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Type species
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=
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Type species
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=
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Type species
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=
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Type species
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=
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,
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;
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Type species
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; fossil, Miocene Dominican amber.
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<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FDBCFEFEFD8E" bold="true" box="[151,266,591,617]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. This genus seems to have the most generalized appearance among Australian cillaines, on the one hand, and a rather great diversity, on the other, and, therefore, it is not always easy to diagnose some its members among representatives of the subfamily. Nevertheless, it is characterized by an unique set of characters making it possible to reliably identify it: elongate oval to moderately elongate body; pubescent integument with longitudinal rows of longer hairs on elytra; head moderately short and moderately narrowed posteriorly, with medium-sized eyes located at base, labrum with subtruncate anterior edge and divided by the median suture into lobes, distinct antennal grooves subrectilinearly convergent, pregenal process and hypostomal sinus moderately narrow to somewhat wide; pronotum somewhat convex, with subtruncate to bi-sinuate base, more or less distinct posterior angles, shallowly emarginate anterior one, arcuate and usually moderately widely explanate sides; elytra about as long as combined width, with truncate apices and leaving uncovered at least three abdominal segments; laterosternites V and VI widened posteriorly; prohypomeran processes narrowly closed procoxal cavities posteriorly; prosternal process slightly or moderately widened at subtruncate apex, rarely subflatened at apex and slightly curved along procoxae; premesocoxal depressions rather short and moderately expressed; posterior edges of metaventrite between metacoxae subangular; femora, tibiae and tarsi of usual shape for the family, tarsomeres 13 lobed; male anal sclerite usually slightly exposed from under pygidial apex and with subtruncate to widely rounded apex (usually without crenellation), dorsoventrally compressed; aedeagus of usual bilobed structure; ovipositor of rather various in structure, usually with triangular gonocoxites clearly divided into outer and inner lobes and rectilinearly outlined at sides. The genus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0FB40FEC5FB2A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[151,305,1203,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FB40FEC5FB2A" box="[151,305,1203,1229]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares most mentioned characters with the genera
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647619FB47FC1AFB2A" authorityName="Kirejtshuk et Kovalev" authorityYear="2016" box="[878,1006,1204,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brittonoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647619FB47FC1AFB2A" box="[878,1006,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brittonoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664768BFB40FB82FB2A" authorityName="C. Schaufuss" authorityYear="1891" box="[1020,1142,1203,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Idosoronia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664768BFB40FB82FB2A" box="[1020,1142,1203,1229]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Idosoronia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66471F3FB40FB0BFB2A" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[1156,1279,1203,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Leiopeplus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66471F3FB40FB0BFB2A" box="[1156,1279,1203,1229]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Leiopeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647079FB47FA99FB29" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[1294,1389,1204,1230]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Onicotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647079FB47FA99FB29" box="[1294,1389,1204,1230]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Onicotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0FB24FEB5FB16" authority="Kirejtshuk &amp; Kovalev, 2022" authorityName="Kirejtshuk &amp; Kovalev" authorityYear="2022" box="[151,321,1239,1265]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Matthewsianus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FB24FEB5FB16" box="[151,321,1239,1265]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Matthewsianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664743FFB24FE45FB16" bold="true" box="[328,433,1239,1265]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A242A3597668D664743FFB24FE45FB16" box="[328,433,1239,1265]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, although it can be determined after the above key to Australian genera and subgenera.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBAC2307668D66475A3FB08FC89F879" blockId="28.[151,1437,591,2022]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475A3FB08FD69FAF2" bold="true" box="[212,669,1275,1301]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Notes on composition and synonymy</emphasis>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66477C6FB0FFCA8FAF1" author="Murray, A." box="[689,860,1275,1302]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
included in this genus the following subgenera:
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0FAECFEE6FADE" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[151,274,1311,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Leiopeplus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FAECFEE6FADE" box="[151,274,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Leiopeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647456FAECFE41FADE" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[289,437,1311,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Liparopeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647456FAECFE41FADE" box="[289,437,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Liparopeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66474B3FAD3FDD7FADD" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[452,547,1312,1338]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Onicotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66474B3FAD3FDD7FADD" box="[452,547,1312,1338]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Onicotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647745FAECFD93FADE" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[562,615,1311,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647745FAECFD93FADE" box="[562,615,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66477E8FAD3FD06FADE" box="[671,754,1312,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66477E8FAD3FD06FADE" box="[671,754,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Later
