Buethobius translucens

Buethobius translucens Williams & Hefner, 1928

Buethobius translucens Williams & Hefner 1928: 139; Mercurio 2010: 45 (complete references)

The brief description of this species does not suggest a Buethobius, but Lamyctes, as the length is given as only 4– 5 mm and the number of antennomeres as 25 (all other known Buethobius species have 35 or more). Other characters are not mentioned. The presence or absence of an ocellus is not mentioned, but placing the species in Buethobius suggests that Williams and Hefner did not observe one. Mercurio (2010) lists a female specimen in the collections of Ohio State University, but in response to an inquiry, this specimen could not be located. In the absence of type material, the eventual disposition of this species may have to be arbitrary, but it is probably a synonym of L. emarginatus (an early epimorphic developmental stage) or possibly L. coeculus .