CERAMBYCINAE, 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 : 91-95

SUBFAMILY CERAMBYCINAE

TRIBE OEMINI

Malacopterus tenellus (Fabricius) 1801: 335 ( Callidium ); Villiers 1980c: 267; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 69. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe. s USA through Mexico , Central America to Brazil; widespread New World. Notes. Found in mangrove forests.

TRIBE METHIINI

Methia necydalea (Fabricius) 1798: 148 ( Saperda ); Gahan 1895: 122; Ramos 1946: 41; Villiers 1980a: 130; Philips and Ivie 1998: 72; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 71; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 6; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 20. = Methia pusilla Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 468 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, La Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Les Saintes, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, Nevis, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Union. USA (TX-FL-VA) to Mexico , Belize to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Taken at lights, mostly in dry forests. Host trees: Sloanea spp. , Inga spp. , Laguncularia spp. , Conocarpus spp. , Rhizophora mangle L., Avicennia spp. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) in Guadeloupe.

TRIBE ACHRYSONINI

Achryson qudrimaculatum (Fabricius) 1792: 328 ( Callidium ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 75. = Achryson surinamum Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 461 of Guadeloupe. = Achryson ornatipenne Perroud 1855: 383 ; Gahan 1895: 92; Villiers 1980c: 272 (error), corrected in Villiers 1980e: 595 (synonymy). Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique. Trinidad, Aruba, Costa Rica to Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Achryson surinamum (L.) 1767: 632 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 461; Gahan 1895: 92; Chemsak 1966: 211; Villiers 1980a: 130; Schiller 2004: 34; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 74; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291; Touroult 2007: 6; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Carriacou, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent. sw USA to Trinidad to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Host trees: Acacia spp. , Leucaena spp. , Lonchocarpus spp. , Tamarindus indica L.

TRIBE EBURIINI

Eburia cinnamonea Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 463 ; Gahan 1895: 98; Villiers 1980c: 276; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 80; Touroult 2012a: 72 (new key to Lesser Antilles species). Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Not collected since its description.

Eburia decemmaculata (Fabricius) 1775: 181 ( Stenocorus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 462 ( Dissacanthus ); Gahan 1895: 94; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 563; Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1980a: 130, 1980c: 277; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 78; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 67 (larva); Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique (presence doubted by Touroult 2012a: 78), Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Martin ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Delonix spp. , Hippomane mancinella L., Leucaena spp. , Acacia spp. In dry zone forests.

[ Eburia dejeani Gahan 1895: 94 ; Villiers 1980c: 278; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 80. Distribution. Martinique (endemic),not Guadeloupe. Notes. In dry zone forests, especially mangroves.]

Eburia inermis (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 461 ( Pantomallus ); Gahan 1895: 93; Villiers 1980c: 280; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 84; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), Montserrat; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Martinique (misidentification of specimen of E. insulana by Villiers). Notes. In dry to wet forests.

Eburia octomaculata Chevrolat 1862: 265 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 462 ( Dissacanthus ); Gahan 1895: 96; Villiers 1980a: 130, 1980c: 280; Monné and Hovore 2005: 41; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Schiller 2004: 34; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 77; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Les Saintes, St. Kitts; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Citrus spp., Eugenia spp. , Inga spp. , Tamarindus indica L. In dry to midhumid forests. This species, common in Guadeloupe, was not previously known from Martinque, until it was first collected near Fort-de-France ( Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 77). It may be a recent introduction to Martinique.

[ Eburia quadrimaculata (Linnaeus) 1767: 626 ( Cerambyx ); Ramos 1946: 41; Villiers 1980c: 278; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 81; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Micheli 2010: 98. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe? (an old record which is an error or an unestablished introduction, Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 82), Guana, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola; Greater Antilles endemic.]

TRIBE HESPEROPHANINI

Ochrus ornatus (Fisher) 1935: 189 ( Pseudoeme ); Villiers 1980c: 273; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 85; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Lucia (type locality). Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE ELAPHIDIINI

Anelaphus subfasciatus (Gahan) 1895: 103 ( Elaphidion ); Villiers 1979b: 97, 1980c: 289; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 105. = Anelaphus inermis (Newman) 1840: 29 ( Elaphidion ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 461 ( Pantomallus ) of Guadeloupe, misidentification or mislabeled according to Touroult 2012a: 77. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. The taxonomic status needs confirmation.

