Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889)

Yang, Yuxia, Kopetz, Andreas & Yang, Xingke, 2013, Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), ZooKeys 340, pp. 1-19 : 4

Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889) Figs 5−6

Podabrus aenescens Fairmaire 1889: 40.

Cantharis tcheonana Pic 1922: 31.

Themus angusticollis Pic 1955: 16. [Secondary homonym, preoccupied by Athemus angusticollis (Gorham, 1882), originally described in Telephorus . Synonymized with Athemus tcheonanus (Pic, 1922) by Wittmer 1995: 211.]

Athemus angustithorax Wittmer 1975: 260. [Replacement name for Themus angusticollis Pic, 1955, nec Gorham 1882.]

Athemus tcheonanus : Wittmer 1975: 260; 1995: 211, figs. 42, 43, 168, 169.

Athemus aenescens : Wittmer 1982: 341.

Lycocerus aenescens : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 249.

Lycocerus tcheonanus : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 254. syn. n.

Type material examined.

Podabrus aenescens : Lectotype ♂ (MNHN): without locality information, [h]"Telephorus aenescens \ Frm., n. sp.", [h]"Athemus \ aenescens \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPUS”. Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [p] “Kouy-Tchèu”, [p] “PARALECTOTYPUS”.

Cantharis tcheonana : Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]"CHINE \ Kouy-Tchèou \ Koúy Yang Foú”, [h]"tcheonana \ n. sp.", [h]"Athemus \ tcheonanus \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”.

Themus angusticollis : Holotype ♂ (MNHN): [p]"Chasseurs Indigenes \ des Missionnaires \ de Ta-tslen-Lou \ 1906", [h]"Themus \ angusticollis \ n. sp.", [h]"Athemus s.str. \ angustithorax \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [h]"Athemus s.str. \ tcheonanus \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”.

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Koung-Si-Hien, alt. 2100m". Sichuan: 1♂ (NHMB): "Moxi, Gongashan mts., 1650m, 28. VI– 2.VII.1994, leg. Bolm". Guizhou: 1♂ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, Koúy Yang Foú”; 2♀♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu”; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouei-Tcheou”; 5♀♀ (MNHN): "Kuoy-Tcheou, Gan chouem, Min y fou et Tchen-Fong, Tchéou, 1918, P. Cavalerie"; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, 1921, Cavaleri"; 1♀ (MNHN): “Kouy-Tchèu, Reg. De Pin-fa, 1908, Père Cavaleri". Yunnan: 1♂ (MNHN): "Tse Kou, 1895, R. P. Dubernard"; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Dali, Cangshan, 30.V.1955, leg. Xing-Chi Yang; 8 spec. (NHMB): "Cangshan mts., E slope, 2000-2500m, 25°42'N, 100°08'E, 21.VI.1992, leg. Vit Kubáň”; 12 spec. (NHMB): "Dali, 19.-21.V.1993, leg. R. Cervenka"; 2♂♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Dali, 1600-2000m, 5.-8.VII.1990, leg. L. M. Bocák”; 1♂, 2♀♀ (NHMB): "Dali, 1.-7.VI.1994, B. Šiška et T. Spevár”.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Sichaun, Guizhou, Yunnan).

Remarks.

Having examined the holotypes of Lycocerus aenescens (Fairmaire, 1889) and Lycocerus tcheonanus (Pic, 1922), we could not find any difference to justify their separation, so we synonymize Lycocerus tcheonanus under Lycocerus aenescens .