Araptus caribaeus

Genus / Species: Araptus caribaeus | Image Author: TH Atkinson | Location: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, Port of Spain | Image Type: holotype | Collection: Entomology

Wood (2007: 571) removed Neodryocoetes caribaeus Blackman from synonymy with hymeneae Eggers, based only on specimens from Trinidad and French Guiana. Caution should be taken with published records of ‘hymeneae’ until the specimens involved have been reviewed which may belong to either species based on Wood’s concept.

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Araptus nitens

Wood (2007:607) inidicates that this species is closely related to Araptus schwarzi Blackman.

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Araptus micrographus

Knížek (2011: 216) cites this as adventive in Latvia but gives no reference. This seems highly unlikely, although it might be an interception.

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