Adesmia

Löbl, I. & Merkl, O., 2003, On The Type Species Of Several Tenebrionid Genera And Subgenera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (3), pp. 243-253 : 244

Adesmia

KOCH (1944) described in Adesmia FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1822 , new subgenera Macradesmia , Oteroscelopsis , Somaladesmia and Macropodesmia . While Somaladesmia was based on a single named species, A. consimilis GAHAN, 1896 and on “mehrere neue im folgenden bekanngemachte Formen”, he failed to fix the remaining three subgeneric names by designation of type species. KOCH (1944: 146) listed 18 species, but did not mention a type species. The description of Macradesmia (1944: 146) characterizes the group. KOCH (1944: 147) listed 11 species as members of Oteroscelopsis , again without designating a type species. The description ( KOCH 1944: 147) characterizes the group. The subgenus Macropodesmia included two named “Formen”, Adesmia reticulata KLUG, 1830 and Adesmia basimargo REITTER, 1916 currently considered as two subspecies of one nominal species. The description by KOCH (1944: 147) characterizes the group. KOCH used to apply the term “Formen” without any distinction to species-group taxa as to infrasubspecific names, but stated that A. reticulata KLUG and A. basimargo REITTER are members of the same “Rassenkreis”. Probably he had in his mind the notion of subspecies. We find necessary to fix also the name Macropodesmia by designation of a type species.

We designate hereby:

Pimelia cancellata KLUG, 1830 as the type species of Macradesmia .

Pimelia dilatata KLUG, 1830 as the type species of Oteroscelopsis .

Pimelia reticulata KLUG, 1830 as the type species of Macropodesmia .