Gomezzuritus longicornis ( Reiche, 1878 ) Kazantsev Michal Motyka & Bocak, 2023

Kazantsev, Sergey V., Motyka, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2023, European net-winged beetles of the Pyropterus clade, with the description of Gomezzuritus gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Lycidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 888, pp. 159-174 : 167-168

Gomezzuritus longicornis ( Reiche, 1878) comb. nov.

Fig. 1D

Eros longicornis – Reiche 1878: XXVII.

Dictyopterus longicornis – Bourgeois 1882: 73.

Dictyoptera longicornis – Kleine1942: 49.

Pyropterus schelkovnikovi – Barovskij 1930: 615.

Benibotarus schelkovnikovi – Bocak & Bocakova 1987: 115.

Benibotarus longicornis – Bocak & Bocakova 1987: 115. — Kazantsev 1995: 38. — Kazantsev 2012a: 389.

Material examined

GEORGIA • ♂ (holotype of E. longicornis ); Adjaria, Batumi (no further data); MNHP • 1 ♂ (‘ Pyropterus schelkovnikovi typ. un.’ [Barovskij’s manuscript label: “Holotype of P. schelkovnikovi ”]); Caucasus, Distr. Gori, Bakuriani ; alt. 2000 m; 20 Jul. 1912; M. Kozlovskij leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂; Abkhasia, Sukhumi, Mt. Bograt , park Vira ; 3 Dec. 1931; B. Rohdendorf leg.; ICM.

RUSSIA • 3 larvae; NW Caucasus, Adygeya, Guzeripl, env. Mt Filimonova ; alt. 1200 m; 43.9981° N, 40.1695° E; 15 Jun. 2007; А. Zaitsev leg.; under the bark of a dead tree; ICM .

Remarks

The species is closely related to G. alternatus and transferred to Gomezzuritus . The earlier described larva of this species ( Kazantsev & Zaitsev 2021) was collected in Northwestern Caucasus, where no other dictyopterine taxa occur. Its similarity with G. alternatus confirms the relationships of these species.

Figures

Fig. 1. Phylogenetic relationships of pyropterine genera and their closest relatives (modified from Motyka et al. in press). B–E. The general appearance of Western Palaearctic Dictyopterini Houlbert, 1922. B–C. Benibotarus alternatus (Fairmaire, 1856), ♂. D. B. longicornis (Reiche, 1878), ♂. E. B. rubripes (Pic, 1897), ♂. F. Distribution of Benibotarus Kôno, 1932 in the Western Palaearctic region. Nomenclature follows the placement of species before taxonomic changes discussed in the present study. The northern part of the range of B. taygetanus (Pic, 1905) is not shown (see Bocakova & Bocak 1987; Kazantsev 2012a).