AGRYPNINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 16-17

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SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE

TRIBE PYROPHORINI

Ignelater luminosus (Illiger) 1809: 149 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 285; Costa 1980: 162. Distribution. Barbados (introduced), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Thomas ; widespread Antilles endemic. Venezuela is an error. Notes. Introduced to Barbados in 1932 and 1935 as a predator against sugarcane root-borer ( Diaprepes abbreviatus ) and white-grub ( Phyllophaga smithi ) from Puerto Rico.

Lygelater ignitus (Fabricius) 1787: 167 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 285 ( Pyrophorus View in CoL ); Costa 1975: 107; Chassain 2005: 182. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Lucia . Cayenne, Colombia, Venezuela, Brasil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL .

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

Pyrophorus mellitus Costa 1972: 210 . Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

TRIBE HEMIRHIPINI

Chalcolepidius virens (Fabricius) 1777: 234 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Casari 2002: 335, 339. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,?Guadeloupe,?Martinique. Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela to Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL . Notes. Earlier records of Guadeloupe, of Martinique, of St. Lucia , and of St. Croix misidentifications of other species ( Casari 2002: 341).