Francesco Vitali & Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser, 2003a - Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Jamaika, Westindien (Karibik). 5. Bockkäfer (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) - Les Cahiers Magellanes 26: 1-16
ISBN 2-911545-39-7

Francesco Vitali & Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser, 2003b - Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Jamaika, Westindien (Karibik). 5. Bockkäfer (Coleoptera Cerambycidae), Teil II (Folge) - Les Cahiers Magellanes 27: 1-27
ISBN 2-911545-40-0

A study of the longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) collected by Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser in Jamaica (West-Indies) between 1992 and 2002, mainly with the use light-traps, is presented. The examined material covers 2122 specimens belonging to 46 species.

Thirteen species are reported from Jamaica for the first time: Malacopterus tenellus (Fabricius, 1801); Plectromerus serratus (Cameron, 1910); Eburia pinarensis Zayas, 1975; Oxymerus aculeatus lebasi Dupont, 1838; Ataxia variegata Fisher, 1925; Desmiphora hirticollis (Fabricius, 1795); Eupogonius pilosulus Chevrolat, 1862; Eupogonius wickhami Fisher, 1935; Estoloides (s. str.) cf. affinis Breuning, 1940; Lagocheirus obsoletus dezayasi Dillon, 1957, Styloleptus biustus fisheri Gilmour 1965, Styloleptus scurra (Chevrolat, 1862) and Alcidion umbraticum (DuVal, 1856).

Merostenus productus (White, 1855) (Cerambycinae, Callidiopini) is recognised as a senior synonym of Merostenus tuberculatus Fisher, 1942 nov. syn.; Plectromerus serratus (Cameron, 1910) (Cerambycinae, Curiini) is recognised as a senior synonym of Plectromerus distinctus (Cameron, 1910) nov. syn. and Plectromerus crenulatus Cazier & Lacey, 1952 nov. syn., Styloleptus planicollis (Fisher, 1935) (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) is recognised as a senior synonym of Styloleptus vanduzeei (Fisher, 1935) nov. syn., Styloleptus maraicola (Fisher, 1942) nov. syn., Styloleptus divisus Gilmour, 1963 nov. syn. and Styloleptus albosuturalis Villiers, 1980 nov. syn.

Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775) (Cerambycinae, Elaphidionini) is a primary homonym of Cerambyx spinicornis Fabricius, 1775 nec Drury, 1773 (nunc Elaphidion, Elaphidionini). The next available name is Cordylomera torrida (Olivier, 1795) nomen revalidatum = Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775) nov. syn. Phylematium festivum (Fabricius, 1775) (Cerambycinae, Callichromatini) is a primary homonym of Cerambyx festivus Fabricius, 1775 nec Linnaeus, 1758 (nunc Chlorida, Torneutini). The next available name is Philematium festum (Gmelin, 1790) nomen revalidatum = Philematium festivus (Fabricius, 1775) nov. syn. Lagocheirus undatus (Voet, 1778) (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) is a primary homonym of Cerambyx undatus Voet, 1778 nec Linnaeus, 1758 (nunc Semanotus, Callidiini). The next available name is Lagocheirus obsoletus Thomson, 1860 nomen revalidatum = Lagocheirus undatus (Voet, 1778) nov. syn. Lagocheirus dezayasi Dillon, 1957 (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) is reputed a Antillan subspecies of Lagocheirus obsoletus Thomson, 1860 nov. status. Lagocheirus tuberculatus (Fabricius, 1787) (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) is a primary homonym of Cerambyx tuberculatus Fabricius, 1787 nec Deeger, 1775 (nunc Oreodera glauca [Linnaeus, 1758], Acanthoderini). The next available name is Lagocheirus binumeratus Thomson, 1860 nomen revalidatum = Lagocheirus tuberculatus (Fabricius, 1787) nov. syn.

The genus Merostenus White, 1855 (Cerambycinae, Callidiopini) is preoccupied by Merostenus Walker, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae); therefore it is necessary to introduce the new genus Caribbomerus Vitali nov. gen. (Genotype: Merostenus productus White, 1855) for all species originally inserted in Merostenus White.

Therefore the following new combinations are introduced: Caribbomerus picturatus (Napp & Martins, 1984) nov. comb., Caribbomerus decoratus (Zayas, 1975) nov. comb., Caribbomerus exiguus (Zayas, 1975) nov. comb., Caribbomerus howdeni (Napp & Martins, 1984) nov. comb., Caribbomerus elongatus (Fisher, 1932) nov. comb., Caribbomerus mexicanus (Napp & Martins, 1984) nov. comb., Caribbomerus productus (White, 1855) nov. comb., Caribbomerus brasiliensis (Napp & Martins, 1984) nov. comb., Caribbomerus asperatus (Fisher, 1932) nov. comb., Caribbomerus attenuatus (Chevrolat, 1853) nov. comb., Caribbomerus similis (Fisher, 1932) nov. comb.

Eugamandus jamaicensis Vitali nov. sp. (Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) is described. Superficially similar to Eugamandus schwarzi Fisher, 1926, it differs from all described species by the pronotum tuberculated at each side.

(in German with English summary and keys).

Additional notes
These papers resume the research done by Dr. Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser, (Museum of Luzern, Switzerland) during 10 years in Jamaica (West-Indies). This work was realised in collaboration with the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM) inside of the Project Südamerika: Jamaika.

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