Taxonomic notes on the Ototretinae, Photurinae, and Psilocladinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Oliver Keller
Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, U.S.A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-3316
Kevin R. Hinson
EpiLogic GmbH Agrarbiologische Forschung und Beratung Hohenbachernstr. 19–21, 85354 Freising, Germany
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3111-4513
Abstract
We propose several nomenclatural changes for taxa in the lampyrid subfamilies Ototretinae, Pho¬turinae, and Psilocladinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Evidence for the correct year of description of Drilaster albicornis lateobscura (Pic, 1921) is presented. Spellings are corrected for Drilaster debilis holzi (Pic, 1914), Drilaster impustulata fukienensis (Pic, 1955), Drilaster moutoni (Pic, 1911), Drilaster pendleburyi (Pic, 1943) and Pyrogaster lunifera (Eschscholtz, 1822). We also explain the validity of the name Photuris flavicollis Fall, 1927. Fifty-eight taxa described as variations or aberrations in the subfamilies Ototretinae, Photurinae, and Psilocladinae by Delkeskamp (1977), McDermott (1966), Wittmer (1944), and Pic (1924c), are evaluated, with their availability determined based on ICZN (1999: Article 45.6).
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