Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Cantharidae

Lycocerus caliginostus Gorham, 1889

Lycocerus caliginostus Gorham, 1889: 110.

Lycocerus vittaticollis Champion, 1926: 255. [Synonymized by Kazantsev 1999: 130].

Type material examined.

Lectotype of Lycocerus caliginostus: 1♀ (MNHN): without locality data, [h]" Lycocerus \ caliginosus \ Gorh.", [p] “TYPE” .

Paratype of Lycocerus vittaticollis: 1♀ (NHMB): [p]"Birmah \ Ruby-mines", [p] “Doherty”, [p]"Frey Coll. \ 1905.100.", [p] “♀”, [p]"Para \ type", [p]" Lycoerus \ (?) vittaticollis, \ Champ. ", [p]"E.M.M. 1926 \ det. G.C.C.", [h]" Lycocerus \ vittaticollis \ Champ. \ det. W. Wittmer", [h]" Athemus \ caliginosus (Gorh.) \det. S. Kazantsev 1996", [p]" CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00002784", [p]"Naturhistorisches \ Museum Basel \ Coll. W. Wittmer".

Additional material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan: 1♀ (IZAS): Menghai, Nannuoshan, 1100-1500m, 27.IV.1957, leg. Guang-Ji Hong; 1♀ (IZAS): Xiaomengyang, 850m, 3.V.1957, leg. Panfilov; 1♂ (IZAS): same data, 2.IV.1957, leg. Ling-Chao Zang; 1♂ (IZAS): Menghai, Nannuoshan, 1250m, 24.IV.1957, leg. Panfilov; 1♂ (IZAS): Xishuangbanna, Mengsong, 1600m, 23.IV.1958, leg. Fu-Ji Pu; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 25.IV.1958, leg. Chun-Pei Hong; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, leg. Yi-Ran Zhang; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 22.IV.1958, leg. Xu-Wu Meng; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 23.IV.1958, leg. Shu-Yong Wang; 1♂ (IZAS): same data, 22.IV.1958, leg. Shu-Yong Wang; 1♂ (IZAS): Cheli, Shihuiyao, 750m, 27.IV.1958, leg. Panfilov; 1♀ (IZAS): Simao, 1300m, 31.IV.1957, leg. Bushchik.

Distribution.

China (new record: Yunnan); Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (Kazantsev 1999).