver and Johnson 1978: 35 , Kingsolver 2004: 188, new species record. Distribution. Guadeloupe * (det. J. Kingsolver), Jamaica, PuertoRico, Union*. 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. Antigua *, Carriacou*, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada *, Guadeloupe*, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique*, Mayreau*, Montserrat, Nevis *, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts *, Union*; expected throughout the Lesser Antilles. USA, Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Trinidad, Guyana and Brazil; widespread New World; introduced to Azores. Notes. Hosts: Many species including Acacia spp. , Caesalpinia sp. , Hymenaea coubaril L., Ochroma sp. , Prosopis spp. , and Vicia sp. This is a variable species, with small but consistent differences in the male genitalia.

TRIBEMEGACERINI

Megacerus lherminieri (Fåhraeus) 1839: 37 ( Bruchus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 473 ( Acanthoscelides ) of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 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 Antillesand North and/or Central America ? Notes. Hosts: probably in seeds of Convolvulaceae .