Curtomerus flavus (Fabricius) 1775: 191 ( Callidium ); Ramos 1946: 42 ( Cylindera ); Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1980a: 131; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Ivie 1985b: 309; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 88; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 17. = Cyrtomerus puberulus Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 464 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 108. = Cyrtomerus pilicornis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 465 of Guadeloupe; Gahan 1895: 108 ( Cylindera ). Distribution. Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands (Guana, Virgin Gorda), Cuba, La Désirade, Dominica, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Monserrat, Puerto Rico, Les Saintes, St. Kitts, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central and South America ; widespread New World; widely spread by commerce to Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, and Philippines. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

Elaphidion conspersum Newman 1841: 110 ; Ramos 1946: 42; Villiers 1979b: 97 (neotype), 1980c: 285; Ivie 1985b: 309; Vitali and Touroult 2006: 3 (larva); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 96; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 18. Distribution. Bahamas, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin, St. Thomas; widespread Antilles endemic.

Elaphidion excelsum Gahan 1895: 101 ; Villiers 1980c: 287; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 100. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Not Cuba. Notes. Larvae found in Rhizophora mangle L.

Elaphidion glabratum (Fabricius) 1792: 295 ( Stenocorus ); Gahan 1895: 100; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 565; Chemsak 1966: 212; Villiers 1979b: 96 (lectotype), 1980c: 287; Ivie 1985b: 310; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 101; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 18. = Elaphidion insulare Newman 1840: 27 of Nevis, Gahan 1895: 100; Ramos 1946: 42 of Mona. = Elaphidion cobbeni Gilmour 1963: 81 of St. Eustatius. = Elaphidion hummelincki Gilmour 1963: 84 of St. Martin. Distribution. Anagada, Antigua, Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St. John, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas , Tortola, Virgin Gorda; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Elaphidion glabratum pseudonomon Ivie 1985b: 311 occurs in the Virgin Islands (Anagada, St. John, St. Thomas, Torotola, Virgin Gorda). Host trees: Acacia spp. , Citrus spp.

Elaphidion irroratum (L.) 1767: 633 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 463; Gahan 1895: 99; Ramos 1946: 42; Chemsak 1969: 186; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 93; Villiers 1979b: 97, 1980c: 285; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 97; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 18. Distribution. Bahamas, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Guadeloupe (type locality), Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; St. Barthélemy and St. Martin ( Elaphidion irroratum debieni Chalumeau and Touroult 2004c: 754, 2005a: 98 ). USA (FL), Mexico to Panama; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Host trees: Spondias spp. , Rhizophora mangle L., Laguncularia spp.

Nesanoplium puberulum (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 464 ( Cyrtomerus ); Gahan 1895: 108; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 571; Chemsak 1966: 214; Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980c: 283; 1980f: 98 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 89; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 21. Distribution. Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe (type locality), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique (record needs confirmation, possibly confused with Nesanoplium dalensi Chalumeau and Tourollt 2005a: 90 of St. Lucia), St. Barthélemy, St. Vincent, Tortola; not Montserrat; widespread Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies. Notes. Host trees: Inga spp. , Hymenaea spp. , Tamarindus indica L., Acacia spp. , Cytharexylum spp. , Coccoloba uvifera L. In dry and moist forests. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) in Guadeloupe.

TRIBE IBIDIONINI

Neocompsa cylindricollis (Fabricius) 1798: 146 ( Heterachtes ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 109 ( Stenocorus ); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. = Heterachthes quadrimaculata Haldeman 1847: 43 (not Fabricius 1792: 328); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 464 ( Ibidion ); Gahan 1895: 107 ( Compsa ); Chemsak 1966: 215; Schiller 2004: 23. = Neocompsa quadrimaculata (Fabricius) 1792: 328 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 464; Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980c: 291, 1980e: 595; Woodruff et al. 1998: 16 (as Heterachthes quadrimaculata Fabricius ); Schiller 2004: 34; Vitali and Touroult 2005: 68 (larva), Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 109; Dalens and Touroult 2007: 291. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Les Saintes, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tortola. Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) in Guadeloupe.

Neocompsa fulgens (Fisher) 1932: 48 ( Heterachtes ); Villiers 1979b: 97, 1980a: 131, 1980c: 292; Chemsak et al. 1992: 52; Monné and Hovore 2005: 82; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 108. Distribution. Dominica (type locality), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Union; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host trees: Hippomane mancinella L., Piscidia spp. , Thespesia sp.

