Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792)

Bezděk, Jan, 2023, New synonyms in western Palaearctic Ciidae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5374 (1), pp. 119-128 : 121-123

Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792)

Anobium micans Fabricius, 1792: 238 (original description).

Anobium hispidum Paykull, 1798: 310 (original description).

Ptinus ruficornis Marsham, 1802: 87 (original description).

Cis crenatus C. R. Sahlberg, 1836: 159 (original description), syn. nov.

Cis hispidus var. albohispidulus Reitter, 1901: 50 (original description).

Cis nitidicollis Abeille de Perrin, 1874: 32 (original description).

Cis savilli Donisthorpe, 1936: 220 (original description).

Type localities. Anobium micans : “ Germania ”; Anobium hispidum : “Uplandia”; Ptinus ruficornis : “Britannia” [based on the title]; Cis crenatus : “Willnäs”; Cis hispidus albohispidulus : “ Herzegowina: Jablanica”; Cis nitidicollis : “Verviers”; Cis savilli : “Windsor Forest”.

Types examined. Cis crenatus : Lectotype (designated here): ♁ ( Figs 5–7 ), “Villnäs [w, p] // Mannerh [w, p] // [small blank red triangle] // ♁ [w, p] // Mus. Zool. Helsinki / Loan Nr. / C 03 – 71 [y, p] // http://id.luomus.fi / GAC.33701 / FINLAND Ab Masku Villnäs / 60.5711 N, 21.8287 E / Mannerheim, C. G. leg. [w, p] // Photographed / 2022 / Pekka Malinen [b, p]” ( MZH) . Paralectotype: ♀, “Villnäs [w, p] // Mannerh [w, p] // [small blank red triangle] // ♀ [w, p] // Mus. Zool. Helsinki / Loan Nr. / C 03 – 72 [y, p] // http://id.luomus.fi / GAC.33700 / FINLAND Ab Masku Villnäs / 60.5711 N, 21.8287 E / Mannerheim, C. G. leg. [w, p] // Syntype [r, p] // Photographed / 2022 / Pekka Malinen [b, p]” ( MZH) .

Cis hispidus var. albohispidulus : Lectotype (designated here): unsexed ( Figs 8–11 ), “Jablanica [w, p] // Herzegowina / Reitter. [w, p] // Holotypus [red letters, p] 1902 / Cis hispidus / v. albohispidulus / Reitter [w, h, label with red frame] // Col. Reitter [w, p]” ( HNHM).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region ( Królik 2020).

Host fungi. Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst. , B. fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst. , Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill. , Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J. Schröt. , Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) Donk , G. applanatum (Pers.) Pat. , G. lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst. , G. resinaceum Boud. , Lenzites betulinus (L.) Fr., Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr. , Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) P. Karst. , Schizophyllum commune Fr. , Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers. , Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr. , T. hirsuta (Wulfen) Pilát , T. pubescens (Schumach.) Pilát , T. suaveolens (L.) Fr., T. versicolor (L.) Lloyd ( Reibnitz 1999, Rose 2012, Rose & Zagatti 2016).

Comments. The identity of Cis crenatus has never been revised, and it is listed as a valid species in all four main Ciidae catalogues ( Dalla Torre 1911, Abdullah 1973, Jelínek 2008, Królik 2020). Cis crenatus was described by Carl Reinhold Sahlberg based on an unknown number of specimens collected by Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. Both Sahlberg’s and Mannerheim’s collections are deposited in the Finnish Museum of Natural History ( Silfverberg 1995). During a careful examination of the Ciidae collection in MZH, two syntypes (male and female) were found that are clearly conspecific with Cis micans . The following new synonymy is proposed: Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792) = Cis crenatus C. R. Sahlberg, 1836 , syn. nov. Male syntype is designated here as lectotype.

I also had the opportunity to study the syntype of Cis hispidus var. albohispidulus Reitter, 1901 deposited in HNHM and can confirm its synonymy with Cis micans , as listed in recent catalogues ( Jelínek 2008, Królik 2020). The syntype bears the label „ Holotype “ added by subsequent curators. Since the number of specimens was not specified in the original description ( Reitter 1901), it is clearly a syntype and I designate it here as lectotype.

Figures

FIGURES 5–11. Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792). 5–7. Lectotype of C. crenatus C. R. Sahlberg, 1836. 5—dorsal view; 6—lateral view; 7—labels. 8–11. Lectotype of C. hispidus var. albohispidulus Reitter, 1901. 8—dorsal view; 9—lateral view; 10—frontal view; 11—labels. Photos 5–7 by Pekka Malinen (MZH).