Calliclytus biguttatus ( Sallé, 1856 ), Woodley, 2024

Calliclytus biguttatus ( Sallé, 1856) , new combination

( Fig. 16a View Figure 16 )

Callidium biguttatum Sallé 1856: 688 View in CoL ; Plate 20, fig. 2

Remarks. Gahan (1895: 120) wrote of Callidium biguttatum Sallé, 1856 : “This species, evidently not a true Callidium , has not been seen by me, and I am unable to assign it to any known genus.” Examination of the plate in Sallé (1856) ( Fig. 16a View Figure 16 ) and his original description of Callidium biguttatum shows that this species should be transferred to Calliclytus Fisher, 1932 into which Lamproclytus Fisher, 1932 was synonymized by Miroshnikov (2020). Important features mentioned in the original description are the 10-segmented antennae, complete eyes, elytra slightly constricted at middle, elevated white callus at middle with setose punctures bearing a few white setae. With this new combination, there are now three species of Calliclytus known from Hispaniola: Calliclytus biguttatus (Sallé) , Calliclytus macoris Lingafelter , and Calliclytus wappesi Miroshnikov. As a consequence of this new combination, the tribe Callidiini is removed from the fauna of Hispaniola, as well as the West Indies.

Calliclytus biguttatus is very similar in coloration and proportions to C. wappesi ( Fig. 2b View Figure 2 ). Both are nearly completely black and have the basal antennomeres ferruginous. It is distinguished from C. wappesi by the pronotum being almost as long as wide (longer than wide in C. wappesi ) and antennomeres 7–9 widened at apices (6–7 widened in C. wappesi ). Calliclytus biguttatus differs from C. macoris ( Fig. 2a View Figure 2 ) by having all black elytra (reddish brown at apex and base in C. macoris ), in having antennomeres 7–9 widened at the apices (antennomeres not appreciably widened in C. macoris ), and in having the apical antennomeres black (antennae are uniformly reddish-brown in C. macoris ). Sallé noted he had two specimens of this species, but the syntypes cannot be located in the BMNH (M. Barclay, pers. comm.), both collected in the Dominican Republic from “ Santo Domingo ” in July and “ San Juan de la Maguana ” in May.

ACHRYSONINI Lacordaire, 1868 Enosmaeus Thomson, 1878