Xylographus anthracinus Mellie , 1849

Sandoval-Gomez, Vivian Eliana, Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Lawrence, John F., 2014, Lectotype designations and nomenclatural changes in Xylographus Mellie (Coleoptera, Ciidae), ZooKeys 374, pp. 23-43 : 27

Xylographus anthracinus Mellie, 1849

Xylographus anthracinus Mellié 1849: 222, pl. 9, fig. 17. Type-locality: Madagascar.

Xylographus testaceitarsis Pic 1916: 13., syn. n. Type-locality: Mahatsinjo, Madagascar.

Type series.

MADAGASCAR: male lectotype (MNHN), here designated, labeled: " Anthracinus Dup. Madagascar.[handwritten] \ Ex-Musæo Mniszech [printed] \ [red label] LECTOTYPE Xylographus anthracinus Mellié [handwritten]"; 2 female paralectotypes (MNHN), labeled: "anthracinus (ex coll. Chev.) [handwritten] \ Mellié vidit [handwritten] \ [yellow label] PARALECTOTYPE Xylographus anthracinus Mellié [handwritten]"; 2 male paralectotypes (MHNG), labeled: "Coll. Melly [printed] \ [yellow label] PARALECTOTYPE Xylographus anthracinus Mellié [handwritten]".

Type material of the junior synonym.

MADAGASCAR: male lectotype (MNHN) of Xylographus testaceitarsis Pic 1916, here designated, labeled: "MAHATSINJO près Tananarive [printed] \ Type [handwritten] \ testaceitarsis Pic [handwritten] \ [red label] LECTOTYPE Xylographus testaceitarsis Pic [handwritten]"; 1 male and 3 female paralectotypes (MNHN), labeled: "MAHATSINJO près Tananarive [printed] \ [yellow label] PARALECTOTYPE Xylographus testaceitarsis Pic [handwritten]".

Remarks.

There is no morphological difference between the lectotype of Xylographus anthracinus and the lectotype of Xylographus testaceitarsis . They are males of about the same size and with secondary sexual characteristic similarly developed. We have also dissected and compared sclerites of their abdominal terminalia and noted no difference.