HISPINAE, Gyllenhal, 1813

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 : 102-103

SUBFAMILY HISPINAE

TRIBE CEPHALOLEIINI

Melanispa truncata Baly 1858 [1851]: 31; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 718; Takizawa 2003: 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies.

TRIBE MESOMPHALIINI

Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius) 1775: 90 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 744; Takizawa 2003: 99; Ivie et al. 2008b: 255. = Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 745; Woodruff et al. 1998: 17; Takizawa 2003: 99 (synonymy). Distribution. Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, St. John, St. Vincent. USA (FL), Central America , Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil; widespread New World. Note s. Feeds on Ipomoea spp. , and other members of Convolvulaceae .

Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier 1790: 384 . = Chelymorpha polysticha Boheman 1854: 56 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480 of Guadeloupe; Champion 1897b: 279 of St. Vincent. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.

Echoma distincta (Boheman) 1854: 141 ( Omoplata ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 743; Takizawa 2003: 101. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Stolas aenea Olivier 1790: 391 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 780 (Mesomphala); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 738; not in Takizawa 2003. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Guiana, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE CASSIDINI

Acromis spinifex (L.) 1763: 392 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481 ( Selenis ); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 743; Takizawa 2003: 96. Distribution. Guadeloupe. South America (Argentina) ; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Feeds on Ipomoea spp.

Charidotella guadeloupensis (Boheman) 1855: 427 ( Coptocycla ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481; Champion 1897b: 280 ( Coptocycla ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 752 ( Metriona ); Takizawa 2003: 98. Distribution. Guadeloupe; Mustique and St. Vincent records need verification; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Charidotella sexpunctata (Fabricius) 1781: 109 ( Cassida ); Takizawa 2003: 98; Cooter 1983 ( Metriona trisignata , according to Ivie et al. 2008b: 255); Schiller 2004: 18 = Coptocycla bicolor (Fabricius) 1798: 83 ( Cassida ); Champion 1897b: 279; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 751 ( Metriona ). = Coptocycla bistripunctata Olivier 1790: 382 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Antigua, Bequia, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Costa Rica, Venezuela to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Feeds on Ipomoea spp. , and various Convolvulaceae .

Deloyala guttata (Olivier 1790: 383 ( Cassida ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 748; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 95. = Deloyala fuliginosa (Olivier) ; Takizawa 2003: 100. = Coptocycla cruciata Linnaeus 1767: 576 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 481 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe ( Deloyala guttata variety fuliginosa Olivier 1808: 971 ), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA (widespread) to Mexico , to Colombia; widespread New World. Notes. Sometimes found on sweet potato but usually not economically important.

Hilarocassis exclamationis (L.) 1767: 577 ( Cassida ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480 ( Mesomphalia ); Champion 1897b: 278; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 742; Takizawa 2003: 104. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Union. Mexico , Central, South America ; Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Feeds on Jacquemontia sp.