https://www.mapress.com/zt/issue/feed 2026-01-30T10:48:02+13:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5754.1.1 2026-01-28T12:16:19+13:00 ANDREY V. MATALIN andrei-matalin@yandex.ru

<p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An illustrated and annotated catalogue of the type-specimens of tiger beetles from the collection of Viktor Motschulsky housed in the Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia is presented. Lectotypes of <em>Collyris modesta</em> Motschulsky, 1864 and <em>Collyris conicollis</em> Motschulsky, 1864 are designated. <em>Collyris</em> <em>conicollis</em> Motschulsky, 1864 is restored from the synonyms. The new synonyms are established: <em>Neocollyris</em> (s. str.) <em>bonellii filiformes</em> (Chaudoir, 1843) = <em>Collyris modesta</em> Motschulsky, 1864, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Collyris conicollis</em> Motschulsky, 1864 = <em>Neocollyris</em> (s. str.) <em>nepalensis</em> Naviaux, 1994: 256, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Cicindela transversalis pseudoriparia</em> Mandl, 1935 = <em>Cicindela hispanica</em> Motschulsky, 1844, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Cicindela georgiensis georgiensis</em> Deuve, 2011 = <em>Cicindela</em> <em>dumetorum</em> Motschulsky, 1840, <strong>syn. nov.</strong>; <em>Cicindela</em> <em>macrocnema</em> Chaudoir, 1852 = <em>Cicindela</em> <em>reducta</em> Motschulsky, 1859, <strong>syn. nov.</strong> <em>Сollyris clavicornis</em> Motschulsky, 1856, <em>Cicindela ziczac</em> Sturm, 1843, <em>Cicindela assimilis</em> Sturm, 1843, <em>Cicindela thomae</em> Sturm, 1843 and <em>Сicindela hebraea</em> Putzeys, 1874 are considered as <strong>nomina nuda</strong>. The type specimens of <em>Tricondyla</em> <em>ovicollis</em> Motschulsky, 1864, <em>Tricondyla nietneri</em> Motschulsky, 1859, <em>Collyris abbreviata</em> Motschulsky, 1864, <em>Collyris fuscicornis</em> Motschulsky, 1864, <em>Therates thoracica</em> Motschulsky 1858, <em>Cicindela palmata</em> Motschulsky, 1844, <em>Cicindela caucasica</em> Motschulsky, 1844, <em>Cicindela funebris</em> Motschulsky, 1850, <em>Cicindela anatolica</em> Motschulsky, 1859 and <em>Habroscelis obliquata</em> Motschulsky, 1857 are absent from the collection of ZMUM. All type-specimens are illustrated and the measurements all of them are presented as well.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p>

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