nomenclatural notes on lycidae with a description of a new species

ACTA UNIVERSITATIS PALACKIANAE OLOMUCENSIS
FACULTAS RERUM NATURALIUM (2000) BIOLOGICA 38
NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON LYCIDAE WITH A
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (COLEOPTERA)
Ladislav Bocak 1 and Milada Bocakova 2
1 Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Sciences, Palacký University,
Tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
2 Regional Museum, nám. Republiky 5, 771 73 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Received July 31 st , 2000; accepted August 22 nd , 2000
Key words: Taxonomy, Lycidae, new synonyms, new combinations, new species, Oriental
and Neotropical Region
Abstract
Teroplas ruber sp. n. is described. The following new synonyms are proposed: Slipinskia Bocak et
Bocakova, 1992 (= Aferos Kasantsev, 1992), Lyponia guerryi Pic, 1939, L. robusta Pic, 1922, L. diversicornis
Pic, 1926 (= L. laticornis Fairmaire, 1899), Scarelus maxwelli Kasantsev et Yang, 1999 (= S. anthracinus
Bocakova et Bocak, 1999). Xylobanus angustior Pic, 1922 and Xylobanus angustior var. lateniger Pic, 1922 are
transferred to the genus Wakarumbia Bocak, 1999, Xylobanus angustior var. lateniger is elevated to the
species status.
Introduction
During our stay in the National Museum of Natural history in Paris we found
additional type material, which clarify the identity of some taxa introduced to literature
by Maurice Pic in the first half of 20 th century. Additionally, we brought some
comments on the synonymy of several taxa and one new species found in the material
of the Natural History Museum in Paris.
Depositories:
LMBC – Authors’ collection
MHNP – National Museum of the Natural History, Paris, France
ZMPA – Muzeum Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, Poland
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Subfamily Platerodinae
Teroplas Gorham, 1884
Teroplas Gorham, 1884: 243. (Type species: Calocladon fusculus Gorham, 1881, by
monotypy).
Remark: This American genus can be easily distinguishable from other Platerodinae
in having long antennae reaching at least apical quarter of elytra in both sexes. Its
male genitalia can be discriminated by long parameres and two ventrodistal projections
of phallus. A more detailed description was given by Bocakova (in press).
Including the species described below Teroplas comprises three species.
Teroplas ruber sp. n.
Type material: Holotype, male, “Cubilguitz, Vera Paz, Champion” (MNHN).
Etymology. Named in reference to body coloration.
Diagnosis. Teroplas ruber sp. n. differs from other known Teroplas in having red
body coloration, short phallus, and in paramerae contiguous dorsally.
Description. Body dark brown, only pronotum red, scutellum and elytra redbrown.
Head with large eyes, eye diameter 1.8 times longer than interocular distance.
Antennae filiform, reaching apical one tenth of elytra. Antennomere 1 stout, 2 small,
3 by one-quarter shorter than 4. Maxillary palpi short, terminal palpomere securiform.
Pronotum trapezoidal, transverse, widest at basal margin, anterior margin semicircularly
produced forwards, sides elevated. Posterior angles obliquely produced backwards.
Scutellum oblong, weakly emarginate apically. Elytra elongate, slightly widened
apically, 2.4 times as long as their width medially. Elytra provided with dense brown
pubescence. Each elytron with 9 weak costae, reticulate cells irregular, but distinct.
Terminal abdominal sternum elongate. Legs slender, compressed, tibiae straight, their
spurs small, trochanters elongate. Male genitalia with phallus as long as paramerae,
ventrodistal projections of phallus short. Dorsal margins of paramerae mutually
contiguous. Body length: 6.5 mm, humeral width: 1.7 mm. Female unknown.
Distribution: Central America.
Lyponia (Ponyalis) laticornis Fairmaire
Ponyalis laticornis Fairmaire, 1899: 623.
Lyponia guerryi Pic, 1939: 165 – syn. n.
Lyponia robusta Pic, 1922: 13 – syn. n.
Lyponia diversicornis Pic, 1926: 70 – syn. n.
