Lycocerus asperipennis (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 : 4-5

Lycocerus asperipennis (Fairmaire, 1891)

Telephorus asperipennis Fairmaire 1891: ccviii.

Cantharis limbatipennis Pic 1906: 83. [Synonymized by Wittmer 1995: 256.]

Cantharis asperipennis : Jacobson 1911: 679.

Cantharis stoetzneri Pic 1926b: 154. [Synonymized by Wittmer 1995: 256.]

Athemus stoetzneri : Pic 1933: 4.

Athemus limbatipennis : Wittmer 1972a: 106.

Athemus (s.str.) maculithorax Wang and Yang 1992: 264, fig. 1. [Secondary homonym, preoccupied by Athemus maculithorax (Wittmer, 1972), originally described in Athemellus .]

Athemus (s.str.) asperipennis: Wittmer 1995: 256, figs. 113, 114.

Athemus (s.str.) wangi Švihla 2004: 183 [Replacement name for Athemus maculithorax Wang & Yang, 1992, nec Wittmer 1972.]

Lycocerus asperipennis : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 249.

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

Type material examined.

Telephorus asperipennis : Lectotype ♀ (MNHN): [h] “Chang-yang”, [h]"Telephorus \ asperipennis \ Fairm. \ Changyang", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPE”. Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [h] “Chang-yang”, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE”.

Cantharis limbatipennis : Lectotype ♀ (MNHN): [h]"Yunnan \ (China)", [h]"C. limbatipennis \ Pic", [h]"limbatipennis \ Pic", [h]"von \ asperipennis \ Frm.", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Frm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [h] “type”, [p] “TYPE”, [p] “LECTOTYPE”. Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [h] “Yunnan”, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE”.

Cantharis stoetzneri : Lectotype ♂ (MNHN): [p]"Szetschwan \ Kwanhsien \ Exp. Stötzner”, [h] “stötzneri \ n. sp.", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Frm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPE”. Paralectotypes: 1♂, 5♀♀ (MNHN): same data to lectotype, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE”.

Neotype designation.

Athemus maculithorax : Neotype ♂ (here designated, IZAS): [p]"湖北兴山龙门河 \ 1300m" [Hubei, Xingshan, Longmenhe \ 1300m], [p]"1993.VI.21 \ 采集者：黄润质” [21.VI.1993 \ leg. Run-Zhi Huang].

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Gansu: 1♂ (IZAS): Wenxian, Qiujiaba, 2360-2650m, 29.VI.1998, leg. De-Cheng Yuan; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 30.VI.1998. Shanxi: 1♀ (IZAS): "Shansi, Kwashan, 9.VI.1936". Shaanxi: 2♂♂ (NHMB): "Danfeng-NE env., 900-1500m, 33 °45-52'N, 110°22-37'E, 28.-29.V.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 3♂♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Qinling Mts.-N. slpoe, Huxian Co., 1300-1600m, 33°50'N, 108°26'E, 12.-13.VI.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”. Henan: 3♀♀ (IZAS): Lushi, Jihe forestry station, 20.VII.2001, leg. Kang-Zhen Dong. Hubei: 1♂ (NHMB): "Shennongjia, Yanzi Pass, 2200m, 31°43'N, 110°28'E, 23.-26.VI.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 1♀ (NHMB): "Dashennongjia massif-E slpoe, 31°24-30'N, 110°21-24'E, 2000m, 28. VI– 7.VII.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Foping, Liangfengya, 1750-2150m, 28.VI.1999, leg. YAO Jian. Sichuan: 10 spec. (NHMB): "Mt. Emei, 500-1200m, 29°30'N, 103°20'E, 4.-18.V.1989, leg. S. J. Kolibáč”; 12 spec. (NHMB): "Mt. Emei, 600-1050m, 5.-19.V.1989, leg. Lad. Bocák”; 25 spec. (NHMB): "Kwanhsien, Exp. Stötzner”; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Chengtu, 1700m, 1.-2.V.1933, D.C. Graham"; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Kuausien, 1934, D.C. Graham"; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Yaogi nr. Mupin, 8000ft, 14.-18.VI.1929, D.C. Graham"; 1♀ (NHMB): "Shikaizi, Mt. Omei, 4500ft, 1945, D.C. Graham"; 1♂ (IZAS): Mt. Emei, Baoguosi, 550-750m, 27.IV.1957, leg. Fu-Xing Zhu; 1♀ (IZAS): Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800-1000m, 20.IV.1957, leg. Fu-Xing Zhu; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 30.IV.1957, leg. Ke-Ren Huang; 1♂ (IZAS): same locality, 24.IV.1957, leg. Zong-Yuan Wang.

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks.

The neotype is designated for Athemus (s.str.) maculithorax Wang & Yang, 1992 here, according to the loss of the type, and for allowing a comparision based on most of the criteria (ICZN, 4th, article 75.3). The latter’s name was replaced by Athemus wangi by Švihla (2004) and now is placed in Lycocerus ( Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007). Having examined the lectotype of Lycocerus asperipennis and a large series of additional specimens from China, we suggest Lycocerus wangi is a junior synonym of Lycocerus asperipennis , since that we could not find any difference to justify their separation.