Scleropatrum

Löbl, I. & Merkl, O., 2003, On The Type Species Of Several Tenebrionid Genera And Subgenera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (3), pp. 243-253 : 249-250

Scleropatrum and Monatrum

REITTER (1887: 388) described a new species, Scleropatrum tuberculatum . This act was in fact a combined genus and species description, lacking indication that Scleropatrum is a new genus. According to the ICZN, Art. 12.2.6 such names published before 1931 are available. Later, REITTER (1890) described two additional species in Scleropatrum , S.tuberculiferum and S.striatogranulatum (the latter is a synonym of the former name). SEIDLITZ (1894) credited the name Scleropatrum to REITTER (1890), and GEBIEN (1938) credited it to both, to REITTER (1890) and SEIDLITZ (1894). GEBIEN (1938) erroneously listed Opatrum hirtulum BAUDI DI SELVE, 1876 as type species of Scleropatrum .

Scleropatrum tuberculatum REITTER is currently placed in the genus Monatrum REICHARDT, 1936 . Since the type species of Scleropatrum is S. tuberculatum REITTER, 1887 , by monotypy, so Monatrum REICHARDT, 1936 , syn. n. is a junior synonym of Scleropatrum REITTER, 1887 ,

In the lack of synonyms, we describe Scleropatroides gen. n. to include species formerly included in the genus Scleropatrum : authors, not REITTER, 1877, with the type species Opatrum hirtulum BAUDI DI SELVE, 1876 .