Lycoprogentes himalejicus (Bourgeois, 1881) Bourgeois, 1881

Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2004, Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 496, pp. 1-48 : 33

Lycoprogentes himalejicus (Bourgeois, 1881) , comb. n.

Pyropterus himalejicus Bourgeois, 1881 : CXLIV

Material studied: Holotype, female, "Sikkim, 1870", “ Pyropterus himalejicus Brg. female” (Bourgeois’ manuscript label), “ Type?” ( MNHN).

Lycoprogentes Pic (not Lycoprogenthes , as indicated in Bocák & Bocáková, 1990) (type species L. pouilloni Pic ) is hereby transferred to the tribe Taphini of the Erotinae from the subfamily Calochrominae . The holotype of the type of Lycoprogentes , a female, labelled “Darjeeling (Pouillon)”, “Genre intermediaire entre Dictyoptera et Taphes ” (Bourgeois’ manuscript label), “ Type ”, “ Lycoprogentes Pouilloni Pic ” (Pic’s manuscript label) ( MNHN) has been studied. Lycoprogentes himalejicus (Bourgeois) , comb. n. is another species of this genus.