AGRYPNINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 108-110

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182961

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:37602764-FD97-40E0-B003-557279B97FCE

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314E4151-C270-FFA2-89CE-FF7FFC77CC47

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

AGRYPNINAE
status

 

SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE

TRIBEAGRYPNINI

Agrypnella squamifer (Candèze) 1865: 38 ( Cryptohypnus ); Champion 1897a: 282; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 293. Distribution. Grenada. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, South Americato Brazil, Argentina; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Lacon modestus (Boisduval) 1835: 108 ( Adelocera ); Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 106. Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 281; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 63. = Adelocera 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; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Lacon subcostatus (Candèze) 1857: 51 , 69 ( Adelocera ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 407; Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 107; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 281; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 276; Chassain 2005: 181; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 38; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 63. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guana, Les Saintes, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy?, St. Martin?; widespread Antillesendemic. Plate 20.

TRIBEOOPHORINI

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

Aeolus nigromaculatus (Drapiez) 1820: 275 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 286; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 290. Distribution. Grenada, Mustique. Nicaragua, Panama to Brazil; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Aeolus sp. aff. circumscriptus (Germar) 1824: 46 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 67. Distribution. Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Martin. Mexico , Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia; the Lesser Antillesand 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 ); Miskimenand Bond 1970: 86; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 65. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica *, Guadeloupe *, Hispaniola, PuertoRico, Saba *, St. Barthélemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts *, St. Martin-St. Maarten; widespread Antillesendemic.

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-St. Maarten; widespread Antillesendemic.

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

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

Conoderus sp. aff. pinguis Candèze 1859: 207; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 288; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 67; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48. 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 Candèze 1859: 260 of Guadeloupe; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 276 of Guana. = Conoderus binotatus Candèze 1859: 287 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. Carriacou*, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Mayreau*, St. Vincent. Mexico to Brazil, Argentina; widespread Antillesand 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 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 411 of Guadeloupe; Fleutiaux 1911: 255; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 287; Fleutiaux 1947: 118; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 86 of St. Croix. Distribution. Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Les Saintes, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix. USA, Mexico , Central America ; widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Conoderus vitraci (Fleutiaux) 1911: 255 ( Monocrepidius ), 1947: 118; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 142; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 65. Distribution. Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Les Saintes, St. Barthélemy; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 19.

Heteroderes amplicollis (Gyllenhal) 1817: 141 ( Elater ); generic placement by H. Douglas, December, 2011; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 412 ( Heteroderes ); Fleutiaux 1911: 258; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 289; Fleutiaux 1947: 119; Cooter 1983: 185, Heteroderes sp. ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 245; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 67; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48. = 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, Les Saintes, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy (type locality), St. Kitts *, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten, St. Vincent. USA (CA- TX-AL-FL); Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru (H. Douglas, pers. comm., 2014); widespread New World. Notes. Frequent at lights in the littoral zone (beaches, mangroves, swamps). Plate 20.

TRIBE PYROPHORINI

Ignelater luminosus (Illiger) 1809: 149 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 285; Tucker 1952: 342; Bennett and Alam 1985: 23; Costa 1980: 162. Distribution. Barbados (introduced, Wolcott 1951: 271 ), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. John, St. Lucia? (needs confirmation), St. Thomas; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Venezuela is an error. Notes. Introduced to Barbados from Puerto Rico in 1932 and 1935 as apredator against sugarcane root-borer ( Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.), Curculionidae ) and white-grub ( Phyllophaga smithi (Arrow) , Scarabaeidae ). Also introduced to Mauritius for biocontrol of the same white grubs. Adults are bioluminescent. Plate 20.

Ignelaterphosphoreus (L.) 1758: 404 ( Elater ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 285; Bennettand Alam 1985: 23; Costa 1980: 163. Distribution. Barbados (introduced for biocontrol), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. French Guiana; Brazil and Argentina are probably errors. Notes. Probably predaceous on soil inhabiting insects. Adults are bioluminescent.

Lygelater ignitus (Fabricius) 1787: 167 ( Elater ); Fleutiaux 1911: 262 ( Pyrophorus ); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 285; Costa 1975: 107; Chassain 2005: 182; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141, 2012: 63; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 65; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48. Distribution. Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia. French Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Pyrophorus indulcatus Costa 1972: 208 , 1976: 147. = Pyrophorus noctilucus (L.) 1758: 404 ( Elater ); Champion 1897a: 290 of St. Vincent; Fleutiaux 1911: 261 of Guadeloupe. Distribution. St. Vincent; singleisland endemic. Not Guadeloupe.

Pyrophorus mellifluus Costa 1972: 211 ; 1976: 145, 147; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 63. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, Martinique, St. Lucia. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America .

Pyrophorus mellitus Costa 1972: 210 , 1976: 145. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.

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; Touroult 2005: 89; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 63. Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe (type locality), Martinique. Mexico to Panama, Trinidad, Guiana, Brazil ; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America . Plate 20.

Pyrophorus tuberculifer Eschscholtz 1829b: 32 ; Costa 1972: 203, 1976: 146. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe? (needs confirmation). Mexico , Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina; widespread Antillesand Latin America ?

TRIBEHEMIRHIPINI

Chalcolepidius obscurus Laporte 1836: 13 ; Fleutiaux 1911: 247, 1947: 109; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 283; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 86; Casari 2002: 318; Chassain 2005: 182; Touroult 2005: 89; Chassain and Sautière 2007: 141; Chassain and Touroult 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. Plate 19.

Chalcolepidius silbermanni Chevrolat 1835: 197 ; Champion 1897a: 282; Casari 2002: 329; Thomas et al. 2013: 30. Distribution. Caymans, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (introduced in lumber, Wolcott 1951: 271 ), St. Vincent. Mexico to Venezuela and Trinidad; widespread Antilles and Latin America . Plate 19.

Chalcolepidius validus Candèze 1857: 263 ; Cassari 2002: 337, resurection of the name; Chassain and Touroult 2012: 63. = Chalcolepidius sulcatus Fabricius 1777: 234 of Martinique; Fleutiaux 1911: 246, 1947: 108. = 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). Distribution. Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 19.

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. Distribution. Barbados, Grenada, Union*. Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela to Surinam, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil; the 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).

Chalcolepidius undescribed species, Ivie et al. 2008b: 245. Distribution. Montserrat, single island endemic. Notes. Abright red species; not Chalcolepidius obscurus (cited above from Montserrat) which is dark green and which might be an erroneous record.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF