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

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scientific name	Blapstinus fortis LeConte, 1878
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( Fig. 11 View Figs ) 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.

References

Ardoin, P. 1977. Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) recoltes par la deux-ieme expedition biospeologique Cubano-roumaines (1973). Resultats des expeditions biospeologiques Cubano-roumaines a Cuba. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania, Bucarest 2: 387 - 392.

Blackwelder, R. E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185 (3): 343 - 550.

Champion, G. C. 1885. Coleoptera Heteromera [pp. 89 - 136, plates V - VI]. In: Biologia Centrali- Americana, Volume 4, Part 1 (F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, editors). London, UK.

Champion, G. C. 1893. Coleoptera Heteromera [pp. 525 - 563]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Volume 4, Part 1, Supplement (F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, editors). London, UK.

Gebien, H. 1938. Katalog der Tenebrioniden. Teil II. Mitteilungen der Munchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28 (1938 a): 283 - 314 [402 - 433]. (1938 b): 397 - 428 [434 - 465].

Jacquelin du Val, P. N. C. 1857. Insectes. Order des coleopteres, Lin. [pp. 137 - 328]. In: Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l' Ile de Cuba, Volume 7 (R. de la Sagra). Animaux articules, insectes. Paris, France.

Marcuzzi, G. 1957. Considerazioni zoogeografiche sui Tenebrionidi delle Antille. Estratto dal Monitore Zoologico Italiano 65 (3): 127 - 141.

Marcuzzi, G. 1962. Tenebrionid beetles of the West Indies. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 57: 21 - 48.

Peck, S. B. 2005. A checklist of the beetles of Cuba: with data on distributions and bionomics (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 18: 1 - 241.

Steiner, W. E., Jr. 2005 a. Studies on the darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) known from Grand Bahama Island, with descriptions of new species of Branchus and Adelina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107: 441 - 459.

Thomas, M. C., R. H. Turnbow, Jr., and W. E. Steiner, Jr. 2013. An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera (Insecta) of the Cayman Islands, West Indies. Insecta Mundi 0280: 1 - 56.