Lycocerus aenescens
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Cantharidae
Genus: Lycocerus
Name
Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Podabrus aenescens Fairmaire 1889[1]: 40.
- Cantharis tcheonana Pic 1922[2]: 31.
- Themus angusticollis Pic 1955[3]: 16. [Secondary homonym, preoccupied by Athemus angusticollis (Gorham, 1882), originally described in Telephorus. Synonymized with Athemus tcheonanus (Pic, 1922) by Wittmer 1995[4]: 211.]
- Athemus angustithorax Wittmer 1975[5]: 260. [Replacement name for Themus angusticollis Pic, 1955, nec Gorham 1882.]
- Athemus tcheonanus : Wittmer 1975[5]: 260; 1995[4]: 211, figs. 42, 43, 168, 169.
- Athemus aenescens : Wittmer 1982[6]: 341.
- Lycocerus aenescens : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007[7]: 249.
- Lycocerus tcheonanus : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007[7]: 254. syn. n.
Type material examined
Podabrus aenescens: Lectotype ♂ (MNHN): without locality information, [h]“Telephorus aenescens \ Frm., n. sp.”, [h]“Athemus \ aenescens \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“LECTOTYPUS”. Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [p]“Kouy-Tchèu”, [p]“PARALECTOTYPUS”.
Cantharis tcheonana: Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]“CHINE \ Kouy-Tchèou \ Koúy Yang Foú”, [h]“tcheonana \ n. sp.”, [h]“Athemus \ tcheonanus \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Themus angusticollis: Holotype ♂ (MNHN): [p]“Chasseurs Indigenes \ des Missionnaires \ de Ta-tslen-Lou \ 1906”, [h]“Themus \ angusticollis \ n. sp.”, [h]“Athemus s.str. \ angustithorax \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer”, [h]“Athemus s.str. \ tcheonanus \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Additional material examined
CHINA: Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): “Koung-Si-Hien, alt. 2100m”. Sichuan: 1♂ (NHMB): “Moxi, Gongashan mts., 1650m, 28.VI–2.VII.1994, leg. Bolm”. Guizhou: 1♂ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, Koúy Yang Foú”; 2♀♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu”; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouei-Tcheou”; 5♀♀ (MNHN): “Kuoy-Tcheou, Gan chouem, Min y fou et Tchen-Fong, Tchéou, 1918, P. Cavalerie”; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, 1921, Cavaleri”; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, Reg. De Pin-fa, 1908, Père Cavaleri”. Yunnan: 1♂ (MNHN): “Tse Kou, 1895, R. P. Dubernard”; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Dali, Cangshan, 30.V.1955, leg. Xing-Chi Yang; 8 spec. (NHMB): “Cangshan mts., E slope, 2000–2500m, 25°42'N, 100°08'E, 21.VI.1992, leg. Vit Kubáň”; 12 spec. (NHMB): “Dali, 19.–21.V.1993, leg. R. Cervenka”; 2♂♂, 1♀ (NHMB): “Dali, 1600–2000m, 5.–8.VII.1990, leg. L. M. Bocák”; 1♂, 2♀♀ (NHMB): “Dali, 1.–7.VI.1994, B. Šiška et T. Spevár”.
Distribution
China (Guangxi, Sichaun, Guizhou, Yunnan).
Remarks
Having examined the holotypes of Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889) and Lycocerus tcheonanus (Pic, 1922), we could not find any difference to justify their separation, so we synonymize Lycocerus tcheonanus under Lycocerus aenescens.
Taxon Treatment
- Yang, Y; Kopetz, A; Yang, X; 2013: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) ZooKeys, 340: 1-19. doi
Other References
- ↑ Fairmaire L (1889) Coléoptères de l’intérieur de la Chine. (5ème partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 9: 5–84.
- ↑ Pic M (1922) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 36: 1-32.
- ↑ Pic M (1955) Descriptions diverses. Diversités Entomologiques 14: 7-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wittmer W (1995) Zur Kenntnis Gattung Athemus Lewis (Col. Cantharidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 18: 171-286.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wittmer W (1975) 61. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Cantharidae und Malachiidae. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 48(3–4): 259-267.
- ↑ Wittmer W (1982) 71. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Cantharidae. Entomologica Basiliensia 7: 340-347.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kazantsev S, Brancucci M (2007) Cantharidae. In: Löbl I Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 234-298.
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