Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878

Ivie, Michael A. & Hart, Charles J., 2016, Redefinition ofDiastolinusMulsant and Rey, with a Review of West Indian Blapstinoid Genera (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (3), pp. 447-481 : 447-481

Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878

( Fig. 11 ) Blapstinus fortis LeConte 1878: 420 (type local-

ity: Florida); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 461

( Cuba); Gebien 1938: 402 [439] ( USA, Cuba);

Blackwelder 1945: 524 ( USA, Central America, Cuba); Marcuzzi 1962: 32 ( Cuba, Bahamas, Central America, USA), 1977: 27 ( Cuba, Bahamas, USA, Central America), 1984: 81 ( Cuba, Isla de Juventud [as “ Isla de Tinos”], Bahamas, USA, Central America), 1998b: 156; Ardoin 1977: 390 ( Isla de Juventud); Steiner 2005a: 444 ( USA, Cuba, Grand Bahama), 2005b: 136 (“ Bahamas ”), 2006b: 107, 108 ( USA, Cuba, Grand Bahama, New Providence), 2011: 115 ( USA, Cuba, New Providence); Peck 2005: 151 ( Cuba); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 53 (Andros, Grand Bahama, New Providence); Thomas et al. 2013: 49 (Grand Cayman).

Opatrinus punctulatus Jacquelin du Val 1857: 60 (type locality: Cuba). Junior secondary homonym of Blapstinus punctulatus Solier, 1851 ; replacement name Blapstinus interstitialis Champion 1885: 125 (Central America) synonymized with B. fortis by Champion 1893: 526.

Clapstinus fortis Marcuzzi 1957: 129 (lapsus calami, USA, Bahamas, Cuba).

Distribution. Central America, Grand Bahama,

Andros, New Providence, Cuba, Isla de Juventud,

Grand Cayman. A single specimen labeled “ St.

Martin, N of; Cupecoy Bay; 40-45m , 26.6.73”

in the HNHM that appears to be this species is

suspected to be mislabeled.

Figures

Figs. 5–11. Blapstinus punctatus: 5) Dorsal habitus; 6) Humeral angle; 7) Aedeagus, dorsal view; 8) Aedeagus, lateral view; 9) Head and thorax, ventral view; 10) Abdominal ventrites. Blapstinus fortis: 11) Dorsal habitus.