Lycocerus asperipennis (Fairmaire, 1891)

Telephorus asperipennis Fairmaire 1891: ccviii.

Cantharis limbatipennis Pic 1906: 83. [Synonymized by Wittmer 1995: 256.]

Cantharis asperipennis: Jacobson 1911: 679.

Cantharis stoetzneri Pic 1926b: 154. [Synonymized by Wittmer 1995: 256.]

Athemus stoetzneri: Pic 1933: 4.

Athemus limbatipennis: Wittmer 1972a: 106.

Athemus (s.str.) maculithorax Wang and Yang 1992: 264, fig. 1. [Secondary homonym, preoccupied by Athemus maculithorax (Wittmer, 1972), originally described in Athemellus .]

Athemus (s.str.) asperipennis: Wittmer 1995: 256, figs. 113, 114.

Athemus (s.str.) wangi Švihla 2004: 183 [Replacement name for Athemus maculithorax Wang & Yang, 1992, nec Wittmer 1972.]

Lycocerus asperipennis: Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 249.

Lycocerus wangi: Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 254. syn. n.

Type material examined.

Telephorus asperipennis: Lectotype ♀ (MNHN): [h] “Chang-yang”, [h]"Telephorus \ asperipennis \ Fairm. \ Changyang", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPE” . Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [h] “Chang-yang”, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE” .

Cantharis limbatipennis: Lectotype ♀ (MNHN): [h]"Yunnan \ (China)", [h]"C. limbatipennis \ Pic", [h]"limbatipennis \ Pic", [h]"von \ asperipennis \ Frm.", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Frm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [h] “type”, [p] “TYPE”, [p] “LECTOTYPE” . Paralectotype: 1♀ (MNHN): [h] “Yunnan”, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE” .

Cantharis stoetzneri: Lectotype ♂ (MNHN): [p]"Szetschwan \ Kwanhsien \ Exp. Stötzner”, [h] “stötzneri \ n. sp.", [h]"Athemus \ asperipennis \ (Frm.) \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “LECTOTYPE” . Paralectotypes: 1♂, 5♀♀ (MNHN): same data to lectotype, [p] “PARALECTOTYPE” .

Neotype designation.

Athemus maculithorax: Neotype ♂ (here designated, IZAS): [p]"湖北兴山龙门河 \ 1300m" [Hubei, Xingshan, Longmenhe \ 1300m], [p]"1993.VI.21 \ 采集者：黄润质” [21.VI.1993 \ leg. Run-Zhi Huang].

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Gansu: 1♂ (IZAS): Wenxian, Qiujiaba, 2360-2650m, 29.VI.1998, leg. De-Cheng Yuan; 1♀ (IZAS): same data, 30.VI.1998. Shanxi: 1♀ (IZAS): "Shansi, Kwashan, 9.VI.1936". Shaanxi: 2♂♂ (NHMB): "Danfeng-NE env., 900-1500m, 33 °45-52'N, 110°22-37'E, 28.-29.V.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 3♂♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Qinling Mts.-N. slpoe, Huxian Co., 1300-1600m, 33°50'N, 108°26'E, 12.-13.VI.1995, leg. L. R. Businský” . Henan: 3♀♀ (IZAS): Lushi, Jihe forestry station, 20.VII.2001, leg. Kang-Zhen Dong. Hubei: 1♂ (NHMB): "Shennongjia, Yanzi Pass, 2200m, 31°43'N, 110°28'E, 23.-26.VI.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 1♀ (NHMB): "Dashennongjia massif-E slpoe, 31°24-30'N, 110°21-24'E, 2000m, 28. VI– 7.VII.1995, leg. L. R. Businský”; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Foping, Liangfengya, 1750-2150m, 28.VI.1999, leg. YAO Jian. Sichuan: 10 spec. (NHMB): "Mt. Emei, 500-1200m, 29°30'N, 103°20'E, 4.-18.V.1989, leg. S. J. Kolibáč”; 12 spec. (NHMB): "Mt. Emei, 600-1050m, 5.-19.V.1989, leg. Lad. Bocák”; 25 spec. (NHMB): "Kwanhsien, Exp. Stötzner”; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Chengtu, 1700m, 1.-2.V.1933, D.C. Graham"; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Kuausien, 1934, D.C. Graham"; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): "Yaogi nr. Mupin, 8000ft, 14.-18.VI.1929, D.C. Graham"; 1♀ (NHMB): "Shikaizi, Mt. Omei, 4500ft, 1945, D.C. Graham"; 1♂ (IZAS): Mt. Emei, Baoguosi, 550-750m, 27.IV.1957, leg. Fu-Xing Zhu; 1♀ (IZAS): Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800-1000m, 20.IV.1957, leg. Fu-Xing Zhu; 1♀ (IZAS): same locality, 30.IV.1957, leg. Ke-Ren Huang; 1♂ (IZAS): same locality, 24.IV.1957, leg. Zong-Yuan Wang.

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Remarks.

The neotype is designated for Athemus (s.str.) maculithorax Wang & Yang, 1992 here, according to the loss of the type, and for allowing a comparision based on most of the criteria (ICZN, 4th, article 75.3). The latter’s name was replaced by Athemus wangi by Švihla (2004) and now is placed in Lycocerus (Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007). Having examined the lectotype of Lycocerus asperipennis and a large series of additional specimens from China, we suggest Lycocerus wangi is a junior synonym of Lycocerus asperipennis, since that we could not find any difference to justify their separation.