Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

Author(s):

Yang, Y.; Kopetz, A.; Yang, X.

Format:

Journal article

Citation:

Zookeys, Volume 340, (2013). pp. 1-19.

Language:

English

Abstract:

The following taxonomic or nomenclatural changes are proposed: Themus (s.str.) regalis (Gorham, 1889) nom. rest.; T. (s.str.) scutulatus Wittmer, 1983 = T. (s.str.) hmong Kazantsev, 2007, syn. n.; T. (Telephorops) coelestis (Gorham, 1889) = T. violetipennis Wang & Yang, 1992, syn. n.; T. (Telephorops) uniformis Wittmer, 1983, stat. n. = T. (Telephorops) cribripennis Wittmer, 1983, syn. n.; T. (Haplothemus) licenti Pic, 1938, stat. rev., resurrected from synonymy with T. coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889); Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889) = L. tcheonanus (Pic, 1922), syn. n.; L. asperipennis (Fairmaire, 1891) = L. wangi (Švihla, 2004), syn. n.; L. borneoensis nom. n. for Athemellus atricolor (Wittmer, 1972); L. bilineatus (Wittmer, 1995) = L. amplus (Wittmer, 1995), syn. n.; L. fairmairei nom. n. et stat. rev. for Athemus dimidiaticrus (Fairmaire, 1889), originally in Telephorus, resurrected from synonymy with L. orientalis (Gorham, 1889); L. confossicollis (Fairmaire, 1891), comb. n. hereby transferred from Cantharis = L. multiimpressus (Wittmer, 1997), syn. n.; L. inopaciceps (Pic, 1926) = Athemus (Athemellus) bimaculicollis (Švihla, 2005), syn. n.; L. nigratus nom. n. for L. nigricolor (Wittmer, 1972), originally in Podabrinus; L. plebejus (Kiesenwetter, 1874) = L. brunneonotaticeps (Pic, 1922), syn. n. = Cantharis rufonotaticeps Pic, 1921, syn. n.; L. swampingatus (Pic, 1916), comb. n., hereby transferred from Cantharis. The neotypes of Themus violetipennis Wang & Yang, 1992 and Athemus (s.str.) maculithorax Wang & Yang, 1992 are designated respectively. © Yuxia Yang et al.

ISSN:

13132989 (ISSN)

DOI:

10.3897/zookeys.340.5470

Identifier:

HmongStudies3879