New synonymies of Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) pentatoma Fauvel, 1897 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
Author
Gildenkov, Mikhail Yu.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.8
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Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) longicornis
Bernhauer, 1903
,
syn. n.
(
Figs. 4
, 11)
Coprophilus longicornis
Bernhauer, 1903
: 188
Coprophilus longicornis
:
Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911
: 89
Coprophilus longicornis
:
Scheerpeltz, 1933
: 1076
Coprophilus longicornis
:
Herman, 1970
: 368
Coprophilus (Zonoptilus) longicornis
:
Tóth, 1991
: 92
Coprophilus (Zonoptilus) longicornis
:
Tóth, 1992
: 376
Coprophilus (Zonoptilus) longicornis
:
Kashcheev, 1999
: 150
Coprophilus longicornis
:
Herman, 2001
: 1313
Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) longicornis
:
Smetana, 2004
: 511
Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) longicornis
:
Schülke and Smetana, 2015
: 766
Type material examined.
Holotype ♂ “Turkestan 25/2 899” “
sellula
Slsk ded Splichal?” “
longicornis
Bernh.
Type” “Chicago NHMus M. Bernhauer Collection” “Holotypus 1990 ♂
C.
(
Zonoptilus
)
longicornis
Bernhauer, 1903
| det. dr. Tóth L.” “
Coprophilus (Zonyptilus) pentatoma
Fauvel, 1897
| det. M. Gildenkov, 2014” (FMNH).
Discussion
. The structure of the body and the aedeagus of the holotype of
C. longicornis
are identical to those of the lectotype of
C. pentatoma
. The holotype of
C. longicornis
differs only in having yellow apices of the elytra, which cannot be regarded as a sufficient reason to retain the validity of the species. Thus, the new synonymy is established:
Coprophilus
(
Zonyptilus
)
pentatoma
Fauvel, 1897
=
C
. (
Z
.)
longicornis
Bernhauer, 1903
,
syn. n.
Remarks
. A detailed discussion on
C. longicornis
as a valid species and the illustrations of its aedeagus (
Tóth 1991: 97
), which are allegedly different from the illustrations of the aedeagus of
C. pentatoma
(
Tóth 1991: 100
)
, should be regarded as erroneous.