LAMPYRINAE, Rafinesque, 1815

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 32-33

SUBFAMILY LAMPYRINAE

TRIBE CRATOMORPHINI

Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus) 1767: 645 ( Lampyris ); Gorham 1898a: 318; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 451; Mutchler 1923a: 12; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 356; Paulian 1947c: 159; Bennett and Alam 1985: 23; Cooter 1983; 185; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Union. USA (southernmost FL, TX), Mexico, Central America to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, French Guiana; widespread New World. Notes. Larvae predaceous on various terrestrial molluscs.

Aspisoma insperatum E. Olivier 1912: 22 ; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 451; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 356; Woodruff et al. 1998: 27. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Mustique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union ; Lesser Antilles endemic.

Aspisoma superciliosum (Gorham) 1898a: 318 ( Aspidosoma ); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 450; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 357. Distribution. Grenada, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antilles endemic.

TRIBE PHOTININI

Pyropyga incognita E. Olivier 1912: 21 ; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 435; 1923a: 4 (key); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 354 ( Lucidota ); Green 1961: 71; McDermott 1966: 59. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent. Venezuela; Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

[ Pyropyga minuta (LeConte) 1851: 333 ( Ellychnia ), limited to the USA and Mexico to Honduras ( Green 1961: 71). Records of St. Vincent and of Grenada (Blackwelder 1944-1957: 354) are in error.]

Robopus quadrimaculatus (Laporte) 1840: 269 ( Photinus ); McDermott 1966: 52. = Photinus notatus Gorham 1898a: 319 of St. Vincent; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 479; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359 (as synonym of P.quadrimaculatus Laporte 1840: 26 of Hispaniola; McDermott 1966: 50 ( Diphotus ). = Pygolampis quadrinotatus Gorham 1898a: 319 ; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 473 ( Photinus ) of St. Vincent. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent; widespread Antilles endemic.