Strategus caymani Ratcliffe, 1976

Ratcliffe, Brett C. & Cave, Ronald D., 2010, The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini), Insecta Mundi 2010 (139), pp. 1-15 : 9

Strategus caymani Ratcliffe, 1976

Strategus caymani ( Fig. 14-15 ) is known only from Little Cayman and Cayman Brac ( Ratcliffe 1976), and most of the specimens listed below were collected in 1938 by the Oxford University Expedition. This species is similar to S. talpa (Fabricius) , but it lacks a distinct pronotal fovea, whereas S. talpa has a fovea. Additionally, the parameres have a pronounced preapical angulation and a narrowly rounded apex in S. caymani , but the angulation is nearly obsolete and the apex is broadly rounded in S. talpa . Specimens were seen from BCRC, BMNH, CMNC, FSCA, RHTC, USNM.

Little Cayman: South coast of South Town: May 1938 (15).

Cayman Brac: North coast of Stakes Bay (west end of Cotton-tree land): May 1938 (6) ; Major Donald Drive (0.6 km E Jct. Ashton Reid Drive): June 2008 (1) ; Brac Parrot Reserve : May 2009 (1) .

Figures

Figure 14-19. Strategus spp. 14-15) Strategus caymani Ratcliffe.16-17) Strategus oblongus (Palisot de Beauvois). 18-19) Strategus talpa (Fabricius).