Material examined: Holotype of Lyponia laticornis, male, “Kuatain, Deloton, Chine”
(MHNP); Holotype of Lyponia guerryi, female, “Yunnan-Sen 1911”(MHNP);
Holotype of Lyponia robusta, female, “Pe Yen Tsin, Yunnan” (MHNP); Holotype of
Lyponia diversicornis, male, “Yunnan” (MHNP).
The revision of Lyponia was recently published (Bocak, 1999). Although we visited
several times the Natural History Museum in Paris, we found only recently the types of
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Figs 1–5: Teroplas ruber sp. n.: 1 – head and pronotum, 2 – terminal abdominal segments; 3 – basal
antennomeres; 4 – male genitalia.
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above given species described by Maurice Pic. These species were left “incertae sedis”
in the revision and because of poor descriptions they were not even classified to
subgenera. The examination of holotypes revealed that they are junior subjective
synonyms of Lyponia (Ponyalis) laticornis.
Subfamily Ateliinae
Scarelus anthracinus Bocakova et Bocak
Scarelus anthracinus Bocakova et Bocak, 1999: 108 (published April 1999)
Scarelus maxwelli Kasantsev et Yang, 1999: 245 (received December 29, 1998,
accepted May 28, 1999, exact date of publication not available) – syn. n.
Scarelus pedlenburyi Kasantsev et Yang, 1999: 245 – nomen nudum.
Bocak (1995) misunderstood the identity of S. riedeli and S. umbrosus on the basis
of the study of one of paratypes of S. umbrosus (deposited in ZIW) which is not
conspecific with holotype. Bocakova and Bocak (1999) clarified the situation and
described S. anthracinus. Later, Kasansev and Yang (1999) made the same correction
and they described new species S. maxwelli. Their article was published later and the
name S. maxwelli is a junior subjective synonym of S. anthracinus. Although Kasantsev
and Yang (1999) designated the name Scarelus maxwelli as a new name, they designated
different specimen as a holotype (specimen collected by Dr. Kasansev in Malaysia
in February 1999). Therefore S. maxwelli can not be either considered as a new
replacement name or the designation of the holotype would be invalid (ICZN, 1985,
Art. 72 e; ICZN, 1999, Art. 72.7). We consider S. maxwelli to be a newly described
species and consequently it is not objective but subjective synonym. The name Scarelus
pedlenburyi designated as “nomen novum” refers to the same species by mistake
(Kasantsev and Yang, 1999). It is considered to be an unavailable name here.
Kasantsev and Yang (1999) designated also Scarelus luchti as a nomen novum,
although their intention to describe a new species is obvious from the context. The
remaining nomina nova published by Kasantsev and Yang (1999) conform to the Code
(ICZN, 1985, 1999).
Subfamily Metriorrhynchinae
Wakarumbia angustior (Pic) – comb. n.
Xylobanus angustior Pic, 1922: 16
Material examined: Holotype, male, Nord-Celebes, Toli-Toli, Nov.– Dez. 1895, H.
Fruhstorfer (MHNP).
Wakarumbia lateniger (Pic) – comb. n.
Xylobanus angustior var. lateniger Pic, 1922: 16
Material examined: Holotype, female, S. Celebes, Patutuang Jan. 1896, H. Fruhstorfer
(MHNP).
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W. lateniger was described as a variety of Xylobanus angustior. We found that this
taxon is separate species and transfer it to Wakarumbia.
Subfamily Erotinae
Aferos Kasantsev
Aferos Kasantsev, 1992: 44 (November 30, 1992)
Type species: Stadenus aethiops Kleine, 1992
Slipinskia Bocak and Bocakova, 1992: 257 (December 31, 1992)
Type species: Stadenus aethiops Kleine, 1992
The description of Slipinskia was published later and therefore it is a junior
synonym of Aferos. Both genera are based incidentally on the same type species.
Acknowledgments
We are very grateful to Dr. J. J. Ménier (Paris), Mr. M. Kerley and M. J. D.
Brendell (London) and Mr. T. Huflejt (Warszawa) who enabled us to study the rich
material deposited in their institutions. The study was partially supported by a grant
from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic no. 206/98/0539 (L. Bocak) and by
a grant no. RK99P03OMG011 from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
(M. Bocakova). The support is gratefully acknowledged.
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