CHRYSOCHROINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 98-99

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182961

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314E4151-C266-FFB9-89CE-FCBFFAB0CE67

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scientific name

CHRYSOCHROINAE
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SUBFAMILY CHRYSOCHROINAE

TRIBECHRYSOCHROINI

Chalcophora humboldti (Laporte and Gory) 1837: 12 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 403; Fisher 1925: 76; Paulian 1947b: 143; Bellamy 2008-2009: 561; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Notes. Bellamy (in litt., November, 2011) suspects this is a synonym of a continental mainland species.

TRIBEPARALEPTODEMINI

SUBTRIBEEUCHROMATINA

[ Euchroma giganteum (L.) 1758: 408 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405 (considered an accidental record of Guadeloupe); Fisher 1925: 6; Bellamy 2008-2009: 572. = Euchroma gigantea variety harperi Sharp 1881: 289 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Cuba, Jamaica; seemingly not established in the Lesser Antilles and with no recent voucher specimens from there. Tropical America from Mexico to Argentina and Bolivia.]

SUBTRIBEEUPLECTALECIINA

Euplectalecia erythropa (Gory) 1840: 126 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 403 ( Halecia ); Fisher 1925: 81; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 308; Paulian 1947b: 143; Schiller 2004: 40; Touroult 2005: 86; Bellamy 2008-2009: 590; Brûlé 2012b: 42. = Euplectalecia pyropus Kerremans 1893: 504, 1909: 419 ; Fisher 1925: 82. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. Host: Miconia mirabilis (Aublet) A. O. Williams (Melastomataceae) (Schiller 2004: 40, Touroult 2005: 86). Plate 15.

TRIBEDICERCINI

SUBTRIBEDICERCINA

Lampetis guildingi (Laporte and Gory) 1837: 41 ( Buprestis ); Fisher 1925: 50 ( Psiloptera ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 311 ( Psiloptera ); Corona 2005: 761; Bellamy 2008-2009: 919; Brûlé 2012b: 42. Distribution. Grenada, Mayreau *, Mustique, Prune Island (now Palm Island, Grenadines), St. Vincent (type locality), Tobago Cays ( Grenadines), Union *; Lesser Antillesendemic. Not Trinidad (according to Corona 2005: 761). Notes. Females are much larger in body size than males. Host: Bauhinia aculeata L. (Leguminosae).

[ Psiloptera fulgida (Olivier) 1790: 10 ( Buprestis ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 405, as an accidental record of Guadeloupe; Kerremans 1910: 21; Fisher 1925: 49; Bellamy 2008-2009: 840; Brûlé 2012b: 42. = Buprestis viridiaurea Schoenherr 1817: 215 of Guadeloupe. = Psiloptera variolosa Fabricius 1801: 109 ; misidentification of Guadeloupe record in Kerremans 1910: 113. Distribution. French Guiana; not Guadeloupe.]

SUBTRIBEPHRIXIINA

Spectralia undescribed species, Daltry 2009: 65. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

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