SUBFAMILYLAMPYRINAE, Rafinesque, 1815

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 111-112

SUBFAMILYLAMPYRINAE

TRIBECRATOMORPHINI

Aspisoma ignitum (L.) 1767: 645 ( Lampyris ); Gorham 1898a: 318; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 451; Mutchler 1923a: 12; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 356; Paulian 1947b: 159; Bennettand Alam 1985: 23; Cooter 1983: 185; Ivieet al. 2008b: 246; Constantin 2012: 21; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48; Daltry 2009: 65. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Mustique, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union. USA (southernmost FL, TX), Mexico , Central Americato Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, French Guiana; widespread New World. Notes. Larvae predaceous on various terrestrial mollusks. Plate 21.

Aspisoma insperatum Olivier 1912: 22 ; Lengand Mutchler 1922: 451; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 356; Woodruff et al. 1998: 27. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Mustique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 21.

Aspisoma sexpunctatum (Motschulsky) 1854: 12 ( Nyctophanes ); Constantin 2012: 21. = Aspisoma sticticum Gemminger 1870: 120 ; McDermott 1966: 32, Constantin 2012: 21, synonymy. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat (needs verification). Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America .

Aspisoma superciliosum (Gorham) 1898a: 318 (pidosoma [sic]); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 450; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 357; Constantin 2012: 21; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 23. Distribution. Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent, Union; Lesser Antillesendemic. Plate 21.

Cratomorphus dorsalis (Gyllenhal) in Schoenherr 1817: 67 ( Lampyris ); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 481; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 356; McDermot 1966: 28. Distribution. St. Barthélemy; single island endemic. Not Brazil, not Argentina.

TRIBEPHOTININI

The literature of this popular group is very complicated, and there have been many previously recorded errors. Constantin (2012: 23-24) helps to clarify the confusion. Macrolampis perelegans Gorham 1880: 31 is reported from Antigua (Blackwelder 1944-1957: 357) as well as Guatemala to Panama; this record of Antigua was considered an error by Leng and Mutchler 1922: 449 (Macrolapmis) for the West Indies fauna. Photinus simplex Gorham 1881: 42 of Guatemala-Mexico, and erroneously listed from

Dominica (Mutchler 1923b: 5; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359) does not occur in the West Indies. Pyropyga minuta (LeConte) 1851: 333 ( Ellychnia ) is limited to the USA and Mexico to Honduras (Green 1961: 71)

and records of St. Vincent and of Grenada (Blackwelder 1944-1957: 354) are in error. Robopus simplex

Olivier 1907: 38 (= Photinus geographicus Blackwelder 1944 -1957: 358) is from Hispaniola and St. Croix and the record of Dominica is an error for the Dominican Republic (McDermott 1966: 53).

Lucidota sp. , Daltry 2009: 65. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic?

Photinus discoideus (Sahlberg) 1823: 3 ( Lampyris ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 416; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 474; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 358; Paulian 1947b: 160. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 22.

Photinus littoralis (Motschulsky) 1853: 35 ( Ellipolampis ); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 475; McDermott 1966: 41 ( variety vittiger ); Constantin 2012: 24; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 48, and as P. vittiger Gyllenhal. Distribution. Martinique. Trinidad; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Photinus undescribed species 1, new species record. Distribution. Barbados *; singleisland endemic.

Photinus undescribed species 2, new species record. Distribution. St. Vincent *; single island endemic.

Photinus undescribed species 3, new species record. Distribution. St. Lucia *; single island endemic.

Photinus undescribed species 4, new species record. Distribution. Mayreau*, Mustique*, Union*; single island endemic.

Photinus sp. , Daltry 2009: 66. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic?

Photinus sanctaeluciae McDermott 1958: 23 ; 1961: 116. Distribution. St. Lucia; single island endemic.

Photinus sanctus Olivier 1909: 123 ; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 479; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359. Distribution. Dominica, St. Thomas; widespread Antillesendemic. Plate 22.

Photinus vitiosus Gemminger 1870: 120 ; McDermott 1966: 47. = Lampyris vittata Fabricius 1792: 102 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 416 ( Photinus ) of Guadeloupe; Lengand Mutchler 1922: 477; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359; McDermott 1966: 47. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe (type locality) ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Leng and Mutchler 1922: 477 discuss the confusion in the application of this species name and type locality, not explicitly recognized by Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 416. The localities of Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica do not pertain to the species of Guadeloupe as recognized by Leng and Mutchler 1922: 478 but McDermott 1966: 47 does cite Cuba as a locality .

Photinus vanderberghi Constantin 2012: 15 . Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic.

Pyropyga incognita Olivier 1912: 21 ; Leng and Mutchler 1922: 435; 1923a: 4 (key); Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 354 ( Lucidota ); Green 1961: 71; McDermott 1966: 59; Constantin 2012: 24; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 48. Distribution. Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent. Venezuela; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Robopus infernus (Olivier) 1912: 31 (Pyrolampis); McDermott 1966: 51; Constantin 2012: 24. = Photinus vittiger variety infernus Lengand Mutchler 1922: 476 of Martinique. Distribution. Martinique; single island endemic. Plate 22.

Robopus lutzi Leng and Mutchler 1922: 461 (Photinus) , 1923b: 2; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 358; McDermott 1966: 51 ( Dominican Republic in error). Distribution. Dominica; single island endemic.

Robopus quadrimaculatus (Laporte) 1840: 269 ( Photinus ); McDermott 1966: 52. = Photinus notatus Gorham 1898a: 319 of St. Vincent; Lengand Mutchler 1922: 479; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359 (synonym of Photinus quadrimaculatus Laporte 1840: 26 of Hispaniola; McDermott 1966: 50 ( Diphotus ). = Pygolampis quadrinotatus Gorham 1898a: 319 , Lengand Mutchler 1922: 473 ( Photinus ) of St. Vincent. Distribution. Hispaniola, St. Vincent?; widespread Antillesendemic? Notes. Thegenus Robopus is stated as being limited to Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico by Kazantsev and Perez- Gelabert (2008: 387). The species is placed in the genus Heterophotinus and is stated as endemic to Hispaniola (Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert 2008: 395). The question of the St. Vincent record awaits resolution. Plate 22.

Robopus sp. , Daltry 2009: 66. Distribution. St. Lucia; singleisland endemic.

Robopus vittatus (Olivier) 1790: 23 ( Lampyris ); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 478 ( Photinus ); McDermot 1955: 50 ( Diphotus ), 1966: 53. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, PuertoRico; widespread Antillesendemic.

Robopus vittiger (Gyllenhal) 1817: 21 ( Lampyris ); Leng and Mutchler 1922: 475; Paulian 1947b: 161; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 359; McDermott 1955: 50 ( Diphotus ), 1966: 53; Constantin 2012: 24. Distribution. Martinique; singleisland endemic.