Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some Palaearctic species of Tychius and Sibinia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2009
Authors:R. Caldara
Journal:Fragmenta Entomologica
Volume:41
Pagination:169-195
Date Published:31 ottobre
:0429-288X
:Sibinia, Smicronyx, Tychius
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In accordance with the Code, eight actions are taken to preserve nomenclatural stability of name of taxa currently belonging in Tychiini. Following the provisions of ICZN Art. 23.9.1 Sibinia subelliptica Desbrochers, 1873 is made a nomen protectum and Gymnetron schaumi Becker, 1864 is made a nomen oblitum; phalerata Gyllenhal, 1836 is made a nomen protectum and Sibinia couromaculata Villa & Villa, 1835 is made a nomen oblitum. Having met the conditions of ICZN Art. 75.3, the neotypes of the following taxa are designated: Sibinice couromaculata Villa & Villa, 1835; Sybinia pulchellus Desbrochers, 1875. Lectotypes of the following taxa are also designated: Gymnetron schaumi Becker, 1864; Sibinia attalica Gyllenhal var. lateralis Desbrochers, 1895; Sibinia cindella Desbrochers, 1898; Sibinia pozttelica Fuente, 1910; Tychius barcelonicus Desbrochers, 1908; Tychius edentatus Desbrochers, 1895; Tychius pallidicornis Desbrochers, 1875; Tychius parvulus Stephens, 1831; Tychius seductor Desbrochers, 1908. The following new synonymies are proposed: Sibinia bipunctala Kirsch, 1870 = Sibinia postsignata Voss, 1971 n. syn.; Sibinia exigua Faust = Sibinia cinctella Desbrochers, 1898 n. syn.; Sibinia femoralis Germar, 1824 = Sibinia attalica var. lateralis Desbrochers, 1895 n. syn. = Sibinia consanguinea Desbrochers, 1895 n. syn. = Sibillia attalica var. curtula Desbrochers, 1907 H. syn. = Desbrochers, 1907 n. syn. = Sibina seducta Desbrochers, 1907 n. syn. = Sibinia pozuelica Fuente, 1910 n. syn.; Sibinia pici Desbrochers, 1895 = Sibinia atiosa Hustache, 1944 n. syn. = praeventa Hustache, 1944 n. syn.; Sibinia subelliptica Desbrochers, 1873 = schaumei Desbrochers, 1895 n. syn.; Sibinia unicolor Fahraeus, 1843 = Sybinia pulchellus Desbrochers, 1875 n. syn. = ochreata Schilsky, 1912 n. syn. = Sibinia sobrina Voss, 1936 n. syn.; Sibinia variata Gyllenhal, 1836 = Sibinia rubripes Desbrochers, 1907 n. syn.; Sibinia viscariae (Linnaeus) = Sibinia submencollis Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn.; Tychius algentatus Chevrolat, 1859 = Tychius dimidiatipennis Desbrochers, 1873 n. syn.= Tychins argemeosquamosus Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn.= Tychius seductor Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn.; Tychius medicaginis C. Brisout, 1862 = Tychius griseus Petri, 1915 (non Schaeffer, 1908) n. syn.; Tychius breviusculus Desbrochers, 1873 = Tychius humeralis Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn.; Tychiu cinnamomeus Kiesenwetter, 1851 = Tychius adspersas Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn. = Tychius barcelonicus Desbrochers, 1908 n. syn.; Tychius cuprifer (Panzer, I 799) = subcostatus Kolenati, 1858 n. syn.; Tychius cuprinus Rosenhauer, 1856 = Tychius tuberculirostris Hustache, 1944 n. syn.; Tychius dieckmanni Caldara, 1986 = Lepidotychins babaevi Bajtenov & Soyunov, 1990 n. syn.; Tychius elegantulus C. Brisout, 1862 = Tychius pulcher Pic, 1925 n. syn.; Tychius elongatutus Desbrochers, 1897 = Tychius longitarsis Desbrochers, 1898 n. syn.; Tychius grenieri C. Brisout, 1861 = Tychius sparsus Hustache, 1944; Tychius immaculicollis Desbrochers, 1907 = Tychius elegans Desbrochers, 1896 (non Bridle, 1832) = Tychius ifranensis Hustache, 1944 n. syn. = Tychius kocheri Hustache, 1944 n. syn. = Tychius teluetensis Hustache, 1944 n. syn.; Tychius lautus Gyllenhal, 1836 = Tychius obductus Hochhuth, 1851 n. syn. = Tychius cilicensis Pic, 1905 n. syn.; Tychius oschianus Faust, 1885 = Tychius pubicollis Petri, 1915 n. syn.; Tychius pardalis Escalera, 1914 = Tychius circulatus Hustache, 1944 n. syn.; Tychius picirostris (Fabricius, 1787) = Tychius parvulus Stephens, 1831 n. syn. ; Tychius polylineatus (Germa, 1824) = Tychius orbiculatus Hustache, 1944 n. syn.; Tychius stephensi Schoenherr, 1836 = Tychius pallidicornis Desbrochers, 1875 n. syn. According to ICZN Art. 45 the following names are considered infrasubspecific and therefore not available: Sibinia attalica Gyllenhal var. unicolor Desbrochers, 1895: 102 (non Fahraeus, 1843); Sibinia attalica subsp. tibiella var. desbordesi Hoffmann, 1954; Tychius pusillus var. inermis Hoffmann, 1954. Sibinia suturella Motschulsky, 1858 (non Farhaeus, 1843) is transferred to Smicronyx.

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