Themus (s.str.) regalis (Gorham, 1889)

Yang, Yuxia, Kopetz, Andreas & Yang, Xingke, 2013, Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), ZooKeys 340, pp. 1-19 : 1

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.340.5470
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scientific name	Themus (s.str.) regalis (Gorham, 1889)
status	nom. rest.

Treatment

Themus (s.str.) regalis (Gorham, 1889) nom. rest.

Telephorus regalis Gorham 1889: 103. [Synonymized with Themus imperialis (Gorham, 1889) by Wittmer 1983a: 215.]

Telephorus imperialis Gorham 1889: 102, t. 10, fig. 8. [Primary homonym, preoccupied by Telephorus imperialis Redtenbacher, 1867.]

Cantharis imperator Pic 1906: 81. [Replacement name for Telephorus imperialis Gorham, 1889, nec Redtenbacher 1867.]

Themus imperator : Jacobson 1911: 675.

Themus regalis : Jacobson 1911: 675.

Themus (s.str.) imperialis: Wittmer 1983a: 215.

Distribution.

China, Vietnam.

Remarks.

Telephorus imperialis Gorham, 1889 is a primary homonym and preoccupied by Telephorus imperialis Redtenbacher, 1867, so the former is permanently invalid (ICZN, 4th ed., article 57.2) and should be replaced by the next oldest available name among its synonyms (ICZN, 4th ed., article 23.3.5), that is, Themus (s.str.) regalis (Gorham, 1889) should be restated as the valid name for this species.