Xerolinus sallei (Mulsant and Rey, 1859), 2016

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

Xerolinus sallei (Mulsant and Rey, 1859) , new combination

( Figs. 37–42 )

Diastolinus sallei Mulsant and Rey 1859: 80, 1860: 144 (type locality: Hispaniola); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 460 (Hispaniola); Gebien 1938: 294 [413] (Hispaniola); Blackwelder 1945: 524 (Hispaniola); Marcuzzi 1957: 128 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1962: 25 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1977: 22 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1984: 78 (in part, Hispaniola records only); Garrido 2002: 39 (Hispaniola), 2004b: 40 (Hispaniola), 2007: 45 (Hispaniola); Peck 2006: 189 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 2011a: 33 (in part, Hispaniola records only); Perez-Gelabert 2008: 113 (Hispaniola); Peck et al. 2014: 84 (in part, Hispaniola records only); Soldati and Touroult 2014: 99 (in part, Hispaniola records only).

Diastolinus (Diastolinus) sallei ; Marcuzzi 1986: 179.

Diastolinus costipennis Mulsant and Rey 1859: 85, 1860: 149 (type locality: Hispaniola); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 460 (Hispaniola); Gebien 1938: 294 [413] (Hispaniola); Blackwelder 1945: 524 (Hispaniola); Marcuzzi 1957: 128 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1962: 27 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1984: 77 (in part Hispaniola records only); Marcuzzi and D’ Aguilar 1971: 80 (in part, Hispaniola records only). Garrido 2004b: 40 (Hispaniola), 2007: 45 (Hispaniola);Perez-Gelabert 2008: 113 (Hispaniola); Peck 2011a: 33 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 2011b: 29 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 2016: 159 (in part, Hispaniola records only, Martinique record in error); Soldati and Touroult 2014: 99 (in part, Hispaniola records only). New synonymy.

Diastolinus costipennis ; Marcuzzi 1957: 128 (in part, Martinique records only [error]), 1962: 23 (in part, Martinique records only [error]), 1984: 77 (in part Martinique records only [error]); Marcuzzi and D’ Aguilar 1971: 80 (in part, Martinique records only [error]); Peck 2011a: 33 (in part, Martinique records only [error]), 2011b: 29 (in part, Martinique records only [error]), 2016: 159 (in part, Martinique records only [error]). Soldati and Touroult 2014: 99 (in part, Martinique records only [error]).

Diastolinus (Diastolinus) costipennis ; Marcuzzi 1986: 179.

Diastolinus puncticollis Mulsant and Rey 1859: 83, 1860: 147 (type locality: Hispaniola); Leng and Mutchler 1914: 460 (Hispaniola); Gebien 1938: 294 [413] (Hispaniola); Blackwelder 1945: 524 (Hispaniola); Marcuzzi 1957: 128 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1962: 26 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1977: 22 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1984: 78 (in part, Hispaniola records only), 1998b: 154; Garrido 2002: 39 (Hispaniola), 2004b: 40 (Hispaniola), 2007: 45 (Hispaniola); Iwan 2004: 740, figs. 185–186; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 113 (Hispaniola); Peck 2011a: 33 (in part, Hispaniola records only); Peck et al. 2014: 84 (in part, Hispaniola records only). New synonymy.

Diastolinus (Diastolinus) puncticollis ; Marcuzzi 1986: 179.

Diastolinus assoi Garrido 2004b: 40 (type locality: Hispaniola), 2007: 45 (Hispaniola); Perez- Gelabert 2008: 113 (Hispaniola); Herrera-Uria et al. 2015: 95 (Hispaniola). New synonymy.

Distribution. Hispaniola, Gonaïves* (BMNH,

WIBF). Historic records for Martinique are con-

sidered errors and therefore dropped.

Remarks. The records of D. costipennis for

Martinique all date to two old specimens in the

ZSMG, labeled “ Martinique; Mouflet/ Sammlung;

Haag-; Rutenberg.” One of these bears Marcuzzi’ s

determination label of D. costipennis . The collector’ s

name is actually Alfred Moufflet, who collected widely around the world as a highly decorated physician in the French Navy ( Deyrolle 1866). He served a stint in Martinique, the apparent source of this label, but the species is restricted to Hispaniola. It seems to be a case of mislabeling, and the record from Martinique is rejected, absent any evidence to the contrary.

Figures

Figs. 37–42. Xerolinus sallei: 37) Dorsal habitus; 38) Humeral angle; 39) Aedeagus, dorsal view; 40) Head and thorax, ventral view; 41) Abdominal ventrites; 42) Aedeagus, lateral view.