HYDNOCERINI

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 303

Tribe HYDNOCERINI

The number of hydnocerine genera was reduced considerably by Kolibáč (1998: 129). Isohydnocera Chapin was synonymized under Wolcottia Chapin and several Old World genera were synonymized under Phyllobaenus Dejean. However , in forming this conclusion, no type-specimens were examined. Additionally, recent evidence (Leavengood in prep) suggests that it is questionable as to whether the correct species was actually assessed when estimating the generic limits of Isohydnocera . However, such evidence will result in more generic shuffling, which is not the purpose of the present work. The generic epithets here recognized ignore Kolibáč’s changes and are consistent with the majority of current literature (e.g., Downie & Arnett 1993; Opitz 2002; Leavengood 2010, for world taxa; Opitz 2010, for world taxa; Leavengood et al. 2012). The changes herein reduce Phyllobaenus from 121 to 117 described species.