Geodromicus kunzei ( HEER 1839)

Zanetti, A., 2008, Synonymies in the European Omaliinae, with notes on distribution (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 979-992 : 985

Geodromicus kunzei ( HEER 1839)

Geobius kunzei HEER 1839

Anthophagus lituratus KRAATZ 1857 synonymy confirmed. Lectotype male (here designated) labelled Kahr. / Tyrol / lituratus mihi / coll. Kraatz / DEI Eberswalde / Syntypus (red) / Geodromicus lituratus Kraatz / coll. DEI Müncheberg / Geodromicus kunzei (Heer) det. Bordoni 1989 / Lectotypus Geodromicus lituratus Kraatz des. Zanetti, 2008 (red) / Geodromicus kunzei (Heer) det. Zanetti 2008 (DEI); 1 paralectotype male with the same data (DEI).

C o m m e n t s: Anthophagus lituratus KRAATZ 1857 was described as a new species based on specimens from Tyrol. It was considered an aberration of Geodromicus globulicollis (MANNERHEIM 1830) by LUZE (1903). LOHSE (1964) considered it a variety of kunzei with longer elytra. BORDONI (1984) regarded it as a valid species again, without examination of the typical series. ASSING & SCHÜLKE (2007) reported it as a valid species. The typical series confirms the synonymy of G. lituratus with G. kunzei , which was already recognized (but not published) by Bordoni, who examined the syntypes in 1989. The specimen interpreted as G. lituratus by BORDONI (1984) belongs to a completely different species. According to LOHSE (1964), the "var." lituratus is characterized by longer elytra. In fact the length of the elytra of the type of G. lituratus is within the variability range of the typical G. kunzei .