The Insects of Mona Island (West Indies)

Abstract

A total of 526 species of insects, representing 16 orders and 152 families, is recorded from Mona Island, with notes on their distribution, abundance, and host plants. Of this number of species, 197 were not previously known from the island. Paradarnoides danforthi n. sp, (Homoptera, Membracidae); Paraprosoptropis n. gen., Paraprosoptropis monensis n. sp. (Homoptera, Kinnaridae); Flatoidinus pseudopunctatus n. sp. (Homoptera, Flatidae); Ozophora octomaculata n. sp. (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae); and Ptychopoda monata Forbes, n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) are described. The insect fauna of Mona Island is analyzed and discussed.