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erected the rank of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647186FAECFA98FADE" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[1265,1388,1311,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Leiopeplus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647186FAECFA98FADE" box="[1265,1388,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Leiopeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0FAB0FEDFFABA" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[151,299,1347,1373]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Liparopeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FAB0FEDFFABA" box="[151,299,1347,1373]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Liparopeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to two separate genera, and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664770AFAB7FD28FAB9" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[637,732,1348,1374]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Onicotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664770AFAB7FD28FAB9" box="[637,732,1348,1374]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Onicotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also regarded as a separate genus after
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66471BDFAB0FA6CFABA" author="Kirejtshuk, A. G." box="[1226,1432,1347,1373]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="107 - 122" refId="ref106202" refString="Kirejtshuk, A. G. (2008) A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Zoosytematica Rossica, 17 (1), 107 - 122." type="journal article" year="2008">Kirejtshuk (2008)</bibRefCitation>
. Besides,
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D664758AFA94FDEFFA66" author="Jelinek, J. &amp; Audisio, P." box="[253,539,1383,1409]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref105478" refString="Jelinek, J. &amp; Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. In: Lobl, I., &amp; Smetana, A. (Ed.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 459 - 491." type="book" year="2007">Jelínek &amp; Audisio (2007)</bibRefCitation>
treated
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647700FA94FD58FA66" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[631,684,1383,1409]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647700FA94FD58FA66" box="[631,684,1383,1409]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647793FA9BFCC3FA66" box="[740,823,1384,1409]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647793FA9BFCC3FA66" box="[740,823,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647681FA94FB64FA66" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[1014,1168,1383,1409]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647681FA94FB64FA66" box="[1014,1168,1383,1409]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66471E8FA94FA93FA66" author="Kirejtshuk, A. G." box="[1183,1383,1383,1409]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="107 - 122" refId="ref106202" refString="Kirejtshuk, A. G. (2008) A current generic classification of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Zoosytematica Rossica, 17 (1), 107 - 122." type="journal article" year="2008">Kirejtshuk (2008)</bibRefCitation>
also considered
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664746FFA7FFE9FFA42" box="[280,363,1420,1445]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664746FFA7FFE9FFA42" box="[280,363,1420,1445]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647768FA78FD4DFA42" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[543,697,1419,1445]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647768FA78FD4DFA42" box="[543,697,1419,1445]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A242A3597668D66477B7FA7FFD0AFA41" box="[704,766,1420,1446]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" sensu="stricto">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66477B7FA7FFD0CFA42" box="[704,760,1420,1445]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">s. str</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
Erichson (1942) initially included two species in the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0FA5CFEC5FA2E" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[151,305,1455,1481]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0FA5CFEC5FA2E" box="[151,305,1455,1481]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647436FA43FE58FA2E" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[321,428,1455,1481]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="planus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647436FA43FE58FA2E" box="[321,428,1455,1481]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">B. planus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647493FA43FDA7FA2E" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[484,595,1455,1481]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basalis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647493FA43FDA7FA2E" box="[484,595,1455,1481]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">B. basalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Later
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66477D1FA43FCB8FA2D" author="Murray, A." box="[678,844,1455,1482]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
both these species included in the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664703EFA43FA68FA2E" box="[1353,1436,1456,1481]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664703EFA43FA68FA2E" box="[1353,1436,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664745AFA20FE33FA0A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[301,455,1491,1517]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664745AFA20FE33FA0A" box="[301,455,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66474A0FA27FD76FA0A" author="Parsons, C. T." box="[471,642,1491,1518]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="121 - 278" refId="ref107576" refString="Parsons, C. T. (1943) A revision of the Nearctic Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92, 121 - 278." type="journal article" year="1943">Parsons (1943)</bibRefCitation>
designated
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664767BFA20FC0EFA0A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[780,1018,1491,1517]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="planus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664767BFA20FC0EFA0A" box="[780,1018,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus planus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the
<typeStatus id="54BE7C927668D6647138FA27FB8BFA09" box="[1103,1151,1492,1518]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">type</typeStatus>
