Heterophotinus dubiosus (Leng & Mutchler)

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, Zootaxa 4970 (1), pp. 53-105 : 73

Heterophotinus dubiosus (Leng & Mutchler)

Photinus dubiosus Leng & Mutchler 1922: 461 [original combination]

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

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

Heterophotinus dubiosus (Leng & Mutchler) [new combination by Kazantsev 2007: 367]

DISTRIBUTION: PUERTO RICO: Adjuntas, Aibonito, Añasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Boquerón, Caguas, Ciales, Guánica, Lares, Manatí, Maricao, Mayagüez, Ponce, Rincón, Río Grande, Río Piedras, San Sebastián, Yauco ( Leng & Mutchler 1922; Mutchler 1923b; Wolcott, 1923 , 1936; Blackwelder 1945; Wolcott 1948 ; McDermott 1955; McDermott 1966; Drewry 1970; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Kazantsev 2007; Kazantsev 2008)

TYPE LOCALITY: Porto Rico, Adjuntas

TYPE DEPOSITORY: AMNH

REMARKS: Wolcott (1923) reported this species to be eaten by yellow warblers, yellow-shouldered blackbirds, and orioles (Aves). Wolcott (1923) reported it from lights, weeds, coffee leaves, Soanum torvum, and cotton. Wolcott (1936) reported this species to be eaten by yellow warblers, yellow-shouldered blackbirds, and orioles (Aves), Anolis evermanni and A. krugii ( Reptilia: Dactyloidae ). Wolcott (1936) reported it from lights, weeds, Solanum torvum , cotton, orange. Wolcott (1948) reported this species to be eaten by yellow warblers, yellow-shouldered black-birds, orioles (Aves), Anolis evermanni and A. krugii ( Reptilia: Dactyloidae ). Wolcott (1948) reported it from cotton plants, coffee and orange groves, and virgin forests.