Lycocerus purpureus Kazantsev, 2007

Yang, Yuxia, Su, Junyan & Yang, Xingke, 2014, Description of six new species of Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with taxonomic note and new distribution data of some other species, ZooKeys 456, pp. 85-107 : 101-102

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Cantharidae

Lycocerus purpureus Kazantsev, 2007

Lycocerus purpureus Kazantsev, 2007: 54 [replacement name for Athemus (Andrathemus) purpurascens Wittmer, 1978, nec Pic, 1911].

Athemus (Andrathemus) purpurascens Wittmer, 1978: 155, Fig. 5. [Preoccupied by Cantharis purpurascens Pic, 1911: 143, synonymized with Lycocerus rubripennis (Hope, 1831)].

Type material examined.

Holotype: 1♂ (NHMB): [p]"Dechhi Paka 3300m \ 19.-20.5." [p]"Nat.-Hist. Museum \ Basel-Bhutan \ Expedition 1972", [h]" Athemus subg. \ Andrathemus \ purpurascens \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [p]" CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00001271".

Additional material examined.

CHINA, Xizang: 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Nyingtri, 3050m, 3.VIII.1983, leg. Yin-Heng Han.

Distribution.

China (new record: Xizang); Bhutan ( Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007).