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Published: 2010-03-18
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A new name in the genus Ocypus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylinini, Staphylinina)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Staphylinini Staphylinina

Abstract

When describing Ocypus (Pseudocypus) bicolor Smetana, 2008: 175 from China: Sichuan, I overlooked the fact that the name was a junior secondary homonym of Staphylinus helleni var. bicolor J. Müller, 1943: 105 (in Ocypus) from Caucasus. I therefore provide a replacement name Ocypus (Pseudocypus) bicoloris new name, for Ocypus (Pseudocypus) bicolor Smetana, 2008, nec Ocypus (Pseudocypus) bicolor (J. Müller, 1943).

References

  1. Müller, J. (1943) Ottavo contributo alla conoscenza del genere Staphylinus. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, 15, 95–109.

    Smetana, A. (2008) Contributions to the knowledge of the “Staphylinus-complex” (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 17. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 2. Elytra, Tokyo, 36, 167–180.