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Taxonomic notes on the Ototretinae, Photurinae, and Psilocladinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

ColeopteraLampyridaeOtotretinaePhoturinaePsilocladinae

  • 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.

    ORCID 0000-0001-5067-3316

  • Kevin R. Hinson

    EpiLogic GmbH Agrarbiologische Forschung und Beratung Hohenbachernstr. 19–21, 85354 Freising, Germany

    ORCID 0000-0003-3111-4513
ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65697128-997F-4A52-AC9E-6860B0BF997D
Keywords
ICZN, nomenclature, dates of publication, taxonomy, misspellings, subspecific or infrasubspecific rank

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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