Holopterus Gistel, 1856

Jelínek, Josef & Audisio, Paolo, 2009, The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 225-238 : 227-228

Holopterus Gistel, 1856

Holopterus Gistel, 1856: 361 , non Holopterus Brehm, 1845 (Aves) nec Holopterus Blanchard, 1851 ( Insecta :

Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ). Type species: Nitidula ferruginea Fabricius, 1775 [ Pocadius ferrugineus ( Fabricius,

1775)], by monotypy.

The single included species is given as Holopterus ferrugineus without an author. Apart from the questionable Ostoma ferruginea Laicharting, 1781 (see Oostomum below), the species-group name ferrugineus ( ferruginea ) was used for five Nitidulidae before 1856:

Nitidula ferruginea Fabricius, 1775: 159 [ Pocadius ferrugineus ( Fabricius, 1775) ];

Dermestes ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1761: 185 [ Pityophagus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1761 ], listed by GISTEL (1856: 360) as Pityophagus ;

Silpha ferruginea Scopoli, 1763: 139 [= Soronia grisea ( Linnaeus, 1758) ], listed by GISTEL (1856: 362) as Soronia grisea Lin. ;

Nitidula ferruginea Herbst, 1792: 105 [= Omosita depressa ( Linnaeus, 1758) ], classified by GISTEL (1856: 362) as Scatocharis depressa Lin. ;

Nitidula ferruginea Heer, 1841: 400 [= Epuraea melanocephala ( Marsham, 1802) ], listed by GISTEL (1856: 362) as Epurea melanocephala Msh.

By elimination of the species explicitly mentioned by GISTEL (1856) in different generic combinations, the species placed in Holopterus must be Nitidula ferruginea Fabricius, 1775 , which may also be confirmed by its placement prior to Cychramus Kugelann, 1794 (including Cyllodes Erichson, 1843 ) in his paper. Therefore, Nitidula ferruginea Fabricius, 1775 is the type species of Holopterus by monotypy and Holopterus Gistel, 1856 is an objective junior synonym of Pocadius Erichson, 1843 , given as synonymous by GISTEL (1856: 402). At the same time, this name is a junior homonym of Holopterus Brehm, 1845 .