Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus)

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, Zootaxa 4970 (1), pp. 53-105 : 58

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2

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scientific name

Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus)
status

 

Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus) View in CoL

Lampyris ignita Linnaeus 1767: 645 [original combination]

Aspisoma polyzona Chevrolat 1834: 105 syn. [E. Olivier 1907: 30]

Photinus (Aspisoma) ignitus (Linnaeus) View in CoL [new combination by Laporte 1833: 145]

Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus) View in CoL [new combination by Laporte 1840: 269]

Nyctophanes ignita (Linnaeus) [new combination by Motschulsky 1854: 11]

Aspidosoma ignita (Linnaeus) [new combination by Lacordaire 1857: 327]

Aspisoma ignitum (Linnaeus) View in CoL [reinstated combination by E. Olivier 1912: 21]

DISTRIBUTION: ANTILLES: ( Gorham 1880b). ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: Antigua ( Mutchler 1923a; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). BARBADOS: (Bennet & Alam 1985; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). CUBA: (E. Olivier 1912b; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Santiago-Blay & Medina-Gaud 1986; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2005; Branham 2006; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Perez-Gelabert 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016).

DOMINICA: ( Leng & Mutchler 1922; Paulian 1947; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Monte Cristi, Pedernales, Peravia, San Cristóbal, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago ( Kazantsev & Perez-Gelabert 2009; Perez-Gelabert 2011b). GRENADA: St. Andrew, St. George, St. John ( Gorham 1898; Leng & Mutchler 1914; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). GUADELOUPE: Basse-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre (E. Olivier 1912b; Blackwelder 1945; Paulian 1947; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016; Meurgey & Ramage 2020). HAITI: (E. Olivier 1912b). HISPANIOLA: ( Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006; Perez-Gelabert 2008; Peck 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016; Perez-Gelabert 2020). MARTINIQUE: Fort-de-France, La Trinité, Le Marin, Saint-Pierre (E. Olivier 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; Paulian 1947; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Constantin 2012; Touroult & Poirier 2012; Touroult et al. 2013; Peck et al. 2014; Touroult et al. 2014, 2015; Peck 2016). MONTSERRAT: St. Anthony ( Cooter 1983; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Ivie et al. 2008 a, 2008b; Peck 2010, 2011a, 2011 b, Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). PUERTO RICO: Bayamón, Carolina, Vieques ( Kazantsev 2008; Santiago-Blay & Medina-Gaud 1986; Perez-Gelabert 2011b). ST. KITTS AND NEVIS: St. Kitts ( Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016). ST. LUCIA: ( Ivie 2009; Peck 2016). ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: Mustique, St. Vincent, Union ( Gorham 1898; Leng & Mutchler 1914; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Woodruff et al. 1998; Stevens & Waldmann 2001; Peck 2006, 2009a, 2010, 2011a, 2011b; Peck et al. 2014; Peck 2016)

TYPE LOCALITY: America

TYPE DEPOSITORY: LSUK (not confirmed)

REMARKS: Also, in North, Central, and South America ( McDermott 1966).

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

SubFamily

Lampyrinae

Tribe

Cratomorphini

Genus

Aspisoma