CYLADINAE, Schoenherr, 1823

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 : 108

SUBFAMILY CYLADINAE

Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) 1798: 174 ; Ramos 1946: 43; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 99; Denon and Mauléon 2004: 14; Ivie et al. 2008b: 276; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 8; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 131. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis*, St. Croix. USA (NM-FL), Central and South America ; widespread West Indies; introduced to Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World, possibly native to India. Notes. The sweet potato weevil. This is a serious agricultural pest species of sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus ) where the larvae mine the stems. It is also found in coastal habitats in older and larger subterranean stems of Ipomoea pescaprae (Linnaeus) R. Br. , the goat’s foot or beach morning-glory.