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Issue: Vol. 5318 No. 3: 20 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.7
Page range: 421-431
Abstract views: 249
PDF downloaded: 23

On the taxonomic status of the tenebrionoid genera Falsopedilus Pic, 1924 and Hintonosia Báguena Corella, 1948 (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) with descriptions of new species

Chair of Evolutionary Ecology; Fakultät für Biologie; Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München; Biozentrum; Grosshaderner Strasse 2; D-82152; Planegg-Martinsried; Germany
Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum; SW7 5BD; London; United Kingdom; Institute of Life Sciences and Technology; Daugavpils University; Vieniības iela 13; LV-5401; Daugavpils; Latvia Institute of Biology; University of Latvia; O. Vācieša iela 4; LV-1004; Rīga; Latvia
Coleoptera taxonomy Aderidae Mycteridae Eurypinae new synonymy new species redescriptions key checklist

Abstract

We re-evaluate the taxonomic placement of the genus Hintonosia Báguena Corella, 1948, hitherto placed in Aderidae Csíki, 1909. The assessment of key morphological characters based on the type specimen of the type species of this genus, Hintonosia bismacrocephalus Báguena Corella, 1948 (= Hintonosia macrocephalus Pic, 1935, homonym), demonstrated that it does not possess the synapomorphies of the Aderidae. Instead, its clear position in Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845 is uncovered, leading us to the transfer of Hintonosia to the subfamily Eurypinae Thomson, 1860 of Mycteridae. Moreover, Hintonosia was found congeneric with the mycterid genus Falsopedilus Pic, 1924 and the new synonymy is therefore proposed. Additionally, two African species of Falsopedilus are described, a key to, and a checklist of Falsopedilus species are presented.

 

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