Calliclytus Fisher, 1932

Miroshnikov, A. I., 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Calliclytus Fisher, 1932 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Tillomorphini), with a new synonymy and description of a new species from the Dominican Republic, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (3), pp. 261-270 : 262

Genus Calliclytus Fisher, 1932

Calliclytus Fisher, 1932: 65 . Blackwelder, 1946: 583; Zayas, 1975: 146; Monné, 1993: 73; Monné, Giesbert, 1995: 123; Peck, 2005: 173; Monné, 2005: 542; Monné, Hovore, 2005: 132; Monné et al, 2007: 138; Monné, Bezark, 2011: 169; Peck, Perez-Gelabert, 2012: 21; Monné, 2012: 52; Bezark, Monné, 2013: 174; Bezark, 2016: 177; Monné, 2020: 815.

Lamproclytus Fisher, 1932: 67 , syn.n. (type species: Lamproclytus elegans Fisher, 1932 , by original designation); Blackwelder, 1946: 583; Monné, 1993: 73; Monné, Giesbert, 1995: 124; Monné, 2005: 552; Monné, Hovore, 2005: 134; Monné et al, 2007: 140; Micheli, 2010: 136; Monné, Bezark, 2011: 171; Monné, 2012: 53; Peck, Perez-Gelabert, 2012: 21; Bezark, Monné, 2013: 176; Bezark, 2016: 179; Monné, 2020: 827.

Type species: Calliclytus schwarzi Fisher, 1932 , by original designation.

COMPOSITION. The genus includes four species, one of which is described as new.

DISTRIBUTION. West Indies.

REMARKS. Lingafelter [2011: 63–66], while describing Calliclytus macoris , noted the following: “The genera Lamproclytus and Calliclytus were not specifically compared to each other in Fisher’s [1932] descriptions, despite their obvious similarities in nearly every feature. Careful phylogenetic work in Tillomorphini may suggest that synonymy of these genera is necessary, but that is beyond the scope of this work. Given that the position of the eburneous elytral ridge of C. macoris is closest to that of C. schwarzi , it is placed in that genus as opposed to Lamproclytus .”.

As a result of the detailed study of all the species presented in this work and taking into account the morphological features of a new species described here, I support the Lingafelter’s conclusions and believe it is necessary to establish the following new synonymy: Calliclytus Fisher, 1932 = Lamproclytus Fisher, 1932 , syn.n.

In addition, one should pay attention to the very high degree of morphological similarity of the genera Calliclytus and Bonfilsia Villiers, 1979 and the correctness of the generic status of the latter, but that is beyond the scope of this paper.