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Robopus pygmaeus

  • 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 pygmaeus (E. Olivier)

Photinus pygmaeus E. Olivier 1899a: 92 [original combination]

Pygolampis pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [new combination by E. Olivier 1912b: 29]

Photinus pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [revised combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 465]

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

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

DISTRIBUTION: CUBA: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Granma, Santiago de Cuba (E. Olivier 1899a, 1907, 1910, 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1914, 1922; Mutchler 1923b; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955, 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2005)

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba

TYPE DEPOSITORY: MNHN

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 94, 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
pygmaeus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Robopus pygmaeus (Olivier, 1899) sec. Keller & Branham, 2021

References

  • Olivier, E. (1899 a) Revision des coleopteres lampyrides des Antilles et description des especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 24, 87 - 92.
  • 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.
  • Olivier, E. (1907) 53 me fascicule. Coleoptera. Fam. Lampyridae. In: Wytsman P. A. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum. Vol. VIII. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 1 - 74.
  • Olivier, E. (1910) Lampyridae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum catalogus. Pars 9. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 011 - 9697 - 0 _ 1
  • Leng, C. W. & Mutchler, A. J. (1914) A preliminary list of the Coleoptera of the West Indies as recorded to January 1, 1914. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 33, 391 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 60199
  • 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. (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.
  • 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. (2005) A checklist of the beetles of Cuba with data on distribution and bionomics (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Volume 18. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 241 pp.