Elaphidion fullonium Newman, 1841

Lingafelter, Steven W., 2008, Seven New Species of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Dominican Republic with Taxonomic Notes, New Country Records, and a Key toElaphidionAudinet-Serville from Hispaniola, The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (3), pp. 353-379 : 353-379

Elaphidion fullonium Newman

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Elaphidion confusum Fisher 1932: 32 , new synonymy

Discussion. The type of E. fullonium Newman (1841) cannot be located in either the BMNH or Oxford Collection. Elaphidion confusum Fisher (1932) (type locality of Hinche, Haiti) matches the original description of E. fullonium (type locality also of Haiti; shared characters include one apical elytral spine, no femoral spines, bispinose antennae), and I designate it as a new synonym of that species. I designate the holotype of Fisher’s E. confusum ( Fig. 2 ) in the USNM as a neotype of E. fullonium to stabilize the nomenclature and species concept.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus photos of Dominican Republic Elaphidiini. 1) Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher), male; 2) Elaphidion fullonium Newman, neotype, male [5holotype of Elaphidion confusum Fisher], (USNM); 3) Elaphidion bidens (Fabricius), holotype; 4) Nesiosphaerion testaceum (Fisher), female.