Published May 13, 2021 | Version v1
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Robopus cubanus

  • 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 cubanus (Leng & Mutchler)

Photinus cubanus Leng & Mutchler 1922: 463 [original combination]

Diphotus cubanus (Leng & Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]

Robopus cubanus (Leng & Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]

DISTRIBUTION: CUBA: Isla de la Juventud (Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955, 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2005)

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba

TYPE DEPOSITORY: ANSP

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ANSP
Scientific name authorship
Leng & Mutchler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Lampyridae
Genus
Robopus
Species
cubanus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Robopus cubanus (Leng, 1922) sec. Keller & Branham, 2021

References

  • 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.
  • 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.