Mimoochotyra Pic, 1937

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Genus Mimoochotyra Pic, 1937

Mimoochotyra Pic, 1937: 137. Gender: feminine. Type species. Mimoochotyra ocularis Pic, 1937; by monotypy.

Mimochotyra : McDermott 1964: 11 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling].

Mimotyra : Herring 1987: 158 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage].

Mimochotrya : Lawrence and Newton 1995: 857 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage].

Literature.

Pic (1937: 137): original description; McDermott (1964: 11, 51): revision [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Mikšić and Mikšić (1966: 32): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Herring (1987: 158): checklist [as Mimotyra [sic!]]; Lawrence and Newton (1995: 857): catalogue [as Mimochotrya [sic!]]; Kawashima (2000: 131): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Bocakova et al. (2007: 484): molecular phylogeny [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Hunt et al. (2007: suppl.): molecular phylogeny [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Li et al. (2008a: 259): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Li et al. (2008b: 495): review [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Li and Liang (2008: 111): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Chen et al. (2010: 196): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Costa and Zaragoza-Caballero (2010: 134): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Kawashima et al. (2010: 135): book chapter [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Kundrata and Bocak (2011a: 59): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Kundrata and Bocak (2011b: 370): molecular phylogeny [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Oba et al. (2011: 777): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]; Kundrata et al. (2013: 202): molecular phylogeny; Kundrata et al. (2014: 167): molecular phylogeny; Bocak et al. (2016: suppl.): molecular phylogeny; Kundrata et al. (2016: 296): molecular phylogeny; Bocak et al. (2018: 4): molecular phylogeny; Kundrata et al. (2019: 1263): molecular phylogeny; Liu et al. (2020: 46): remark [as Mimochotyra [sic!]]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this genus was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).

Remarks.

This genus currently contains a single described species from Java, Indonesia. According to Pic (1937), it is characterized by having serrate antennae with thickened median antennomeres, and relatively long elytra. The specimen identified as Mimochotyra [sic!] and used in the molecular phylogenetic analyses by Bocakova et al. (2007) and more recent studies needs serious re-examination, as it was collected in Malaysia.