Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky, 1854

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, Zootaxa 4970 (1), pp. 53-105 : 94

Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky

Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky 1854b: 42

Photinus decorus E. Olivier 1907: 35 syn. [ McDermott 1966: 52]

Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky [revised combination by McDermott 1966: 52]

DISTRIBUTION: HAITI: (E. Olivier 1907, 1910; Leng & Mutchler 1914). HISPANIOLA: ( Gemminger & de Harold 1869; Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945?; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974?). PUER- TO RICO: Barranquitas, Bayamón, Cayey, Cidra, Coamo, Corozal, Naguabo, San Juan, Vega Alta ( Motschulsky 1853; Motschulsky 1854b; Lacordaire 1857; E. Olivier 1910, 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1914, 1922; Wolcott 1923 , 1936; Blackwelder 1945; Wolcott 1948 ; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Kazantsev 2007; Kazantsev 2008). NO LOCALITY: ( McDermott 1955)

TYPE LOCALITY: Portorico

TYPE DEPOSITORY: lost (pers. comm. M. Ivie)

REMARKS: Gemminger & de Harold (1869), E. Olivier (1910), and Blackwelder (1945) use Photinus decorus and P. roseicollis . They also consider Photinus decorus as the valid name with P. roseicollis as a synonym. Wolcott (1923, 1936) uses Lucidiota [sic] decorus Gemminger & de Harold. Wolcott (1936) reported this species to be eaten by Anolis evermanni and A. cristatelus ( Reptilia: Dactyloidae ). Wolcott (1923, 1936) also reports this species collected on coffee leaves, grapefruit leaves, Solanum torvum , potato, and pomarrosa.