BOSTRICHINAE, Latreille, 1802

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 : 60-61

SUBFAMILY BOSTRICHINAE

TRIBE APATINI

Apate cephalotes (Olivier) 1790: 108 ( Bostrichus ). = Phonapate frontalis Fåhraeus 1871: 664 ; Lepesme 1947: 210; Borowski and Wegrzynowicz 2007: 156. Distribution. Guadeloupe; introduced to Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World; native to Africa, Middle East, India. Notes. Attacking date palms, in wood of tamarisk and bamboo.

TRIBE BOSTRICHINI

Amphicerus cornutus Pallas 1772: 8 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 399; Lepesme 1947: 206; Fisher 1950: 70; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 7. = Bostrychus bicornutus Latreille 1833: 65 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 419 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Thomas. USA to Mexico to Panama and Brazil, Hawaii (introduced); widespread New World. Notes. Adults and larvae bore in many tree species.

[ Heterobostrychus aequalis (Waterhouse) 1884: 215 ( Bostrichus ); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba. USA (FL, introduced and established); probably tropicopolitan, introduced to New World, no explicit Guadeloupe records; probably native to Africa; introduced to Lesser Antilles. Notes. A pest of wood structures and products.]

TRIBE XYLOPERTHINI

Tetrapriocera longicornis (Olivier) 1795: 15 ( Bostrichus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 419; Gorham 1898a: 329; Lepesme 1947: 209; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Ramos 1946: 40; Fisher 1950: 102; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 3; Bennett and Alam 1985: 23; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas. USA (FL), Mexico , Central America , South America to Peru, Brazil; Galapagos; widespread New World. Notes. Boring in wood of many trees, roots and wooden boxes.

Xylomeira tridens (Fabricius) 1792: 362 ( Apate ); Fisher 1950: 120; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 277; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246. = Xylomeira torquata (Fabricius) 1801: 382 ( Apate ); Lepesme 1947: 208; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 400; Ramos 1946: 40; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Spilman 1971: 4; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas (type locality), Tortola. USA (TX, FL), Mexico ; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Adults and larvae bore in wood of Parkinsonia spp. , Poinciana spp. , Acacia spp. , and Tamarindus indica L.