Pectocera cantori Hope, 1842

Liu, Zhen & Jiang, Shi-Hong, 2021, The genus Pectocera Hope, 1842 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Oxynopterinae) in China, with description of two new species and one new record, Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4), pp. 247-270 : 256-258

Pectocera cantori Hope, 1842

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Pectocera cantori Hope, 1842: 79 . Lectotype in OU. Candèze, 1857: 361; Lacordaire, 1857: 161; Stebbing, 1914: 227; Fleutiaux, 1918: 201; Schenkling, 192: 69; Wang, 1992: 383; Wang, 1993: 273; Wang, 1993: 259; Jiang, 1993: 142; Schimmel, 1994: 55; Hua, 2002: 87; Jiang, 2002: 227; Chakraborty et Chakrabarti, 2006: 151; Cate et al, 2007: 95. Pectocera mellyi ; Hope, 1842: 79; Westwood, 18488: 72; Candèze, 1857: 361; Schenkling, 1925: 69

[as syn. of Pectocera cantori Hope, 1842 ]; Cate et al, 2007: 95 [as syn. of Pectocera cantori Hope 1842 ].

Distribution

China (Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang) ( Figure 10 (4)); Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 4. Pectocera cantori Hope, 1842, type? from BMNH, (a) male habitus, dorsal view; (b) female habitus, dorsal view; (c) male habitus, lateral view; (d) head, frontal view; (e) labels.

Figure 10. 1–15: Distribution map of Pectocera Hope, 1842. 1: P. attenuator Liu and Jiang sp. nov.; 2: P. babai Kishii, 1990; 3: P. brevicollis Candèze, 1878; 4: P. cantori Hope, 1842; 5: P. fleutiauxi Schimmel, 1997; 6: P. formosana Kishii, 1990; 7: P. fortunei Candèze, 1873; 8: P. hige Kishii, 1993; 9: P. jiangxiana Kishii & Jiang, 1994; 10: P. kobayashii Kishii, 1996; 11: P. kucerai Schimmel, 2006; 12: P. sechuana Schimmel, 2003; 13: P. tonkinensis Fleutiaux, 1918; 14: P. truncata Liu and Jiang sp. nov.; 6: P. formosana Kishii, 1990; 15: P. yaeyamana Suzuki, 1976.