Photinus pallens (Fabricius)

Lampyris pullens Fabricius 1798: 124 [original combination]

Photinus melanodactylus E. Olivier, 1888: 56 syn. [E. Olivier 1902: 319]

Photinus pallens (Fabricius) [new combination by Laporte 1833: 153]

Pygolampus pallens (Fabricius) [new combination by E. Olivier 1912b: 33]

Photinus pallens (Fabricius) [revised combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 459]

DISTRIBUTION: ANTILLES: (E. Olivier 1912b). JAMAICA: Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, St. Andrew, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. James, St. Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland (Fabricius 1798; Gorham1880a; E. Olivier 1888; Gorham 1898; E. Olivier 1902; E. Olivier 1907, 1910; Lund 1911; Leng & Mutchler 1914, 1922; Gowdey 1926; Buck 1937; Barber 1941; Buck 1941, 1942; Blackwelder 1945; Mc- Dermott 1953; McDermott & Buck 1959; Zahl 1962; Seliger et al. 1964a, 1964b; McDermott 1966; Lloyd 1969; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Lloyd 1998). NO LOCALITY: (Gyllenhal 1817a). WEST INDIES: (Fabricius 1801; Gemminger & de Harold 1869)

TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica

TYPE DEPOSITORY: Unknown

REMARKS: Described and figured in Browne (1756), but no name was assigned to the species until Fabricius (1798).