Sinechostictus (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji ( Jedlička, 1951 )

Toledano, Luca, 2009, Notes on the Bembidiina of Taiwan with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 577-598 : 592

Sinechostictus (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji ( Jedlička, 1951)

( Figs. 16 , 28 )

Bembidion (Pseudolimnaeum) Chuji Jedlička, 1951: 111 . Bembidion (Pseudolimnaeum) chujoi: JEDLIČKA (1965) : 147, 149 (incorrect subsequent spelling, unavailable). Bembidion (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji: LORENZ (1998) : 219. Bembidion (Sinechostictus) chujoi: MARGGI et al. (2003) : 267. Bembidion (Sinechostictus) chuji: LORENZ (2005) : 235. Bembidion chuji: TERADA et al. (2005) : 170; TERADA (2006): 12.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Formosa / (Y. Miwa) // TYPUS (red) // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. 24006 [handwritten, orange] // chujoi sp.n. [handwritten] det. Ing. Jedlička [pink]’ ( NMPC) . Additional material examined. TAIWAN: A Li Shan, 17.–26.vi.1995, P. Moravec lgt., 1 J ( CTVR).

Nomenclatorial note. JEDLIČKA (1951) in the original description reports the name of this species as “ Chuji ”, probably due to lapsus calami; the type specimen is labelled as “ chujoi sp.n. ”. Unfortunately, JEDLIČKA (1951) did not give any etymology and used the name “ Bembidion chuji ” only once in the original description (and on page 112 of the same paper, he described another species Sofota chuji from the tribe Lebiini without giving any etymology and not using the name again in the paper). Later, JEDLIČKA (1965) used the spelling “ chujoi ” referring to the original description but, however, he did not cite the original spelling “ chuji ” and did not mention that he emends a mistake and adopts “ chujoi ” instead of “ chuji ”. The original spelling “ chuji ” is in prevailing usage (see above). Under these circumstances, “ Bembidion chuji ” can be regarded as the correct original spelling according to ICZN (1999: Art. 32.2) and “ Bembidion chujoi ” as an incorrect subsequent spelling according to ICZN (1999: Art. 33.3) and thus an unavailable name for the purpose of zoological nomenclature.

Remarks. Among the eastern Palaearctic species of Pseudolimnaeum , S. chuji is perhaps most similar to S. cameroni Andrewes, 1922 distributed in several subspecies in the Himalayas and south-western China. This similarity pertains to the habitus as well as the male genitalia.

Distribution. Known from one locality in Taiwan (A Li Shan); the label of the holotype provides only a general indication of the island.

Figures

Figs. 13–16. Bembidion and Sinechostictus spp., habitus. 13 – B. (Ocydromus) chloreum Bates, 1873, specimen from Taiwan; 14 – B. (Ocydromus) shunichii Habu, 1973; 15 – B. (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933, specimen from Taiwan; 16 – S. (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji Jedlička, 1951.

Figs. 17–28. Bembidion and Sinechostictus spp., median lobe of the aedeagus. 17 – B. (Desarmatocillenus) foochowense Lindroth, 1980; 18 – B. (Odontium) fusiforme Netolitzky, 1914; 19 – B. (Plataphus) takasagonis Habu, 1973; 20 – B. (Blepharoplataphus) teradai sp. nov., holotype; 21 – B. (Trichoplataphus) miwai Jedlička, 1946; 22 – B. (Trichoplataphus) taiwanum Netolitzky, 1939; 23 – B. (Trichoplataphus) jelineki sp. nov., holotype; 24 – B. (Trichoplataphus) seijii sp. nov., holotype; 25 – B. (Ocydromus) chloreum Bates, 1873, specimen from Taiwan; 26 – B. (Ocydromus) shunichii Habu, 1973; 27 – B. (Ocydromus) peleum Jedlička, 1933, specimen from Taiwan; 28 – S. (Pseudolimnaeum) chuji Jedlička, 1951.