MELOLONTHINAE, Leach, 1819

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 44

SUBFAMILY MELOLONTHINAE

TRIBE MELOLONTHINI

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) fuscipennis (Moser) 1918: 64 ( Lachnosterna ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 93; Chalumeau 1983a: 113. = Phyllophaga vitraci Paulian 1947a: 54 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) mariaegalantae Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 90 ; Chalumeau 1983a: 107. Distribution. Les Saintes, Marie-Galante; Guadeloupe Archipelago endemic.

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) patrueloides Paulian 1947a: 56 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 91; Chalumeau 1983a: 109 (lectotype); Schiller 2004: 34. = Phyllophaga patruelis (Chevrolat) in Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 399 of Guadeloupe; not Phyllophaga patruelis (Chevrolat) of Greater Antilles. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) pauliani Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 95 ; Chalumeau 1983a: 115. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) plaei (Blanchard) 1850: 137 ( Ancylonycha ); = Phyllophaga pleei Paulian 1947a: 55 , unjustified emendation of Lacordaire 1856: 286; Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 96; Chalumeau 1980: 80 (lectotype), 1983a: 116, 1985: 27; Schiller 2004: 34. = Phyllophaga portoricensis Smyth 1917: 65 . Distribution. Guadeloupe, (not Martinique), Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. We found the species to be exceptionally abundant in light traps in May. The distribution is unusual: it is seeming absent in the intermediate northern Leeward islands, between Guadeloupe and the Virgin Islands.

Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) sandersoniella Chalumeau and Gruner 1976: 92 ; Chalumeau 1983a: 112. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.