species of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647075FA20FA68FA0A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[1282,1436,1491,1517]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647075FA20FA68FA0A" box="[1282,1436,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66475B1FA04FE14F9F6" author="Jelinek, J. &amp; Audisio, P." box="[198,480,1527,1553]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref105478" refString="Jelinek, J. &amp; Audisio, P. (2007) Family Nitidulidae. In: Lobl, I., &amp; Smetana, A. (Ed.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 459 - 491." type="book" year="2007">Jelínek &amp; Audisio (2007)</bibRefCitation>
designated the same species (
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647659FA0BFC63F9F6" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[814,919,1527,1553]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="planus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647659FA0BFC63F9F6" box="[814,919,1527,1553]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">B. planus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) as the
<typeStatus id="54BE7C927668D664769AFA0BFBE9F9F5" box="[1005,1053,1528,1554]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">type</typeStatus>
species of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66471EEFA0BFB18F9F6" box="[1177,1260,1528,1553]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66471EEFA0BFB18F9F6" box="[1177,1260,1528,1553]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The characters indicated by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D664745DF9EFFE25F9D1" author="Murray, A." box="[298,465,1563,1590]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
for distinguishing the species of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664763BF9EFFC6BF9D2" box="[844,927,1564,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664763BF9EFFC6BF9D2" box="[844,927,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(mostly the raised ciliation of pronotal sides and very short abdominal ventrites 1 and 2) are, indead, rather variable and scarcely allow to discriminate a group of related species among congeners. As shown above, the
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647646F990FC3FF99A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[817,971,1635,1661]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647646F990FC3FF99A" box="[817,971,1635,1661]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647172F997FBACF99A" box="[1029,1112,1636,1661]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647172F997FBACF99A" box="[1029,1112,1636,1661]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the same
<typeStatus id="54BE7C927668D664707CF997FACFF999" box="[1291,1339,1636,1662]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">type</typeStatus>
species. A recent more detailed comparison of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664773FF974FD89F946" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[584,637,1671,1697]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664773FF974FD89F946" box="[584,637,1671,1697]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
demonstrates that this taxon is also reasonable to regard as a synonym rather than separate subgenus, although after publications of
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D6647616F95FFBF9F921" author="Murray, A." box="[865,1037,1707,1734]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D664716AF958FB28F922" author="Grouvelle, A." box="[1053,1244,1707,1733]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="342 - 398" refId="ref104881" refString="Grouvelle, A. (1897) Clavicornes nouveaux des Indes Orientales et pays voisins. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 38, 342 - 398." type="journal article" year="1897">Grouvelle (1897</bibRefCitation>
, 2017),
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D6647048F958FF10F90D" author="Gillogly, L. R." pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="133 - 188" refId="ref104673" refString="Gillogly, L. R. (1962) Coleoptera: Nitidulidae. Insects of Micronesia, 16 (4), 133 - 188." type="journal article" year="1962">Gillogly (1962)</bibRefCitation>
, and some others it recognized as a subgenus of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664765BF93CFC32F90E" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[812,966,1743,1769]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664765BF93CFC32F90E" box="[812,966,1743,1769]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66476AFF923FB75F90D" author="Murray, A." box="[984,1153,1743,1770]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
proposing the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66475E0F900FF38F8EA" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[151,204,1779,1805]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66475E0F900FF38F8EA" box="[151,204,1779,1805]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
emphasized on its 23-dentate mandibles and longer pygidium which is more narrowing apically than in other congeners, however these characters are rather variable as among some groups of the closely related species as sometimes even within one species. A further wide comparison could show more stable group difference for a reliable fixation of relationship between groups of the genus under consideration and make it possible to find a clear reason to split this genus into subgenera (
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D6647710F870FCF5F87A" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[615,769,1923,1949]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647710F870FCF5F87A" box="[615,769,1923,1949]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664764FF870FC99F87A" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[824,877,1923,1949]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664764FF870FC99F87A" box="[824,877,1923,1949]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBAC2307668D66575B0F85BFA6EFE36" blockId="28.[151,1437,591,2022]" lastBlockId="29.[151,1437,151,861]" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66475B0F85BFE84F825" author="Murray, A." box="[199,368,1959,1986]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
put in the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664771FF854FD69F826" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[616,669,1959,1985]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664771FF854FD69F826" box="[616,669,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only three species:
