FAMILIA CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802
SUBFAMILIA Entiminae Schoenherr, 1826
Tribu Anypotactini Champion, 1911
Polydacrys depressifrons Boheman 1840: 298. =Pandeleteius cavirostris (Schaeffer) 1908: 214.
=Pandeleteius nubilosus (Boheman) 1840: 296. (Grenada, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent.
USA (TX), Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama;
widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America).
Tribu Eustylini Lacordaire, 1863
Brachyomus tuberculatus (Boheman) 1842: 218 (Geonemus). (St. Vincent; single island
endemic).
Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) 1758: 386 (Curculio); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436; Hustache 1929:
183; Ramos 1946: 43; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 99; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55; Valentine and Ivie
2005: 282; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279. =Curculio abbreviateus variety brevis (Olivier) 1790: 549 of Guadeloupe,
of Martinique. =Curculio abbreviateus var distinguendus Gyllenhal 1834: 10 of Guadeloupe, of
Martinique, of Puerto Rico. =Curculio abbreviateus var guadeloupensis Gyllenhal 1834: 11 of
Guadeloupe. =Curculio abbreviateus guadelupensis Hustache 1929: 184 (not guadeloupensis Gyllenhal
1834); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 468; Tucker 1952: 348;
Bennett and Alam 1985: 30. (Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona Island,
Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Vieques; widespread Antilles endemic. USA (FL,
introduced, first reported in 1964, OBrien and Wibmer
1982: 55). Economic importance. The citrus root weevil or the diaprepes
root weevil. The species is a serious pest in Florida and the West Indies, attacking roots of Citrus and
a wide variety of plants including many other cultivated trees and shrubs such as avocado (Lapointe
2000), sugarcane, maize, pear, grass; larvae bore into cane bases, sometimes severing them. Woodruff (1964, 1968, 1985) reports that this weevil is commonly called ‘the sugar cane root
stalk borer weevil’ or ‘vaquita’ in Puerto Rico. It is also a pest in the French Antilles (Mauleon and
Mademba-Sy 1988). Ulmer et al. (2006) report on the parasitoids of the weevil’s eggs on St. Lucia.
Adults feed on leaves and larvae bore into the roots of plants.
Diaprepes boxi Marshall 1938: 3; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. (St. Lucia; single island
endemic). A possible pest of Citrus.
Diaprepes excavatus Rosenschoeld 1840: 343; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. (St. Vincent;
single island endemic). A possible pest of Citrus.
Diaprepes famelicus (Olivier) 1790: 544 (Curculio); Tucker 1952: 348; Bennett and Alam 1985: 30; OBrien
and Wibmer 1982:55. (Widespread Antilles native. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts). This species is a
pest in Citrus nurseries. The biology is likely similar to that of D. abbreviatus. It feeds on leaves of
maypole, sisal, pigeon pea, sugarcane, avocado pear and epidermis of spanish needle (Agave sp.) in
Barbados.
Eustylus hybridus (Rosenschoeld) 1840:200 (Platyomus); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982:53. (Guadeloupe (type locality), St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic). On sweet peas, and rose apple
trees.
Promecops lunata Fahraeus 1840: 327; Tucker 1952:348; OBrien and Wibmer 1982:59; Bennett and
Alam 1985:30. (Lesser Antilles Native. Barbados, Grenadines, St. Vincent). Adults feed on leaves of lima bean and pigeon pea
Tribu Geonemini Gistel, 1848
Lachnopus curvipes (Fabricius) 1787: 113 (Curculio). Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 440; Hustache 1929: 199
(Prepodes); Valentine and Ivie 2005: 282; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279. =Curculio curvipes var. calcaratus (Olivier) 1807: 350 of Guadeloupe; not Oware (Africa), an error. (Guadeloupe, Guana,
Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Thomas,
St. Vincent, Tortola; widespread Antilles endemic).
Tribu Lordopini Schönherr, 1823
Hypoptus insularis Champion 1911: 302. (Grenada, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic).
Hypsonotus latus Jekel 1857: 147. (St. Vincent; single island endemic).
Tribu Naupactini Gistel, 1848
Artipus corycaeus Sahlberg 1823: 22; Tucker 1952: 348; OBrien and Wibmer 1982: 31, Bennett and
Alam 1985: 29. (Lesser Antilles Native. Barbados, St. Barthelemy). Attacks
seeds of crabs eye vine (Caesalpinia) and horse-nicker (Abrus precatorius L.)
Litostylus boveli (Marshall) 1922: 184 (Germariella); Tucker 1952: 348; OBrien and Wibmer 1982:32;
Bennett and Alam 1985: 30. (Lesser Antilles Native. Barbados, Dominica). Adults feed on Citrus foliage.
Litostylus pudens (Boheman) 1833: 623 (Cyphus); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 436 (Neocyphus); Hustache
1929: 188; Ivie et al. 2008b: 279. (Antigua, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy (type locality),
St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic). Notes. A possible pest of Citrus.
Tribu Tanymecini Lacordaire, 1863
Pandeleteius testaceipes Hustache 1929: 181; Howden 1970: 48, 2004: 20l; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 49;
Woodruff et al. 1998: 23. =Pandeleteius sublineatus Champion 1911: 203 of Grenada and of St. Vincent;
Leng and Mutchler 1914: 468; Howden 1970: 50, 2004: 201. (Dominica, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, St. Vincent; Lesser Antilles endemic). Not Hispaniola, contra Perez-Gelabert 2008: 136.
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