Lycocerus inopaciceps (Pic, 1926)

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 : 9

Lycocerus inopaciceps (Pic, 1926) Figs 12-13

Cantharis inopaciceps Pic 1926b: 153.

Themus inopaciceps : Wittmer 1961: 362.

Athemellus inopaciceps : Wittmer 1983a: 190.

Athemus (Athemellus) bimaculicollis Švihla 2005: 90, figs 38-41. syn. n.

Lycocerus inopaciceps : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 250.

Type material examined.

Cantharis inopaciceps : Lectotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]"Szetschwan \ Kwanhsien \ Exp. Stözner”, [h] “Thibet”, [h]"Cantharis \ inopaciceps \ n. sp.", [h] "Athemellus?", [p] “LECTOTYPUS”.

Athemus (Athemellus) bimaculicollis : Holotype ♂ (NMPC): [p]"CHINA-SHAANXI \ Lueyang \ 23.6−26.6.2004 \ leg. E. Kučera”, [p]"HOLOTYPUS \ Athemus \ (Athemellus) \ bimaculicollis sp. nov.\ V. Švihla det. 2005". Paratype: 1♀ (NMPC): same data.

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Shaanxi: 1♂, 1♀ (HBUM): Liuba, 10.−12.VI.2005, leg. Yi-Bin Ba; 1♂, 1♀ (HBUM): Liuba, Miaotaizi, 14.−15.VI.2005, leg. Yi-Bin Ba; 1♂, 4♀♀ (HBUM): Fengxian, Heigou, 13.VI.2005, leg. Yi-Bin Ba; 3♀♀ (HBUM): Liuba, Zaomulan, 11.VI.2005, leg. Yi-Bin Ba.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Remarks.

Athemus (Athemellus) bimaculicollis Švihla, 2005, which was omitted in the catalogue by Kazantsev and Brancucci (2007), is considered to be a junior synonym of Lycocerus inopaciceps (Pic, 1926), because we could not find any difference between their holotypes in the morphology including body size and coloration, tarsal claws and abdominal sternite VIII of female.