TRIBE CALLIDIOPINI

Caribbomerus similis (Fisher) 1932: 53 ( Merostenus ); Lingafelter 2011: 26, key to species; Touroult 2012a: 78, indicating limitation to Lesser Antilles and confusion of past records. = Caribbomerus attenuatus (Chevrolat) 1862: 263 ( Lampromerus ) of Greater Antilles; Gahan 1895: 109 ( Merostenus ); Ramos 1946: 42; Chemsak 1966: 214; Villiers 1979b: 97, 1980a: 131; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 110; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 280 ( Merostenus ); Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 17; Micheli 2010: 118. Distribution. Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin; Lesser Antilles endemic; not Greater Antilles. Notes. In xerophile and hygrophile forests.

TRIBE CALLICHROMATINI

Mionochroma elegans (Olivier) 1790: 298 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 466 ( Callichroma ); Gahan 1895: 113; Villiers 1980a: 131, 1980f: 97 (lectotype); Monné and Hovore 2005: 103; Woodruff et al. 1998: 15 ( Callichroma ); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 115. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not St. Thomas, not South America .

Mionochroma rufescens (Gahan) 1895: 113 ( Callichroma ); Villiers 1980c: 296, 1980f: 98 (lectotype); Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 116. Distribution. Guadeloupe? (its presence needs confirmation), Martinique, St. Lucia (type locality), St. Thomas?; Lesser Antilles endemic; not Mexico and Guyana.

[ Philematium festivum (Fabricius) 1775: 166 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 466; Gahan 1895: 114; Villiers 1980c: 296; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 117. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced, seemingly not established, Touroult 2012a: 77); introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to tropical Africa. Notes. Found in flowers of coconuts.]

TRIBE CLYTINI

Neoclytus araneiformis (Olivier) 1795: 61 ( Callidium ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 467; Gahan 1895: 115; Villiers 1980c: 299; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 118. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Croix, St. John; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree species. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) in Guadeloupe.

TRIBE TILLOMORPHINI

Arawakia inopinata Villiers1981: 106 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 121. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante; single island endemic (Guadeloupe Archipelago endemic). Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles. Notes. In dry zone forests; developing in branches of Citharexylum sp. , and Hippomene mancinella L.

Bonfilsia tricolor Villiers 1979b: 98, 1980c: 300 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 127. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante; single island endemic (Guadeloupe Archipelago endemic). Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Reared from branches of Coccoloba uvifera L., and Miconia spp.

Gourbeyrella alexisi Chalumeau and Touoult 2004a: 191 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 123; Touroult 2007:12. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles. Notes. Developing in branches of Sloanea sp. , Ocotea sp. , and Miconia spp. Genus endemic to Lesser Antilles.

Gourbeyrella romanowskii (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 464 ( Neocorus ); Gahan 1895: 108; Villiers 1980c: 301; Chalumeau and Touroult 2004: 190, 2005a: 122. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Found in wet and moist forest; developing in branches of Inga spp. , Sloanea spp. ,

Coccoloba uvifera L., and Ocotea sp. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) .

TRIBE TORNEUTINI

SUBTRIBE BOTHRIOSPILINA

Chlorida festiva (L.) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 462; Gahan 1895: 93; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 93; Villiers 1980a: 130, 1980c: 274; Bennett and Alam 1985: 28; Woodruff et al. 1998: 15; Schiller 2004: 34; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 130; Touroult 2007: 7; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central and South America to Argentina; widespread New World. Introduced to Old World; São Tome, Gulf of Guinea. Notes. Polyphagous on many tree genera.

TRIBE TRACHYDERINI

SUBTRIBE TRACHYDERINA

Oxymerus aculeatus lebasi Dupont 1838: 47 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 132; Ivie et al. 2008b: 257. = Oxymerus lebasii Dupont, Villiers 1980c: 305 . = Oxymerus luteus of Gahan 1895: 110; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 592, not Voet 1778: 17. Distribution. Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Trinidad, Guyana; other subspecies in Brazil and Bolivia to Uruguay; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. From mangrove to moist forest zone. Host trees: Artocarpus spp. , Inga spp. , Conocarpus spp. , Acacia spp. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) in Guadeloupe.

Trachyderes (Trachyderes) succinctus (L.) 1758: 391 ( Cerambyx ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 467; Gahan 1895: 119; Villiers 1980c: 304; Schiller 2004: 15; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 134; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 119. Distribution. Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Thomas, Union. Honduras to Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Larvae bore in wood of many tree genera. Touroult (2004b) has reared the species from Inga sp. branches girdled by Oncideres amputator (Fabricius) .