Lycocerus confossicollis (Fairmaire, 1891) Fairmaire, 1891

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 : 7-8

Lycocerus confossicollis (Fairmaire, 1891) comb. n. Figs 10-11

Telephorus confossicollis Fairmaire 1891: ccviii.

Cantharis confossicollis : Jacobson 1911: 679.

Athemus (s.str.) multiimpressus Wittmer 1997: 285, figs. 128, 129.

Lycocerus multiimpressus : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 252. syn. n.

Type material examined.

Telephorus confossicollis : Lectotype ♂ (MNHN): [h] “Changyang”, [h]"Telephorus \ confossicollis \ Fairm. \ Tchangyang", [h]"Athemellus \ confossicollis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPE”.

Athemus (s.str.) multiimpressus: Holotype ♂ (NHMB): [p]"Chin-ling Mts. \ Shensi. E. B. \ Apr.-May,1904", [h]"Athemus \ multiimpressus \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h]"REM \ 95 \ 1314", [p]"CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00001208".

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Hubei: 1♂ (IZAS): Xingshan, Longmenhe, 6.V.1994, leg. Xing-Ke Yang; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 9.V.1994; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 9.V.1994, leg. You-Wei Zhang; 1♂ (IZAS): same locality, 730m, 22.VI.1994, leg. Jian Yao.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Hubei).

Remarks.

Although the type specimen of Cantharis confossicollis was attached with Wittmer’s manuscript label " Athem ellus confossicollis (Fairm.)", it has never been published formally for this taxonomic change. In our opinion, this speciesis definitely a member of Lycocerus due to the following characters: pronotum subquadrate, all tarsal claws simple and the aedeagus with dorsal plates of parameres separated. At the same time, Lycocerus multiimpressus (Wittmer, 1997) is considered to be a junior synonym of Lycocerus confossicollis (Fairmaire, 1891), comb. n., since we could not find differences between both nominal species in their morphological characters, including appearance and aedeagus. Therefore, we suggest Lycocerus multiimpressus is a new subjective synonym of Lycocerus confossicollis .