Abstract
The tribe Lichniini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), which includes two genera and six species, is revised. A key to species, descriptions of genera and species, a checklist, distributional and temporal data, and designation of lectotypes and neotypes are given. The genus Lichnia Erichson, 1835 includes two species: L. gallardoi Gutiérrez, 1941 and L. limbata Erichson, 1835 (lectotype designated). The genus Arctodium Burmeister, 1844 includes four species: A. discolor (Erichson, 1835) (neotype designated), A. mahdii new species, A. planum (Blanchard, 1850) (lectotype designated), and A. vulpinum (Erichson, 1835) (lectotype designated). The following nomenclatural changes are made: Lichniini is transferred from Glaphyridae to Melolonthinae (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) and the spelling is emended from “Lichnini” to “Lichniini”; Dasychaeta Erichson, 1847 is a new junior synonym of Lichnia; Dasychaeta lateralis Erichson, 1847 (neotype designated) is a new junior synonym of L. limbata; Lichnia porteri Gutiérrez, 1941 (neotype designated) is a new junior synonym of L. gallardoi; Cratoscelis aterrima Blanchard, 1850 (lectotype designated) is a new junior synonym of A. vulpinum; Cratoscelis canicapilla Philippi & Philippi, 1864 (lectotype designated) is a new junior synonym of A. planum; Cratoscelis gayana Blanchard, 1850 (lectotype designated) is a new junior synonym of A. vulpinum; Cratoscelis striolata Redtenbacher, 1868 (lectotype designated) is a new junior synonym of A. vulpinum; Cratoscelis villosa Blanchard, 1850 (lectotype designated) is a new junior synonym of A. vulpinum; and Cratoscelis Erichson, 1835 is a junior homonym of Cratoscelis Lucas, 1834 (Araneae: Sicariidae) and a synonym of Arctodium Burmeister, 1844.
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