BRUCHINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 39-40

SUBFAMILY BRUCHINAE

TRIBE ACANTHOSCELIDINI

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

Acanthoscelides flavescens (Fahraeus) 1839: 32 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 759; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 414; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Johnson 1990: 384; Kingsolver 2004: 111; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8. = Acanthoscelides ochraceicolor (Pic) 1913: 110 ( Bruchus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 760; Kingsolver 1969: 53. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Grenadines, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Monserrat, 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 , Galactia striata , Rhynchosia minima , R. longeracemosa , Vicia spp. , and Eriosema voilaceum .

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

Caryedes podagrica Fabricius 1801: 399 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 758; Johnson and Kingsolver 1981: 417. Distribution. St. Barthélemy. Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

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

159. FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE, The leaf b eetles