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Issue: Vol. 1619 No. 1: 19 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1619.1.2
Page range: 45–51
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 4

On the taxonomy of the dityline genera Diasclera Reitter, Dityloidea Fairmaire and Germain and Nerdanus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Coleoptera Taxonomy Oedemeridae Ditylini Diasclera Dityloidea Nerdanus new synonymy new combinations redescriptions

Abstract

New data on the taxonomy of three dityline genera are given. The genera Dityloidea Fairmaire and Germain, 1863 with the type species Dityloidea janthina Fairmaire and Germain, 1863, and Nerdanus Fairmaire, 1897 with the type species Nerdanus coeruleus Fairmaire, 1897 are redescribed and illustrated, their classification in the tribe Ditylini is stated and their relationships are discussed. A new subjective synonym: Diasclera Reitter, 1913 = Eumecomera Arnett, 1951, syn. nov. is proposed. Diasclera bicolor (Horn, 1870), comb. nov., D. cyanipennis (Horn, 1870), comb. nov. and D. obscura (Le Conte, 1854), comb. nov. are transferred to Diasclera from the genus Eumecomera and their distribution is discussed.

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