Drapetes cylindricus Fall

Johnson, Paul J., 2015, A new species of Drapetes Megerle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with taxonomic summaries and a key to the species of northern North America, Insecta Mundi 2015 (445), pp. 1-13 : 4

Drapetes cylindricus Fall

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Drapetes cylindricus Fall 1932: 61

Drapetes parallelus Van Dyke, 1953: 100 new synonym

Distribution. United States: Arizona.

Notes. Drapetes cylindricus and D. parallelus were both described from Arizona, with the former from the Sierra Ancha and the latter from the Catalina Mountains. Curiously, there is no indication that Van Dyke (1953) was aware of Fall’s (1932) description. These species do not differ in any morphological characteristics indicative of different species. Drapetes parallelus Van Dyke is here treated as a new synonym of D. cylindricus Fall.

Cobos (1975) named D. paralellus as a new species from “Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.” Although Cobos’ name could be considered a misspelling there is an additional use of the same spelling in a figure legend within his paper and no evidence of an attempted correction within that publication. In accordance with Article 58 (ICZN, 1999) D. paralellus Cobos is here considered a homonym by variant spelling involving double consonants (Art. 58.7). This homonymy requires replacement with a new name, here proposed as Drapetes cobosi new name.

Figures

Figures 3–8. Drapetes species, dorsal habitus. 3) Drapetes cylindricus, holotype (image courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, with permission). 4) Drapetes exstriatus. 5) Drapetes niger. 6) Drapetes plagiatus. 7) Drapetes quadripustulatus. 8) Drapetes rubricollis.