Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878

Ivie, Michael A. & Hart, Charles J., 2016, Redefinition ofDiastolinusMulsant and Rey, with a Review of West Indian Blapstinoid Genera (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (3), pp. 447-481 : 447-481

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scientific name

Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878
status

 

Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878

( Fig. 11 View Figs ) Blapstinus fortis LeConte 1878: 420 (type local-

ity: Florida); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461

( Cuba); Gebien 1938: 402 [439] ( USA, Cuba);

Blackwelder 1945: 524 ( USA, Central America, Cuba); Marcuzzi 1962: 32 ( Cuba, Bahamas, Central America, USA), 1977: 27 ( Cuba, Bahamas, USA, Central America), 1984: 81 ( Cuba, Isla de Juventud [as “ Isla de Tinos”], Bahamas, USA, Central America), 1998b: 156; Ardoin 1977: 390 ( Isla de Juventud); Steiner 2005a: 444 ( USA, Cuba, Grand Bahama), 2005b: 136 (“ Bahamas ”), 2006b: 107, 108 ( USA, Cuba, Grand Bahama, New Providence), 2011: 115 ( USA, Cuba, New Providence); Peck 2005: 151 ( Cuba); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53 (Andros, Grand Bahama, New Providence); Thomas et al. 2013: 49 (Grand Cayman).

Opatrinus punctulatus Jacquelin du Val 1857: 60 (type locality: Cuba). Junior secondary homonym of Blapstinus punctulatus Solier, 1851 ; replacement name Blapstinus interstitialis Champion 1885: 125 (Central America) synonymized with B. fortis by Champion 1893: 526.

Clapstinus fortis Marcuzzi 1957: 129 (lapsus calami, USA, Bahamas, Cuba).

Distribution. Central America, Grand Bahama,

Andros, New Providence, Cuba, Isla de Juventud,

Grand Cayman. A single specimen labeled “ St.

Martin, N of; Cupecoy Bay; 40-45m , 26.6.73”

in the HNHM that appears to be this species is

suspected to be mislabeled.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Blapstinus

Loc

Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878

Ivie, Michael A. & Hart, Charles J. 2016
2016
Loc

fortis

Marcuzzi 1957: 129
1957
Loc

Opatrinus punctulatus

Champion 1893: 526
Champion 1885: 125
Jacquelin du Val & Insectes 1857: 60
1857
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