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Published: 2014-01-28
Page range: 501–548
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Revision of the checkered beetle genus Erymanthus Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)

Technische Universität München, Department Ökologie und Ökosystemmanagement, Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85350 Freising, F.R.G
Technische Universität München, Department Ökologie und Ökosystemmanagement, Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85350 Freising, F.R.G
African species taxonomy identification key genital figures distribution maps

Abstract

The  genus  Erymanthus  Spinola,  1841  is  taxonomically  revised  to  include  sixteen  species.  The species E. transversopustulatus n. sp. is described as new. Erymanthus concoloripennis Pic, 1932, n. syn. is placed in synonymy with E. bicolor Chapin, 1924, E. horridus var. semirufus Kuwert, 1893 is recognized as a distinct and valid species E. semirufus; E. variegatus Pic, 1950 n. syn. is synonymized with E. pustulosus Quedenfeldt, 1888. A key to the species, color photographs, genital figures and distribution maps are provided. Erymanthus ampliatus Hintz, 1902 is transferred to the genus Gyponyx Gorham, 1883 (= Gyponyx amplicatus (Hintz, 1902) n. comb.).