Cyphon testaceus Solier, 1849

Ruta, Rafał, 2020, An overview of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) described by Antoine Joseph Jean Solier (1792 - 1851), Zootaxa 4767 (4), pp. 563-577 : 569-571

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[ Cyphon testaceus Solier, 1849 ]

( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 8 View FIGURE 8 )

Pseudomicrocara livida ( Fabricius, 1775) syn. nov.

Cyphon testaceum Solier, 1849: 457 (terra typica: provincias centrales de Chile)

Helodes testaceus Solier : Gemminger & von Harold 1869: 1620

Cyphon testaceum: Blackwelder 1944: 267 (checklist; Chile); Moroni 1985: 174 ( Chile, Central Provinces)

Cyphon testaceus: Pic 1914: 35 (checklist; Chile)

Helodes (Cyphon) testaceus: Kolbe 1907: 71 (Southern Chile: Puerto Mont, Valdivia)

Type material. Lectotype (present designation), “ Cyphon \ testaceum \ Sol \ Chili ” [handwritten with brown ink, probably by Solier]; “9 \ 45: [handwritten on a green, round label]. The specimen is relatively well preserved (TL = 5.3 mm).

Remarks. Examination of prehensor ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ) showed that the species is a junior synonym of Pseudomicrocara livida (Fabricius) , a very common species in temperate regions of South America. For description and illustrations of morphological features and male genitalia see Libonatti & Ruta (2003). The species was mistakenly omitted in the paper by Zwick et al. (2013). The original description includes no direct information on the number of speci- mens examined by Solier, but the note on distribution and habits suggest that Solier studied numerous specimens. A lectotype is designated in order to preserve the stability of nomenclature by selecting one specimen as the sole, name-bearing type of the taxon.

References

Blackwelder, R. E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185 (2), 266 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.2

Fabricius, J. Ch. (1775) Systema entomologiae: sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburg and Leipzig, 832 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36510

Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (1869) Familia XLI. Dascillidae. In: Gemminger, M. & von Harold, E. (Eds.), Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. 6. Rhipidoceridae, Dascillidae, Malacodermidae, Cleridae, Lymexylonidae, Cupesidae, Ptinidae, Bostrychidae, Cioidae. Monachii, sumptu E. H. Gummi, Paris, pp. 1613 - 1625. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089

Kolbe, H. J. (1907) Coleopteren. In: Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 1 - 125.

Moroni, J. C. (1985) Addenda y corrigenda al elenco sistematico, sinonimico y distribucion de coleopteros acuaticos chilenos. Revista chilena de entomologia, 12, 169 - 176.

Pic, M. (1914) Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, 10 (58), pp. 1 - 65.

Solier, A. J. J. (1849) Cyphonoideos. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Zoologia. Tom. 4. Insectos. Orden III. Coleopteros. Chile, en el Museo de historia natural de Santiago, En casa del autor, Paris, pp. 454 - 461.

Zwick, P., Klausnitzer, B. & Ruta, R. (2013) Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) to accommodate species so far combined with the invalid name, Cyphon Paykull, 1799. Entomologische Blatter und Coleoptera, 109, 337 - 353.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Historical labels of Scirtidae specimens from the collection of A. Solier (A–I), and specimens collected by C. Gay (J–K). A) Contacyphon luteolineatus; B) Contacyphon maculicornis; C) Contacyphon parvus; D) Contacyphon testaceus; E) Contacyphon tristis; F) Elodes rousseli; G) Pseudomicrocara lunata; H) Pseudomicrocara obliquata; I) Pseudomicrocara tor- quata; J) an unidentified specimen; K) Contacyphon maculatus.

FIGURE 3. Lectotypes of species described by A. Solier, general view. A) Contacyphon luteolineatus (Solier, 1849); B) Con- tacyphon maculicornis (Solier, 1849); C) Contacyphon parvus (Solier, 1849); D) Contacyphon testaceus (Solier, 1849); E) Contacyphon tristis (Gemminger, 1869); F) Elodes rousseli Solier, 1849; G) Pseudomicrocara lunata (Solier, 1849); H) Pseudomicrocara obliquata (Solier, 1849); I) Pseudomicrocara torquata (Gemminger, 1869). Scale bars = 1.0 mm.