New records of Caribbomerus from Hispaniola and Dominica with redescription of C. elongatus (Fisher) and a key to species of the genus in the West Indies (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Graciliini)

Steven W Lingafelter

doi:10.3897/zookeys.85.862

New records of Caribbomerus from Hispaniola and Dominica with redescription of C. elongatus (Fisher) and a key to species of the genus in the West Indies (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Graciliini)

Zookeys. 2011 Mar 11:(85):27-39. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.85.862.

Author

Steven W Lingafelter¹

Affiliation

¹ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Plant Sciences Institute, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A.

Abstract

Three species of Caribbomerus Vitali are newly recorded for the Dominican Republic: Caribbomerus decoratus (Zayas), Caribbomerus elongatus (Fisher), and Caribbomerus asperatus (Fisher). The first two also represent first records for Hispaniola. Caribbomerus elongatus (Fisher) is redescribed based on additional material, including the first known males. Caribbomerus similis (Fisher) is newly recorded for Dominica. A key to the species of the genus from the West Indies is provided.

Keywords: Dominican Republic; Haiti; faunistics; longhorned woodboring beetles; taxonomy.