Lampetis

Abstract: The subgenus Lampetis Spinola of the genus Psiloptera Lacordaire is redescribed and the 3 species (cupreopunctata Schaeffer, drummondi (Laporte & Gory), and webbii LeConte) from North America north of Mexico are redescribed, figured, and keyed. Lectotypes are designated for the following species of Psiloptera: cupreopunctata Schaeffer, simplex Waterhouse, woodhousei (LeConte), valens LeConte, ocularis (Casey), parva (Casey), webbii LeConte, and arizonica (Casey). The genus Psiloptera is the only North American representative of the tribe Psilopterini (subfamily Chalcophorinae). It is largely tropical in distribution with 515 species listed by Obenberger (1926) commonly grouped in 4 subgenera. Seventeen species are in the typical subgenus, all neotropical. The subgenus Damarsila Thomson, containing 113 species, is largely African, and the 236 species of the subgenus Polybothris Spinola are found mainly in Madagascar. Of the 149 species in the subgenus Lampetis Spinola, 40 are from the Palearctic, Ethiopian, or Oriental regions and 109 are from the Americas. Three species of the subgenus Lampetis are found in the United States. One of these, drummondi (Laporte & Gory), is extremely variable, a situation suited to Casey's (1909) predilection for describing variants as species. Most of his species have not been accepted as valid by catalogers in this country (Leng 1920; Chamberlin 1926), but Obenberger (1926) recognized them. No study ofthe genus has been made since Casey's work. In the present study I summarize our knowledge of the species from the United States, synonymize all the names proposed by Casey, and designate lectotypes in the LeConte and Casey collections where appropriate. A key to the species is included to aid in their identification. Under each taxon, only the more important citations are listed and type localities are indicated as they appeared in the original publication. In the lectotype designations a slash (/) separates data on different labels, with my notations in parentheses, for example, (h) = handwritten and (p) = printed. The measurements of length were made from the front of the head to the elytral apex and of width at the widest part of the body.

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.

Abstract: Xenorhipis bajacalifornica Westcott, new species, from Baja California Sur, Mexico, is described and figured. A description of Mastogenius cyanelytron Westcott, new species, herein is necessitated by the fact M. cyanelytra Westcott is an unavailable name. Three species in a complex Neotropical group of the genus Chrysobothris, C. chiriquita Obenberger, new status, C. ichthyomorpha Thomson, and C. thomsoni Waterhouse are discussed in detail and figured. A lectotype is designated for C. chiriquita. Buprestis transversepicta Kerremans is reported as known only from Mexico and is figured. Notes are provided for an additional 135 species in the genera Acmaeodera, Acmaeoderopsis, Actenodes, Agrilaxia, Agrilus, Buprestis, Chalcophora, Chrysesthes, Chrysobothris, Colobogaster, Euchroma, Eudiana, Euplectalecia, Hiperantha, Hippomelas, Jelinekia, Knowltonia, Lampetis, Mixochlorus, Paragrilus, Pelecopselaphus, Polycesta, Spectralia, Tetragonoschema, and Thrincopyge.

Abstract: Lampetis (Spinthoptera) chiapaneca, a new species of Buprestidae from Mexico, is described and figured. This species has been collected only in the state of Chiapas.