A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...
A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...
A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...
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Scirtes Illiger 1807: 301<br />
S. apicalis Chevrolat 1870: 70; Gundlach 1891: 246<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. M: Cárdenas<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 692.<br />
S. cinctipennis Chevrolat 1870: 69; Gundlach 1891:<br />
246<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. M: Cárdenas<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 900<br />
S. fusca Chevrolat 1870: 70; Gundlach 1891: 246<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. M: Cárdenas; Cienaga de<br />
Zapata<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 652<br />
SUPERFAMILY DASCILLOIDEA<br />
48. FAMILY DASCILLIDAE<br />
This family occurs in North, Central, <strong>and</strong> South<br />
America but is seemingly not reported from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Caribbean.<br />
49. FAMILY RHIPICERIDAE<br />
This family occurs in North, Central, <strong>and</strong> South<br />
America but is seemingly not <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Caribbean regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Larvae <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> S<strong>and</strong>alus are<br />
ectoparasitoids <strong>on</strong> cicadas, which do occur in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Caribbean regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
SUPERFAMILY BUPRESTOIDEA<br />
50. FAMILY SCHIZOPODIDAE<br />
This family <strong>on</strong>ly occurs in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> southwestern<br />
USA, <strong>and</strong> larvae may be root feeders.<br />
51. FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE<br />
The metallic wood-boring beetles<br />
Reviewed by Richard Westcott, March, 1997;<br />
Charles L. Bellamy, November, 2001; T. C.<br />
MacRae, December, 2001.<br />
Adults are active daytime flyers. They can be<br />
found feeding <strong>on</strong> leaves, pollen, petals <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong> nectar<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> flowers. The larvae bore in both living <strong>and</strong><br />
dead plant tissue under bark, in twigs, in roots <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
trees <strong>and</strong> shrubs, <strong>and</strong> stems <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> herbaceous plants.<br />
See Cazier (1952) for key to genera in Bahamas<br />
<strong>and</strong> Fisher (1925) for a review <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> West Indies<br />
fauna, keys to species, <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities <strong>and</strong> collecti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
SUBFAMILY POLYCESTINAE<br />
TRIBE POLYCESTINI<br />
Polycesta Solier 1833: 281<br />
A <str<strong>on</strong>g>Checklist</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Beetles</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> 97<br />
P. (P.) angulosa Jacquelin du Val 1856: 62;<br />
Chevrolat 1867: 582; Gundlach 1891: 166;<br />
Fisher 1925: 20<br />
P. excavata Kerremans 1904: 518<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Bahamas, USA (AL-GA-<br />
FL, Cazier 1952)<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. Gu: Caimanera<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 807. New York.<br />
Philadelphia. Washingt<strong>on</strong><br />
P. (P.) chevrolati Thoms<strong>on</strong> 1878: 43; Kerremann<br />
1906: 488<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities.<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> (type)<br />
P. (P.) goryi Saunders 1871: 58; Fisher 1925: 12;<br />
Cobos 1981: 78<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Bahamas, Mexico<br />
(Yucatan), Colombia, Venezuela, French<br />
Guyana<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities.<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
P. (Tularensis) cubae Chevrolat 1838: 55; 1867: 582;<br />
Gory 1840: 141; Jacquelin du Val in Sagra 1856:<br />
62; Gundlach 1891: 165; Kerremans 1906: 500;<br />
Fisher 1925: 10.<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. Gu: Guantánamo<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 861. New York.<br />
Washingt<strong>on</strong><br />
TRIBE ACMAEODERINI<br />
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829: 9<br />
A. cubaecola Jacquelin du Val 1856: 57; Chevrolat<br />
1867: 583; Gundlach 1891: 167; Kerremanns<br />
1906: 61; Fisher 1925: 39<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>, USA (FL)<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. Gu: Caimanera<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 1414. L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Philadelphia. Washingt<strong>on</strong><br />
A. marginenotata Chevrolat 1867: 583; Gundlach<br />
1891: 167; Kerremanns 1906: 56; Fisher 1925:<br />
34<br />
A. cubaecola Fall 99: 35 (not A. cubaecola<br />
Jacquelin du Val)<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Bahamas, USA (FL)<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> localities. Ci: Cienfuegos. Gu:<br />
Caimanera<br />
Collecti<strong>on</strong>s. Gundlach no. 809<br />
A. pulcherrima Jacquelin du Val 1856: 56;<br />
Chevrolat 1867: 583; Gundlach 1891: 166; Fall<br />
1899: 16; Kerremanns 1906: 53; Fisher 1925:<br />
42<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Endemic