Bicladum Pic, 1921

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Genus Bicladum Pic, 1921

Bicladum Pic, 1921b: 12. Gender: neuter. Type species. Bicladum multipunctatum Pic, 1921; by monotypy.

Bicladon : Pic 1930a: 2 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling].

Literature.

Pic (1921b: 12): original description; Pic (1921a: 15): comparison with Bicladodrilus ; Pic (1930a: 2): species description [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Pic (1930b: 320, 321): remark, key [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Wittmer (1944: 211): catalogue [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Lawrence et al. (2010b: 175): remark [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Kundrata and Bocak (2011a: 57): remark [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Janisova and Bocakova (2013: 3): remark [as Bicladon [sic!]]; Kovalev and Kirejtshuk (2016: 205): remark [as Bicladon [sic!]]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this genus was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).

Remarks.

This genus currently contains two described species from Borneo and Sumatra, respectively. It is similar to Bicladodrilus and Diplocladon in having strongly bipectinate antennae and long elytra. This generic complex is in need of revision.