AGRYPNINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 21-22

SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE

TRIBE AGRYPNINI

Lacon modestus (Boisduval) 1835: 108 ( Adelocera ); Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 106; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 281. = A. modesta variety guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 407 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique. Mexico; Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Japan, Borneo, Indochina, Ceylon, Seychelles, Madagascar; cosmotropical; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE OOPHORINI

Aeolus sp. aff. circumscriptus (Germar) 1824: 46 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142. Distribution. Martinique, Puerto Rico. Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia; Lesser Antilles and Latin America ?

Conoderus castaneus (Fabricius) 1792: 226 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 412; Fleutiaux 1911: 252, 1947: 117; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142. = Conoderus castaneipes Fabricius. 1801: 234 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Martinique; widespread Antilles endemic.

Conoderus delauneyi Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 253; Fleutiaux 1947: 117; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287 ( Conoderus castaneipes variety delauneyi Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411 of Martinique). Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Conoderus memorabilis (Candeze) 1859: 249 ( Monocrepidius ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 280. Distribution. Cuba, Martinique, Puerto Rico; widespread Antilles endemic.

Heteroderes amplicollis (Gyllenhal) 1817: 141 ( Elater ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 412; Fleutiaux 1911: 258; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Fleutiaux 1947: 119; Cooter 1983: 185 as H. sp.; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. = Heteroderes laurentii (Guérin-Méneville) 1838: 31 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 285; Fleutiaux 1911: 258; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Tucker 1952: 342; Bennett and Alam 1985: 22; Chassain 2005: 188; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy. St. Vincent. USA (CA-TX-AL-FL); probably native to southern South America ; Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru (H. Douglas, pers. comm., 2007); widespread New World.

TRIBE PYROPHORINI

Lygelater ignitus (Fabricius) 1787: 167 ( Elater ); Fleutiaux 1911: 262 ( Pyrophorus ); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 285 ( Pyrophorus ); Costa 1975: 107; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia. French Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Pyrophorus mellifluus Costa 1972: 211, 1976: 147 . Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, St. Lucia. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Pyrophorus phosphorescens Laporte 1840: 236 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 414; Fleutiaux 1911: 261; Fleutiaux 1947: 110; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 286; Costa 1972: 206, 1975: 147; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique. Mexico to Panama, Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

TRIBE HEMIRHIPINI

Chalcolepidius obscurus Laporte 1836: 13 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 247, 1947: 109; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 86; Casari 2002: 318; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Earlier records of Mexico, Trinidad and Virgin Islands are not substantiated by Casari 2002: 319.

Chalcolepidius virens (Fabricius) 1777: 234 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 282; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Casari 2002: 335, 339 (who does not confirm the questioned Guadeloupe record of Blackwelder). = Chalcolepidius porcatus variety virens Fabricius 1787: 172 , Fleutiaux 1911: 247. = Chalcolepidius sulcatus Fabricius 1777: 234 of Martinique; Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 108. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,? Martinique. Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela to Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Earlier records of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of St. Croix and of St. Lucia are seemingly misidentifications of other species ( Casari 2002: 341).