Callimerus doesburgi (Corporaal, 1937)

Yang, Gan-Yan, Montreuil, Olivier & Yang, Xing-Ke, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Callimerus Gorham s. l. (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part I. latifrons species-group, ZooKeys 294, pp. 9-35 : 29-30

Callimerus doesburgi (Corporaal, 1937) Figs 76-78

doesburgi Corporaal, 1937: 60 ( Brachycallimerus ; type locality: “Java”); - Kolibáč 1998: 182 ( Callimerus coomani -group).

Type material examined.

Holotype of Brachycallimerus doesburgi Corporaal: "P. H. v. Doesburg, Java, Gg. Moeria, Tjolo, 700-1000, 10.XII.1933 / J. B. Corporaal: Holotype: Brachycallimerus doesburgi Corp., 1936 [hw. by Corporaal] / Brachycallimerus doesburgi Corporaal, 1937, ZMAN type COLE. 1753. 1" (ZMAN, ♀; Figs 76-78); Paratype of Callimerus doesburgi : "Java merid, 1500, 1891, H. Fruhstorfer / J. B. Corporaal, Allotype: Brachycallimerus doesburgi Corp., 1936 [hw. by Corporaal] / Museum Paris, 1952, Coll. R. Oberthür / Type / Paratype: Brachycallimerus doesburgi Corporaal, 1937; det. Yang G. Y., 2011" (MNHN, 1♀).

Note on Type material.

The sex of the paratype was mistaken in the original publication.

Taxonomic position.

This species was included in Kolibáč’s ( 1998) “coomani-group” for its claws without a basal tooth; moreover, its metatibia without subapical projection on outer edge and body with metallic luster, are evidence in support of Kolibáč’s assignment.