Ulomimus Bates, 1873

Liu, Shanshan, Ren, Guodong & Merkl, Otto, 2013, Redescription and new records of Ulomimus indicus Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae), ZooKeys 357, pp. 45-51 : 46-47

Ulomimus Bates, 1873

Ulomimimus Bates, 1873: 201; Neave 1940b: 608.

Ulomimus Ulomi[mi]mus: Rye 1873: 288.

Ulomimus : Gebien 1911: 399; Lucas 1920: 665; Gebien 1914: 33; Gebien 1940: 770 [577]; Kaszab 1979: 88; Kaszab 1980: 175; Merkl 1992: 263.

Pseuduloma Fairmaire, 1893: 27; Gebien 1911: 404; Carter 1926: 508; Neave 1940a: 1011.

Type species.

Ulomimus indicus Bates, 1873.

Diagnosis.

Antennae short, antennomeres 6 to 10 gradually widened, 11 large, nearly globose. Pronotum with narrow and complete basal bead. Protarsi dilated with a brush of dense short hairs beneath, and protarsomere 4 much smaller than 2 and 3. Protibia strongly triangularly widened near apex, with large tooth on ventral surface. Aedeagus linearly truncate at apex in dorsal view, parameres with a small notch behind each apical corner.

Remarks.

The original spelling of the generic name is Ulomimimus . Rye (1873) mentioned the name as Ulomi[mi]mus, which is regarded as unjustified emendation. Neave (1940b) considered Ulomimus as an "err. Pro Ulomimimus Bates, 1873". However, all other authors used Ulomimus , so Ulomimus should be an unjustified emendation by Rye (1873) in prevailing usage, which is according to the Art. 33.2.3.1 of the ICZN (1999) is deemed a justified emendation.

It is unknow for the authors of the present paper who synonymised Pseuduloma with Ulomimus . Carter (1926) mentioned Pseuduloma as a distinct genus, when transferred Alphitobius torridus Carter, 1911 (now belonging to Scotoderus Perroud, 1864, see Matthews and Bouchard 2008) to this genus. Neave (1940a) also considered Pseuduloma as a valid genus. However, Gebien (1940) used Pseuduloma as a synonym of Ulomimus .