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D66476FEF854FB2CF826" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[905,1240,1959,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66476FEF854FBD7F826" box="[905,1059,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647141F854FB9FF826" box="[1078,1131,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647108F854FB2CF826" box="[1151,1240,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664719EF85BFEC4F802" authority="Murray, 1864" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caudalis" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664719EF85BFAF5F826" box="[1257,1281,1960,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">B.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647062F854FADEF826" box="[1301,1322,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664704AF854FA68F826" box="[1341,1436,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">caudalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D66475E0F83FFEC4F802" author="Murray, A." box="[151,304,1995,2022]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D664741FF83FFDEFF802" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[360,539,1995,2022]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneatus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664741FF83FFE74F802" box="[360,384,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">B.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66474E6F838FE52F802" box="[401,422,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">S.</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D66474C0F83FFDEFF802" box="[439,539,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">cuneatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the catalogue by
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17668D664767EF838FC3FF802" author="Grouvelle, A." box="[777,971,1995,2021]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref105057" refString="Grouvelle, A. (1913) Nitidulidae. In: Junk, W. &amp; Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 56. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 8 - 223." type="book" year="1913">Grouvelle (1913)</bibRefCitation>
and later
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37668D665714AF838FEA4FF56" authority="Grouvelle, 1917" authorityName="Grouvelle" authorityYear="1917" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" order="Coleoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decoratus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664714AF838FB23F802" box="[1085,1239,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D664719FF838FAE9F802" box="[1256,1309,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Selis</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B9711E227668D6647059F838FA68F802" box="[1326,1436,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">decoratus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17669D66575E0FF64FEA4FF56" author="Grouvelle, A." box="[151,336,151,177]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="329 - 344" refId="ref105244" refString="Grouvelle, A. (1917) Nitidulidae (Coleopteres) des Iles Philippines recoltes par C. F. Baker. II. Philippine Journal of Science, Section D, 12, 329 - 344." type="journal article" year="1917">Grouvelle, 1917</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D665742CFF64FD4BFF56" authority="Grouvelle, 1897" authorityName="Grouvelle" authorityYear="1897" box="[347,703,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorsalis" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D665742CFF64FE98FF57" box="[347,364,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66574F4FF64FE65FF56" box="[387,401,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">S</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66574DFFF64FDF6FF56" box="[424,514,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">dorsalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17669D665777EFF64FD4BFF56" author="Grouvelle, A." box="[521,703,151,177]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="342 - 398" refId="ref104881" refString="Grouvelle, A. (1897) Clavicornes nouveaux des Indes Orientales et pays voisins. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 38, 342 - 398." type="journal article" year="1897">Grouvelle, 1897</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657782FF64FBA0FF56" authority="Grouvelle, 1914" authorityName="Grouvelle" authorityYear="1914" box="[757,1108,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657782FF64FCF2FF57" box="[757,774,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D665766AFF64FCDFFF56" box="[797,811,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">S</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657635FF64FC6CFF57" box="[834,920,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ornatus</emphasis>
Grouvelle, 1914
</taxonomicName>
were added in this subgenus. They have a characteristic pattern of darkened spots and infuscations on their body and elytra, and also characteristic but not unique sculpture of integument. Later
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17669D66577EAFF2CFCB8FF1D" author="Gillogly, L. R." box="[669,844,223,250]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="133 - 188" refId="ref104673" refString="Gillogly, L. R. (1962) Coleoptera: Nitidulidae. Insects of Micronesia, 16 (4), 133 - 188." type="journal article" year="1962">Gillogly (1962)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66576B1FF2CFB2FFF1E" box="[966,1243,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kusaiensis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66576B1FF2CFB2FFF1E" box="[966,1243,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Brachypeplus kusaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which according to the opinion of the describer could be assigned to both
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D665766AFEF0FC84FEFB" box="[797,880,259,284]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D665766AFEF0FC84FEFB" box="[797,880,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66576DEFEF0FC11FEFA" box="[937,997,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66576DEFEF0FC14FEFA" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[937,992,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">Selis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
coloration pattern and sculpture of the latter is completely different from six above-mentioned species, and recently two names of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66571B2FED4FAB3FEA6" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1858" box="[1221,1351,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aequalis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66571B2FED4FAB3FEA6" box="[1221,1351,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B. aequalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66570F3FED4FF09FE82" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dubreuili">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66570F3FED4FA61FEA7" box="[1412,1429,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66575E0FEB8FF09FE82" box="[151,253,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">dubreuili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without clear relationship to initial members of
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657668FEB8FCA0FE82" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[799,852,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657668FEB8FCA0FE82" box="[799,852,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were interpreted in composition of this “subgenus
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66570FAFEB8FA69FE82" box="[1421,1437,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30"></emphasis>
(see below). In this monograph for “
