PRIONINAE, 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 : 90-91

SUBFAMILY PRIONINAE

TRIBE MACROTOMINI

[ Hovorodon bituberculatum (Palisot de Beauvois) 1805 -1821: 216 ( Prionus ); Santos-Silva et al. 2010: 27. = Stenodontes exsertus Olivier 1795: 17 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 460, misidentification, of Guadeloupe; Touroult 2012a: 77, 78, removal from Lesser Antilles list. Distribution, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Johns, St. Thomas; not Guadeloupe; Greater Antilles endemic. Notes. Larvae attack healthy and unhealthy wood of orange, mango, Bursera simaruba (Linnaeus) Sarg. and other trees. Records of Antigua, of Barbados, of Dominica, of Martinique, of Montserrat, of St. Barthélemy, of St. Kitts, and of St. Martin-Sint Maarten may be misidentification of the following species and should not be accepted unless verified by specimens (Santos-Silva et al. 2010: 28)].

Hovorodon maxillosum (Drury) 1770 -1782: 133 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 83; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 552; Villiers 1980b: 141; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 45; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Santos-Silva 2010: 23; Touroult 2012a: 75. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados (record doubted by Touroult 2012a: 78), Barbuda (type locality), Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Martinique (record doubted by Touroult 2012a: 78), Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. In forest from the mangrove zone up to 500 m; larvae attack healthy and unhealthy wood of orange, mango, Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg., and other trees.

TRIBE CALLIPOGONINI

Hephialtes ruber (Thunberg) 1822: 303 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 50. = Hepialtes sulcatus Olivier 1795: 39 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 460 of Guadeloupe. = Hepialtes tricostatus Thomson 1864: 285 of Guadeloupe, Gahan 1895: 84. = Anacanthus ruber (Thunberg) 1822: 305 ( Trachyderes ), Villiers 1980b: 152. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced?), Jamaica?; introduced to Lesser Antilles? French Guiana, Brazil. Notes. Rare, in moist and wet forests.

TRIBE SOLENOPTERINI

[ Elateropsis lineatus (L.) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 444; Galileo and Martins 1994: 112; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 121. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica; Not Guadeloupe, contrary to Monné and Hovore 2005: 22.]

[ Solenoptera bilineata (Fabricius) 1775: 163 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 87; Villiers 1980b: 149; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 60; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from Lesser Antilles list. Distribution. Anegada, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas; not Guadeloupe, Greater Antilles endemic, records in Lesser Antilles not verified. Notes. A key to the species of the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico is in Dalens and Delahaye 2007.]

Solenoptera canaliculata (Fabricius) 1787: 130 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 86; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 554 ( Derancistrus ); Villiers 1979a: 24, 1980b: 145; Galileo and Martins 1993: 441; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 54; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 65 (larva), 2006: 3 (pupa); Touroult 2012a: 76. Distribution. Bequia, Guadeloupe (subspecies S. c. asteria Gahan), Martinique (invalid subspecies asteria Gahan), Mustique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. In trunks of live trees such as Acacia spp. , Eugenia spp. , and Pimenta sp.

Solenoptera quadrilineata (Olivier) 1795: 66 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 87; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 444; Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype), 1980b: 150; Galileo and Martins 1993: 447; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 57; Touroult 2012a: 76. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality, needs confirmation), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Solenoptera sulcicollis Thomson 1860: 306 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 460 ( Elateropsis ); Gahan 1895: 86; Villiers 1980b: 147; Galileo and Martins 1993: 442; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 56; Vitali and Touroult 2006: 3 (larva). Distribution. Martinique, Guadeloupe (type locality); Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Cuba. Notes. Larvae bore into wood of orange and other trees; in urban areas and dry to wet forests.

[ Solenoptera thomae (L.) 1767: 623 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype); 1980b: 149; Galileo and Martins 1993: 429; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 61; Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from Lesser Antilles list. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas; not Guadeloupe; Greater Antilles endemic].