SUBFAMILYPRIONINAE, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 170-172

SUBFAMILYPRIONINAE

TRIBEMACROTOMINI

[ Hovorodon bituberculatum (Palisot de Beauvois) 1805 -1821: 216 ( Prionus ); Santos-Silva et al. 2010: 27. = Stenodontes exsertus Olivier 1795: 17 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 460, misidentification, of Guadeloupe; Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from the Lesser Antilles list. Distribution, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Johns, St. Thomas; Greater Antillesendemic; not Guadeloupe. Notes. Larvae attack healthy and unhealthy wood of orange, mango, Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. and other trees. Recordsof Antigua, of Barbados, of Dominica, of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of Montserrat, of St. Barthélemy, of St. Kitts, and of St. Martin-St. 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) 1773 -1782: 133 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 83; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 552; Villiers 1980b: 141( Nothopleurus ); Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 45; Ivieet al. 2008b: 257; Santos-Silva 2010: 23; Touroult 2012a: 75, 83; Giannoulis et al. 2014: 5 (chromosomes). Distribution. Antigua, Barbados (record doubted by Touroult 2012a: 78), Barbuda (type locality), Cuba, Dominica, Grenada *, Guadeloupe , Marie-Galante , Martinique (record doubted by Touroult 2012a: 78), Montserrat , Nevis, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin-St. Maarten ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Past authors may have confused the islands of Barbuda and Barbados. In forest from the mangrove zone up to 500 m. Plate 44

Hovorodon spinibarbis (L.) 1758: 390 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 83; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 47; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Curaçao, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent. Mexico to Argentina, Aruba; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. In several tree species in dry and humid forest zones. The records of Hovorodon maxillosum (Drury) of Barbados and Grenada above may belong here.

Strongylaspis corticarius (Erichson) 1848: 571 ( Ergates ); Villiers 1980a: 130; 1980b: 143; Monné and Hovore 2005: 7; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 49; Touroult 2007: 6; 2012a: 76; 83. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Lucia. USA (FL), Mexico to Panama, northern South America ; widespread New World. Notes. In hygrophile zone forest. Listed in error as introduced to Dominica (Peck 2006: 191). Plate 48.

TRIBECALLIPOGONINI

Callipogon (Orthomegas) cinnamomeum (L.) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Gahan 1895: 81 (Orthomegas); Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 51; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Grenada. Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guianas; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Hosts: in the Antilles in Byrsonima sp. , Inga sp. , and Miconia sp.

[ Callipogon (Callomegas) proletarium Lameere, 1904 ; 66, Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from the Lesser Antilleslist. Distribution. Puerto Rico. Not Martinique.]

Hephialtes ruber (Thunberg) 1822: 305 ; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 50; Touroult 2012a: 83. = Hepialtes sulcatus Olivier 1795: 39 , Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 460 of Guadeloupe. = Hepialtes tricostatus Thomson 1864 -1865: 285 of Guadeloupe, Gahan 1895: 84. = Anacanthus ruber (Thunberg) 1822: 305 ( Trachyderes ); Villiers 1980b: 152 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe (introduced?), Jamaica?; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? French Guiana, Brazil. Notes. Rare, in hygrophile and hygrophile forests. Plate 44.

TRIBESOLENOPTERINI

[ Elateropsis lineatus (L.) 1758: 389 ( Cerambyx ); Lengand Mutchler 1914: 444; Galileoand Martins 1994: 112; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 121; Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from the Lesser Antilles list. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica; not Guadeloupe, contrary to Monné and Bezark 2011: 28.]

[ Elateropsis peregrinus Galileo and Martins 1994: 118 , Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from the Lesser Antilleslist.]

[ 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 the Lesser Antilleslist), 83. Distribution. Anegada, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas; not St. Lucia, not Guadeloupe, Greater Antilles endemic, records in the Lesser Antilles not verified; species removed by Touroult 2012a: 77 from the Lesser Antilles list. 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; Galileoand Martins 1993: 441; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 54; Vitaliand Touroult 2005: 65 (larva), 2006: 3 (pupa); Touroult 2012a: 76; 83; Giannoulis et al. 2014: 5 (chromosomes). Distribution. Bequia, Martinique (invalid subspecies asteria Gahan 1895: 86), Marie-Galante, Mayreau*, Mustique, Les Saintes, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union. Trinidad; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. In trunks of live trees such as Acacia spp. , Eugenia spp. , and Pimenta sp. ; in xerophile and mesophile zone forest. Plate 47.

Soleonoptera chalumeaui Villiers 1979a: 23 ; Villiers 1980b: 148; Galileoand Martins 1993: 432; Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. St. Martin-St. Maarten; single island endemic. Notes. In xerophile and mesophile forests. Plate 47.

Soleonoptera luciae (Lameere) 1912: 171 ( Derancistrus ); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 444; Villiers 1979a: 24 (lectotype), 1980b: 151; Galileoand Martins 1993: 432; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 60; Touroult 2007: 6. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic. Notes. In xerophile forest.

Solenoptera metallescens Thomson 1860: 306 ; Villiers 1979a: 241; 980b: 148; Galileo and Martins 1993: 432; Monné and Hovore 2005: 12; Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 58; Touroult 2007:: 12; 2012a: 83. Distribution. Dominica, Martinique (type locality) ; Lesser Antillesendemic. Not Cuba. Notes. In mesophile forest.

Solenoptera quadrilineata (Olivier) 1795: 66 ( Prionus ); Gahan 1895: 87; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 444; Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype), 1980b: 150; Galileoand Martins 1993: 447; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 57; Touroult 2012a: 76, 83; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 47; Giannoulis et al. 2014: 5 (chromosomes). Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Notes. Earlier records of this of Guadeloupe have not been verified (Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 57). In mesophile forest. Host trees: polyphagous, notably in Citharexylum spinosum L., Swietenia maghogoni (l.) Jacq., Acacia muricata (L.) Willd. Plate 47.

Solenoptera sulcicollis Thomson 1860: 306 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 460 ( Elateropsis ); Gahan 1895: 86; Villiers 1980b: 147; Galileoand Martins 1993: 442; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 56; Vitaliand Touroult 2006: 3 (larva); Touroult 2012a: 83. Distribution. Martinique?, Guadeloupe (type locality) ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Not Cuba. Notes. Larvae bore into wood of oranges and other trees; in urban areas and xerophile to hygrophile forests. Plate 47.

[ Solenoptera thomae ( L.) 1767: 623 ( Cerambyx ); Villiers 1979a: 24 (neotype); 1980b: 149; Galileoand Martins 1993: 429; Chalumeauand Touroult 2005a: 61; Micheli 2010: 74; Touroult 2012a: 77, removal from the Lesser Antilles list. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola , Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix , St. Thomas (type locality); Greater Antilles endemic; the Gahan 1895: 87 record of Guadeloupe is considered an error and probable misidentification by Chalumeau and Touroult 2005a: 62. Plate 47.]

Solenoptera touroulti Dalens and Delahaye 2007: 32 ; Touroult 2007: 6; Giannoulis et al. 2014: 5 (chromosomes). Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.