Drapetes niger Bonvouloir

Johnson, Paul J., 2015, A new species of Drapetes Megerle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with taxonomic summaries and a key to the species of northern North America, Insecta Mundi 2015 (445), pp. 1-13 : 6

Drapetes niger Bonvouloir

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Drapetes niger Bonvouloir 1859: 78 ; Horn 1890: 207; Fleutiaux 1894: 689, 1895: 160; Schaeffer 1902: 176, 1916: 62; Blanchard 1917: 6; Leng 1920: 177; Schenkling 1928: 8

Drapetes nigra , of Blackwelder 1944: 304 (incorrect gender change)

Distribution: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Mexico; Panama; United States: Texas.

Notes. Drapetes niger is a small lowland Mesoamerican species that enters the United States only in the southernmost coastal woodlands in Cameron Co., Texas. The species is immediately recognized in our fauna by its elongate shape and long cinereous pubescence giving a grizzled appearance, usually elytra with pubescence forming a band just posterior of mid-length.

Figures

Figures 3–8. Drapetes species, dorsal habitus. 3) Drapetes cylindricus, holotype (image courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, with permission). 4) Drapetes exstriatus. 5) Drapetes niger. 6) Drapetes plagiatus. 7) Drapetes quadripustulatus. 8) Drapetes rubricollis.