Abstract
The species of Lampetis (Spinthoptera) Casey, 1909 of Central America, North America and the West Indies are revised and 31 species are recognized. Six species from the West Indies (L. aurata (Saunders, 1871), L. aurifera (Olivier, 1790), L. baha- mica (Fisher, 1925), L. guildini (Laporte & Gory, 1836), L. straba (Chevrolat, 1867), and L. torquata (Dalman, 1823)), eight species from Mexico (L. auropunctata (Kerremans, 1893) (new record for the USA), L. chalconota (Waterhouse, 1882), L. christophi Thery, 1923, L. dilaticollis (Waterhouse, 1882), L. geniculata (Waterhouse, 1889), L. granulifera (Laporte & Gory, 1837), L. mexicana Thery, 1923, and L. obscura Thomson, 1879), three species from Mexico and Central America (L. cortesi (Laporte & Gory, 1837), L. monilis (Chevrolat, 1834), L. simplex (Waterhouse, 1882)), and three from Central America (L. hirtomaculata (Herbst, 1801) = L. insularis (Casey, 1909) syn. n.; L. lesnei (Kerremans, 1910); and L. srdinkoana (Obenberger, 1924)) are redescribed. Seven new spe- cies (L. chamela sp. n., L. colima sp. n., L. cyanitarsis sp. n., L. hondurensis sp. n., L. tigrina sp. n., L. viridicolor sp. n., and L. vir- idimarginalis sp. n.) are described. Three species from Mexico and the United States (L. cupreopunctata (Schaeffer, 1905), L. drummondi (Laporte & Gory, 1836), and L. webbii (LeConte, 1858)), and one species from Mexico (L. chiapaneca Corona, 2004) are not described here, because they were (re)described recently. The diagnosis, distribution, host plants and phenology data of L. chiapaneca, L. cupreopunctata, L. drummondi, and L. webbii are given. Lampetis famula Chevrolat, 1838 and L. variolosa (Fabri- cius, 1801) are not recognized herein as Mexican species, because they are from South America according to the literature and speci- mens studied. Information on variation, distribution, and host plants are given for each species. Photographs of dorsal habitus and male genitalia are included.
Highlights
The genus Lampetis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) was formerly considered a subgenus of Psiloptera Dejean, 1833, until Kurosawa (1993) divided Psiloptera into six genera, one being Lampetis
Lampetis is one of the most speciose genera in the subtribe Dicercina according to Bellamy (2003), with approximately 251 species widely distributed in the Andean, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palearctic regions
According to Kurosawa (1993), all species in the New World belong to the subgenus Spinthoptera Casey, 1909
Summary
The genus Lampetis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) was formerly considered a subgenus of Psiloptera Dejean, 1833, until Kurosawa (1993) divided Psiloptera into six genera, one being Lampetis.
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