Pyractomena watsoni Leng & Mutchler, 1922

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, Zootaxa 4970 (1), pp. 53-105 : 61-62

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scientific name	Pyractomena watsoni Leng & Mutchler
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Pyractomena watsoni Leng & Mutchler View in CoL

Pyractomena watsoni Leng & Mutchler 1922: 453 View in CoL

DISTRIBUTION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Duarte, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Plata, Samaná, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Valverde ( Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Wetherbee 1985; Kazantsev 2007; Perez-Gelabert 2008; Kazantsev & Perez-Gelabert 2009; Perez-Gelabert 2011b). WEST INDIES: ( McDermott 1966)

TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic, San Lorenzo

TYPE DEPOSITORY: AMNH

REMARKS: Erroneously included under Pyractonema by Blackwelder (1945), Blackwelder & Arnett (1974), and Perez-Gelabert (2020)

References

Blackwelder, R. E. (1945) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 3. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 185, 343 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.3

Blackwelder, R. E. & Arnett, R. H. Jr. (1974) The buprestid beetles, click beetles, fireflies and related groups. In: Blackwelder, R. E. & Arnett, R. H. Jr. (Comp.), Checklist of the beetles of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and West Indies (Red Version). Volume 1 Part 1. North American Beetle Fauna Project. The Biological Research Institute of America, Inc. Latham, New York, New York, R 56.1 - R 56.15.

Kazantsev, S. V. (2007) New firefly taxa from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with notes on biogeography. Russian Entomological Journal, 15 (4), 367 - 392.

Kazantsev, S. V. & Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2009) Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Russian Entomological Journal, 17 (4), 367 - 402.

Leng, C. W. & Mutchler, A. J. (1922) The Lycidae, Lampyridae, and Cantharidae (Telephoridae) of the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 4, 413 - 499.

McDermott, F. A. (1966) Lampyridae. 1 - 149. In: Steel, W. O. (Ed.), Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa, pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, Gravenhage, pp. 1 - 72.

Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2008) Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): a checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1831 (1), 1 - 530. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1831.1.1

Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2011 b) Distribucion de las luciernagas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) en La Hispaniola y su correspondencia con las paleoislas. Novitates Caribaea, 4, 126 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.33800 / nc. v 0 i 4.164

Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2020) Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 4749 (1), 1 - 668. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4749.1.1

Wetherbee, D. K. (1985) The two-century search for beetles (Coleoptera) in Hispaniola. Published by author, Shelburne, Massachusetts, 56 pp.