Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849

Bezděk, Jan, 2023, New synonyms in western Palaearctic Ciidae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5374 (1), pp. 119-128 : 123-125

Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849

Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849: 242 (original description).

Cis rugulosus var. pyrrhocephalus Mellié, 1849: 244 (original description).

Cis rugulosus var. rubiginosus Mellié, 1849: 243 (original description).

Cis puncticollis Thomson, 1870: 136 (original description), syn. nov.

Cis thomsoni Dalla Torre, 1911: 19 (replacement name for Cis puncticollis Thomson, 1870 , a junior primary homonym of Cis puncticollis Wollaston, 1860 ), syn. nov.

Type localities. Cis rugulosus : “ Finlande, Russie ”; Cis rugulosus pyrrhocephalus : not stated; Cis rugulosus rubiginosus : not stated; Cis puncticollis : “ Sverige ”.

Types examined. Cis puncticollis : Lectotype: unsexed ( Figs 12–15 ), “[small blank red square label] // puncticollis /? [w, h] // boleti / A. J. det. [w, h] // MZLU-COL / 00005504 [w, p]” ( MZLU).

Distribution. Most European countries, Madeira, and Kyrgysztan ( Królik 2020).

Host fungi. Lenzites betulinus (L.) Fr., Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr. , T. hirsuta (Wulfen) Pilát , T. versicolor (L.) Lloyd ( Reibnitz 1999, Rose 2012, Rose & Zagatti 2016).

Comments. Thomson (1870) described Cis puncticollis from Sweden. Dalla Torre (1911) discovered that it is a primary homonym of Cis puncticollis Wollaston, 1860 from Madeira, and suggested the new replacement name Cis thomsoni for Thomson’s species. Abdullah (1973) accordingly listed Cis thomsoni in his catalogue, but Cis puncticollis Wollaston, 1860 was erroneously listed with distribution Sweden instead of Madeira. The names Cis puncticollis Thomson, 1870 and Cis thomsoni Dalla Torre, 1911 are missing in recent catalogues by Jelínek (2008) and Królik (2020).

The history of the Thomson collection is somewhat complex. The Coleoptera part of Thomson’s main collection was sold to a Berlin museum at the end of the 19th century, while the rest of the main collection and so-called duplicate collection of Coleoptera were deposited in Lund University. In 1967, the Thomson collection was united again, as it was possible to arrange the transfer of the Berlin part of the collection to Lund. For details on the history of the Thomson collection, see Charpentier (1972).

Charpentier (1972) also provided a complete list of the Coleoptera species described by Thomson and indicated whether the original material of these taxa was in the „ Berlin “ or „Lund“ part of the collection. Cis puncticollis was mentioned as being in the „ Berlin “ part, so in 1972 there was at least one original specimen of this species. A thorough inspection of the collection by the curator of Coleoptera proved the presence of a specimen whose label was most likely written directly by Thomson. The question mark written on the label may indicate that Thomson was initially uncertain if it was a new species. This specimen is designated here as lectotype of C. puncticollis .

Based on the syntype photographs ( Figs 12–15 ), with clearly visible setation on the lateral margins of the pronotum, I propose the following new synonymy: Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849 = Cis puncticollis Thomson, 1870 , syn. nov. = Cis thomsoni Dalla Torre, 1911 , syn. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 12–19. 12–15. Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849 (lectotype of C. puncticollis Thomson, 1870). 12—dorsal view; 13— lateral view; 14—frontal view; 15—labels. 16–19. Cis vestitus Mellié, 1849 (lectotype of C. incanus Rey, 1892). 16—dorsal view; 17—lateral view; 18—frontal view; 19—box labels. Photos 12–15 by Christoffer Fägerström (MZLU), 16–19 by Harold Labrique (CCECL).