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

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.