Stigmatium acerbum (Newman)

Bartlett, Justin S., 2015, New synonymies for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4057 (2), pp. 281-287 : 286

Stigmatium acerbum (Newman)

Thanasimus acerbus Newman, 1842: 364 ( Fig. 15 ).

Thanasimus cursorius Westwood, 1853: 53 syn. n. ( Fig. 16 ). Stigmatium dispar Kuwert, 1894: 405 syn. n. ( Fig. 17 ).

Material examined. Thanasimus acerbus Newman : LECTOTYPE (here designated): Red-ringed BMNH 'Type' label / Thanasimus acerbus Newm. ( BMNH). Thanasimus cursorius Westwood : LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type No. 1655 (1/2) ( OUM). PARALECTOTYPE (here designated): Type No. 1655 (2/2) ( OUM). Stigmatium dispar Kuwert : LECTOTYPE (here designated): TYPE / ex Musaeo A Kuwert ( MNHN).

Remarks. No obvious differences were observed between the type specimens of Stigmatium acerbum (Newman) and S. cursorius (Westwood) . The Stigmatium dispar (Kuwert) type is paler than the aforementioned types and covered in waxy debris though appears to represent the same species.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 25. (13) Clerus ventralis Westwood, lectotype; (14) Phlogistus conspiciendus Elston, lectotype; (15) Thanasimus acerbus Newman, lectotype; (16) Thanasimus cursorius Westwood, lectotype; (17) Stigmatium dispar Kuwert, lectotype; (18) Stigmatium laevium Macleay, lectotype; (19) Stigmatium fasciatoventre Chevrolat, lectotype; (20) Stigmatium flavescens Chevrolat, lectotype; (21) Xestonotus eximius Kuwert, lectotype; (22) Stigmatium varipes Chevrolat, lectotype; (23) Stigmatium versipelle Gorham, lectotype; (24) Xestonotus (Cyclotomocerus) australicus Kuwert, lectotype; (25) Tarsostenus pulcher Macleay, lectotype.