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657733FE9CFD8DFE6E" authorityName="sensu Kirejtshuk" authorityYear="2008" box="[580,633,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Selis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657733FE9CFD8DFE6E" box="[580,633,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Selis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66577E7FE9CFC75FE6D" authority="Murray (1864)" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[656,897,367,394]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brittonoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17669D66577AFFE9CFC75FE6D" author="Murray, A." box="[728,897,367,394]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and “
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66576BCFE9CFBEAFE6F" box="[971,1054,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tasmus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66576BCFE9CFBEAFE6F" box="[971,1054,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Tasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657142FE9CFAD3FE6D" authority="Murray (1864)" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[1077,1319,367,394]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brittonoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EF94BFC17669D6657109FE9CFAD3FE6D" author="Murray, A." box="[1150,1319,367,394]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="211 - 414" refId="ref107402" refString="Murray, A. (1864) Monograph of the family of Nitidulariae. Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24 (3), 211 - 414." type="journal article" year="1864">Murray (1864)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
the terms
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66575E0FE60FF04FE4A" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[151,240,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66575E0FE60FF04FE4A" box="[151,240,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group of species (
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66574B1FE60FD36FE4A" baseAuthorityName="Kirejtshuk" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[454,706,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66574B1FE60FD36FE4A" box="[454,706,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Brachypeplus apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D66577A5FE60FCA2FE4B" authorityName="Murray" authorityYear="1864" box="[722,854,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneatus">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66577A5FE60FCA2FE4B" box="[722,854,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B. cuneatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657611FE60FC15FE4A" authorityName="Grouvelle" authorityYear="1897" box="[870,993,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657611FE60FC83FE4B" box="[870,887,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66576F0FE60FC15FE4A" box="[903,993,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">dorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D665716CFE60FB68FE4A" authority="Kirejtshuk &amp; Kovalev, 2022" authorityName="Kirejtshuk &amp; Kovalev" authorityYear="2022" box="[1051,1180,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nypicola" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D665716CFE60FBD8FE4B" box="[1051,1068,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D665714BFE60FB68FE4A" box="[1084,1180,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">nypicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66571D2FE60FAF4FE4A" bold="true" box="[1189,1280,403,429]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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) and
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657033FE60FA67FE4A" box="[1348,1427,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">basalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- group of species (
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<taxonomicName id="4C05B9B37669D6657428FE44FE24FE36" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1842" box="[351,464,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Brachypeplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basalis">B. basalis</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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,
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,
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and probably
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66571E4FE44FAD2FE37" box="[1171,1318,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B. wattsensis</emphasis>
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) are used.
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66575B0FE28FE47FE13" box="[199,435,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Palaeopeplus cascus</emphasis>
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described as a cillaeine by
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from the Miocene Dominican amber without mention of any subfamiliar or generic diagnoistic character, however, one picture of the
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of this species (“
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, A”) published by these authors shows that this fossil species is a true member of the tribe
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657589FDB4FECCFD87" box="[254,312,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">s. str.</emphasis>
because of its rather widened laterosternites V and VI. As the authors of
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657128FDB4FABDFD87" box="[1119,1353,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Palaeopeplus cascus</emphasis>
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did not indicate any character making it possible to assign it to any genus or any subfamily (except “all abdominal tergites fimbriate”: p. 25), as well as a proper diagnosis or comparison with cillaeines and also as the pictures of the
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of this species has only characters of the genus
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66577DFFD40FCB6FD2A" box="[680,834,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
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(shape of head, pronotum and other observable upper sclerites, position of the medium-sized eyes, structure of the antennae and exposed abdominal laterosternites, traced sculpture of integument), it has no reason to consider it as a separate genus and it would be better to treat it as
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66575E0FCECFE77FCDF" box="[151,387,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Brachypeplus cascus</emphasis>
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and respectively the generic name “
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D66576D7FCECFBCCFCDE" box="[928,1080,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Palaeopeplus</emphasis>
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” should be accepted as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B9711E227669D6657454FCB0FE49FCBA" box="[291,445,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Brachypeplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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