DYNASTINAE, MacLeay, 1819

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 28-29

SUBFAMILY DYNASTINAE

TRIBE CYCLOCEPHALINI

Cyclocephala vincentiae Arrow 1900: 180 ; Chalumeau 1983: 147; Endrödi 1985: 34; Joly 2003: 40 (redescription). Distribution. St. Vincent; single island endemic; not Venezuela.

TRIBE DYNASTINI

Golofa clavigera Linnaeus 1771: 529 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 259; Endrödi 1985; 650. Distribution. St. Vincent (G. c. guildingi Hope 1837: 44 ). Surinam; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE ORYCTINI

Tomarus cuniculus (Fabricius) 1801: 20 ( Geotrupes ); Paulian 1947a: 76 ( Ligyrus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 591; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 27; Chalumeau 1978: 44, 1983 a: 154; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 49. = Ligyrus antillarum Palisot de Beauvois 1805: 104 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 402 of Guadeloupe. = Ligyrus tumulosus Burmeister 1847: 101 ; Ramos 1946: 41 of Mona. Distribution. Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Les Saintes, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélémy, St. Croix, St. John, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent. United States to Trinidad, French Guiana, Brazil; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; larvae a serious pest of roots of sugar cane, or may be saprophagous or coprophagous where sugar cane is absent.

TRIBE PHILEURINI

Phileurus didymus (Linnaeus) 1758: 347 ( Scarabaeus ); Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 600; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 27; Chalumeau 1983: 169; Woodruff et al. 1998: 34. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad to Brazil; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Adults attracted to lights; larvae found in decaying palm trees.

Phileurus valgus Linnaeus 1758: 347 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 403; Ratcliffe 1988: 52. = Phileurus castaneus antillarum Prell 1912: 179 ; Paulian 1947a: 82; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. = P.valgus antillarum Prell 1912: 179 ; Chalumeau and Gruner 1977: 599; Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978: 27; Chalumeau 1983: 168 of Guadeloupe, of Dominica, and of Martinique; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 49. = P.valgus capra Bates 1888 of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of St. Martin, and of St. Barthélemy in Endrödi 1985: 726. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Désirade, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Vincent. Venezuela. The nominate subspecies is distributed from USA (FL) and Central and South America to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Adults attracted to lights; adults and larvae collected in decaying log.