Lycocerus plebejus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Cantharidae
Genus: Lycocerus
Name
Lycocerus plebejus (Kiesenwetter, 1874) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cantharis plebeja Kiesenwetter 1874[1]: 278.
- Lycocerus plebejus : Okushima 2005[2]: 114–116, figs 11e, 12g, 14e, 32, 90.
- Cantharis rufonotaticeps Pic 1921[3]: 29. syn. n.
- Cantharis brunneonotaticeps Pic 1922[4]: 32.
- Athemus brunneonotaticeps : Wittmer 1995[5]: 268, fig. 199.
- Lycocerus brunneonotaticeps : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007[6]: 249. syn. n.
Type material examined
Cantharis rufonotaticeps: Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]“Kiautschau \ China”, [h]“rufonotaticeps \ n. sp.”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Cantharis brunneonotaticeps: Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]“Kiautschau \ China”, [h]“brunneonotaticeps \ n. sp.”, [h]“Athemus? \ brunneonotaticeps \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Additional material examined
CHINA: Shanghai: 1♂ (NHMB): “China, Kiangsu Prov., Shanghai, 15.IV.1932, A. Bavio coll.”; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): “China, Kiangsu Prov., Shanghai, Zi-ka-wei, 20.IV.1924”. Jiangxi: 1♀ (MNHN): “Süd-China, Pingshiang, Dr. Kreyenberg”. Fujian: 1♂ (NHMB): “Fukien, Chungan, Bohea Hill, 15.III.1940, coll. T. C. Maa”; 1♀ (NHMB): same data, 16.III.1940; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): same data, 29.III.1940; 1♂ (NHMB): “Fukien, Shaowu, Shuipeikai, 3.IV.1942, coll. T. C. Maa”; 1♂ (NHMB): “Fukien, Shaowu, Kuhsienkai, IV.1944, coll. T. C. Maa”; 1♀ (NHMB): “Fukien, Chungan, Kuatun, IV.1942, coll. T. C. Maa”; 1♂ (IZAS): Shaowu, Chengguan, 150−220m, 19.IV.1960, leg. Cheng-Lin Ma; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 160−210m, 17.III.1960, leg. Yong Zuo; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 150−190m, 18.III.1960, leg. Yong Zuo. Guangxi: 1♂ (IZAS): Guilin, Liangfeng, 17.III.1952; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 26.III.1952. Sichuan: 1♀ (IZAS): Mt. Emei, Baoguosi, 550−750m, 7.IV.1957, leg. Ke-Ren Huang; 1♂ (IZAS): same locality, 12.IV.1957, leg. You-Cai Yu; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 19.IV.1957; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 3.IV.1957.
Distribution
China (Shandong, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan).
Remarks
Having examined the holotypes of Cantharis rufonotaticeps Pic, 1921 and Lycocerus brunneonotaticeps (Pic, 1922) (originally in Cantharis), as well as a large series of additional specimens including both sexes, we were unable to find differences justifying their separation, although some variation in the coloration of head and elytra, which has led us to consider all the examined specimens of both nominal species to be conspecific. Furthermore, we discovered that their characters are consistent with the redescription and illustrations of Lycocerus plebejus (Kiesenwetter, 1874) provided by Okushima (2005)[2]. Consequently, we synonymized Cantharis rufonotaticeps and Lycocerus brunneonotaticeps under Lycocerus plebejus, whichconfirmed Okushima’s presum that the latter occurs in China but Japan.
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
- ↑ Kiesenwetter E (1874) Die Malacodermen Japans nach dem Ergebnisse der Sammlungen des Herrn G. Lewis während der Jahre 1869-1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 18: 241-288. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.18740180302
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Okushima Y (2005) A taxonomic study on the genus Lycocerus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Japan, with zoogeographical considerations. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, Monographic Series 2: 1-383.
- ↑ Pic M (1921) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 33: 1-32.
- ↑ Pic M (1922) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 36: 1-32.
- ↑ Wittmer W (1995) Zur Kenntnis Gattung Athemus Lewis (Col. Cantharidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 18: 171-286.
- ↑ 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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