Nicobium LeConte 1861: 205

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Nicobium LeConte 1861: 205 .

Type species: Anobium hirtum Illiger 1807: 19 , by monotypy ( LeConte 1861: 205 gives “ A. sericeum Mels. ” as the type but fixes this in LeConte 1865: 231).

Neobium Mulsant and Rey 1864: 67 (as a subgenus of Anobium ); synonymy by LeConte 1865: 231.

Nicobium auroguttatum Reitter 1908: 21 .

Type (sex unknown): HNHM?

Type locality: Syria: Damascus.

Distribution—Asia: Syria.

Nicobium castaneum ( Olivier 1790: 7) ; combination by Corrêa de Barros 1907: 136.

Anobium castaneum Olivier 1790: 7 , original combination.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: France.

Distribution—Worldwide

Note: There is some ambiguity as to whether records refer to this species or A. hirtum , and if the species are distinguishable. Historical synonyms ( N. fasciatum , N. tomentosum ) could refer to either species.

Nicobium gorbatovskyi Toskina 2014: 36 .

Type (female): ZMUM.

Type locality: Uzbekistan: Bukhara region: Samarkand. env.

Distribution—Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Nicobium hirtum ( Illiger 1807: 19) ; combination by LeConte (1861: 205; 1865: 231); synonymized under N. castaneum by various authors, considered a valid species by Cymorek (1975), Bercedo and Arnáiz (2007), and Toskina (2014).

Anobium hirtum Illiger 1807: 19 , original combination.

Anobium (Neobium) hirtum Illiger ; combination by Mulsant and Rey 1864: 106.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: Italy.

Distribution—Worldwide?

Note: There is some ambiguity as to whether records refer to this species or A. castaneum , and if the species are distinguishable. Historical synonyms of the following names could refer to either species.

Anobium fasciatum Dufour 1843: 47 ; synonymy by Reitter in Heyden et al. (1883: 122) unpaginated, species # 31.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: Unknown.

Anobium tomentosum Mulsant and Rey 1863: 81 , original combination; Kiesenwetter (1877: 112) compares this species to A. hirtum and suggest it may just be a variation of it; Reitter in Heyden et al. (1883: 122) treat

A. tomentosum as a variety of A. hirtum . Anobium (Neobium) tomentosum Mulsant and Rey 1863 ; combination by Mulsant and Rey 1864: 110.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: France: Lyon.

Nicobium schneideri Reitter 1878 . (In Schneider and Leder 1878: 218).

Anobium (Nicobium) schneideri (Reitter) ; combination by Schilsky 1898: unpaginated, species # 30.

Type (sex unknown): HNHM?

Type locality: Azerbaijan?

Distribution—Africa, Asia, Europe— Mediterranean Region.

Nicobium velatum ( Wollaston 1854: 276) ; combination by Español 1970: 51. Treated as a synonym of A. villosum by Español (1970) and as a full species by Viñolas and Oromí (2001).

Anobium velatum Wollaston 1854: 276 , original combination.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: Spain: Madeira.

Distribution—Africa: Madeira Archipelago.

Nicobium villosum ( Brullé 1839: 60) ; combination (as synonym of N. hirtum ) by Stein (1868: 76); Español 1964b: 106.

Anobium villosum Brullé 1839: 60 , original combination.

Type (sex unknown): Unspecified.

Type locality: Canary Islands ( Español 1970: 51).

Distribution—Africa: Canary Islands, Morocco; Europe: Portugal, Spain; South America: Brazil.

Nicobium villosum var. albofasciatum Español 1964b: 107 .

Nicobium castaneum subparallelum Saraiva 1957: 48 ; synonymy by Español 1964a: 290.

Nicobium lineaticolle Pic 1937b: 4 ; synonymy by Español 1970: 51.

Type (sex unknown): MNHN?

Type locality: Brazil.

Nicobium albofasciatum Bercedo and Arnáiz 2007: 139 ; synonymy by Viñolas and Masó (2013), Viñolas (2020a).

Type (male): MCNT.

Type locality: Spain: Tenerife.

Nicobium zuzartei Bercedo and Arnáiz 2007: 139 .

Type (male): BAPC.

Type locality: Portugal: Monforte.

Distribution—Europe: Portugal.

Species moved from Nicobium

Nicobium expensicolle Pic 1928: 4 ; moved to Allobregmus by Español (1970: 56). (The spelling “ exp e nsicolle ” appears in Pic’s original publication but it seems all subsequent authors have used the spelling “ exp a nsicolle ” or “ exp a nsicollis ”

Anobium spinolae Solier 1849: 469 , moved to Nicobium by Pic 1912: 32, moved to Allobregmus by Español 1970:56, moved to Trichobiopsis by White 1979: 216, and synonymized with Allobregmus angulare (Erichson, 1834) by Español 1978: 42.