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Robopus simplex

  • 1. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • 2. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. & marcbran @ ufl. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2187 - 4503

Description

Robopus simplex (E. Olivier)

Pygolampis vitiosus var. simplex E. Olivier 1912b: 28 [original combination]

Photinus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 468]

Diphotus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]

Robopus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]

Photinus geographicus Blackwelder 1945: 358 syn. [McDermott 1966: 53]

DISTRIBUTION: DOMINICA: St. George (Leng & Mutchler 1922; Mutchler 1923b; Blackwelder 1945; Mc- Dermott 1955; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2006). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: (Blackwelder 1945?; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974?). HAITI: (E. Olivier 1912b). HISPANIOLA: (Peck 2006). U.S. VIRGIN

ISLANDS: St. Croix (Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2006)

TYPE LOCALITY: Saint-Domingue

TYPE DEPOSITORY: MNHN

REMARKS: Blackwelder (1945), Blackwelder & Arnett (1974) and Peck (2006) used Photinus geographicus

Notes

Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Family
Lampyridae
Genus
Robopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
E. Olivier
Species
simplex
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Robopus simplex (Olivier, 1907) sec. Keller & Branham, 2021

References

  • Olivier, E. (1912 b) Contribution a la faune entomologique des Antilles. Lampyrides. Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France, 25 (1), 18 - 34.
  • 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. (1955) A note on the genus Diphotus Barber 1941 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 9 (4), 49 - 52.
  • McDermott, F. A. (1964) The taxonomy of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 90 (1), 1 - 72.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Mutchler, A. J. (1923 b) Notes on West Indian Lampyridae and Cantharidae (Coleoptera) with descriptions of new forms. American Museum Novitates, 63, 1 - 9.
  • 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.
  • Peck, S. B. (2006) The beetle fauna of Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distribution. Insecta Mundi, 0020 (3 - 4), 165 - 209.