AGRYPNINAE

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 55-57

SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE

TRIBE AGRYPNINI

Lacon modestus (Boisduval) 1835: 108 ( Adelocera ); Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 106. Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 281; Chassain and Tourouot 2012: 63. = Adelocera modesta variety guadeloupensis Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 407 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique. Cosmotropical; Mexico ; Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Japan, Borneo, Indochina, Ceylon, Seychelles, Madagascar; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Lacon subcostatus (Candeze) 1857: 51 , 69 ( Adelocera ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 407; Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 107: Blackwelder 1944-1957: 281; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276; Chassain 2005: 181; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 38; Chassain and Tourouot 2012: 63. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat; widespread Antilles endemic.

TRIBE OOPHORINI

Aeolus melliculus Candeze 1859: 295 ; Champion 1897a: 286; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 290. = Aeolus melliculus variety rubricatus Candeze 1859: 294 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 257. = Aeolus rufulus Candeze 1859: 295 . Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Mexico , Guatemala, South America to Argentina; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Conoderus bifoveatus Palisot de Beauvois 1805: 78 (Elater) ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Fleutiaux 1947: 118, as synonym of Monocrepidius rufidens (Fabricius) 1801: 234 ( Elater ); Miskimen and Bond 1970: 86; Chassain and Touroult 2012a: 65. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Martin; widespread Antilles endemic.

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, 2012: 65. = Conoderus memorabilis Candeze 1859: 197 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 253 of Martinique. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Martinique, St. Martin; widespread Antilles endemic.

Conoderus delauneyi Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411 ; Fleutiaux 1947: 117; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Chassain and Touroult 2012a: 65. = Conoderus castaneipes variety delauneyi Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411 of Martinique; Fleutiaux 1911: 253;. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Conoderus sp. aff. pinguis Candéze 1859: 207; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 288; Chassain and Touroult 2012a: 67. Distribution. Cuba, Martinique, Puerto Rico; widespread Antilles endemic.

Conoderus posticus (Eschscholtz) 1822: 76 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 285 ( Monocrepidius ); Fleutiaux 1911: 256, 1947: 117; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142, 2012: 65. = Conoderus posticus variety sticturus Candeze 1859: 260 of Guadeloupe; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 276 of Guana. = Conoderus binotatus Candeze 1859: 287 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, St. Vincent. Mexico to Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Conoderus rufidens (Fabricius) 1801: 234 ( Elater ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411; Fleutiaux 1911: 253, 1947: 118 ( Monocrepidius ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 288; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142, 2012: 65. = Monocrepidius lividus Degeer 1774: 162 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 411 of Guadeloupe; Fleutiaux 1911: 255; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Fleutiaux 1947: 118; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 86 of St. Croix. Distribution. Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Les Saintes, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA, Mexico , Central America ; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America .

Conoderus vitraci Fleutiaux 1911: 255 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 255, 1947: 112; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142, 2012: 65. Distribution. Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy; Lesser 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 as Heteroderes sp. ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245; Chassain and Touroult 2012a: 67. = 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. Barthélémy (type locality), St. Martin, 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. Notes. Frequent at lights in the littoral zone (beaches, mangroves, swamps).

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, 2012: 63. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia. French Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

[ Pyrophorus indulcatus Costa 1972: 208 . = Pyrophorus noctilucus (L.) 1758: 404 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 290 of St. Vincent; Fleutiaux 1911: 261 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. St. Vincent. Not Guadeloupe.]

Pyrophorus phosphorescens Laporte 1840: 236 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 414; Fleutiaux 1911: 261; Fleutiaux 1947: 110; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 286; Costa 1972: 206, 1976: 147; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141; Chassain and Tourouot 2012: 63. = Pyrophorus hesperus Candeze 1859: 8 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 262 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality); Martinique. Mexico to Panama, Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Pyrophorus tuberculifer Eschscholtz 1829b: 32 ; Costa 1972: 203, 1976: 146. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe (record needs confirmation). Mexico , Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina; widespread 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; Chassain and Tourouot 2012: 63. Distribution. Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, 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 silbermanni Chevrolat 1835: 197 ; Champion 1897a: 282; Casari 2002: 329. Distribution. Guadeloupe (additional records are needed to confirm the presence of this species, J. Touroult, pers. comm.), Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (introduced in lumber, Wolcott 1950: 271 ), St. Vincent. Mexico to Venezuela and Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America ?]

Chalcolepidius validus Candèze 1857: 263 ; Cassari 2002: 337, revalidation of the name; Chassain and Tourouot 2012: 63 = Chalcolepidius virens (Fabricius) 1777: 234 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 282; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Casari 2002: 335, 339 (who corrects the earlier confusion in use of the name). Notes. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antilles endemic.

[ Chalcolepidius virens (Fabricius) 1777: 234 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 282; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Casari 2002: 335, 339 (who corrects the earlier confusion in use of the name). = Chalcolepidius porcatus variety virens Fabricius 1787: 172 , Fleutiaux 1911: 247. = Chalcolepidius sulcatus Fabricius 1777: 234 of Martinique; Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 108. Distribution. Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela to Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Earlier records of Guadeloupe, of St. Croix and of St. Lucia are misidentifications of other species ( Casari 2002: 341).]