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Heterophotinus vittatus

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  • 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

Heterophotinus vittatus (G. A. Olivier)

Lampyris vittata G. A. Olivier 1790: 23 [original combination]

Lampyris suturalis Gyllenhal 1817a: 65 syn. [E. Olivier 1907: 38]

Bicellonycha vittata (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by Motschulsky 1854d: 59]

Photinus vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by Gorham 1898: 320]

Pygolampis vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by E. Olivier 1912b: 27]

Photinus vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [reinstated combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 478]

Diphotus vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]

Robopus vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]

Heterophotinus vittatus (G. A. Olivier) [new combination by Kazantsev 2007: 367]

DISTRIBUTION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabón, Distrito Nacional, Duarte, Elías Piña, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Hermanas Mirabal, Independencia, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Samaná, San Cristóbal, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, Santo Domingo (Gorham 1898; Blackwelder 1945; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Kazantsev & Perez-Gelabert 2009; Perez-Gelabert 2011b; Perez-Gelabert 2015)

GUADELOUPE: (Fabricius 1801; Fleutiaux & Sallé 1889; Leng & Mutchler 1914; Blackwelder 1945; Mc- Dermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck et al. 2014; Meurgey & Ramage 2020). HAITI: (G. A. Olivier 1790; Gemminger & de Harold 1869; E. Olivier 1907, 1910, 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1914; Kazantsev & Perez- Gelabert 2009; Perez-Gelabert 2011b). HISPANIOLA: (Wolcott 1936; Peck et al. 2014; Perez-Gelabert 2020).

PUERTO RICO: Aguadilla, Añasco, Arecibo, Barveloneta, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Ciales, Cidra, Guánica, Juncos, Lajas, La Plata, Mayagüez, Naguabo, Ponce, Río Grande, Río Piedras, Toa Alta, Vega Baja, Yabucoa (E. Olivier 1912b; Mutchler 1923b; Wolcott 1923, 1936; Blackwelder 1945; Wolcott 1948; McDermott 1955, 1966; Drewry 1970; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Medina-Gaud & Martorell 1974; Kazantsev 2007; Kazantsev 2008; Kazantsev & Perez-Gelabert 2009; Perez-Gelabert 2011b; Peck et al. 2014). U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Croix (Miskimen & Bond 1970)

TYPE LOCALITY: Saint Domingue

TYPE DEPOSITORY: MNHN

REMARKS: Wolcott (1923, 1936, 1948) reported this species eaten by cliff swallows, warblers, petcharies, vireos, and parula warblers (Aves). Wolcott (1923, 1936) reported it from lights, sugar cane, coffee, and grapefruit. Wolcott (1936, 1948) additionally reported it eaten by Anolis cristatelus (Reptilia: Dactyloidae). Wolcott (1936) reported it being also found on tomato, potato, cucumber, eggplant, papaya, and pepper. Meurgey & Ramage (2020) erroneously used Robopus vittatus.

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 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Lampyridae
Genus
Heterophotinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
G. A. Olivier
Species
vittatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Heterophotinus vittatus (Olivier, 1790) sec. Keller & Branham, 2021

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