Bostrychoplites peltatus Lesne, 1899

Jerzy, Borowski, 2022, Taxonomic changes in Bostrichidae (Insecta, Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5154 (5), pp. 590-594 : 592

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.5.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90D36C8C-C29F-4C84-AFA1-14F9CB1FF995
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6675150
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE043E-FFE4-BA70-9BD5-FB53D81FC1D2
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scientific name	Bostrychoplites peltatus Lesne, 1899
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Bostrychoplites peltatus Lesne, 1899 View in CoL

Bostrychoplites peltatus Lesne, 1899b: 58 View in CoL (male)

Bostrychoplites suturalis Lesne, 1931: 24 View in CoL (female) n. syn.

Geographical distribution: Botswana, Namibia, RSA, Tanzania, Madagascar (introduced).

5. Lichenophanes fasciculatus ( Fall, 1909) and L. penicillatus ( Lesne, 1895)

Fall described L. fasciculatus based on a specimen from southern California (Santa Rosa) collected by Mr. Beyer. The syntype is in Harvard University collection, and very good-quality photographs of the specimen and labels can be found on the website of the MCZ .

Due to characteristic, very long and erect pubescence on the body (which is not found in any other species of the Lichenophanes genus), it cannot be doubted that L. fasciculatus is identical with L. penicillatus . The latter was described slightly earlier from Mexico (MNHN). So L. fasciculatus should be treated as a junior synonym of L. penicillatus . Full synonymy of the species is as follows: