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Issue: Vol. 5620 No. 1: 8 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2
Page range: 20-28
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Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae)

National Museum of Natural History, rue Munster 24, L-2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Coleoptera Ptycholaemus Derolus Pachydissus Margites taxonomy

Abstract

The taxonomy of several genera of African Cerambycini is reviewed. Ptycholaemus Chevrolat, 1858 is considered as a senior synonym of Striatoptycholaemus Lepesme & Breuning, 1956 n. syn. and the following taxonomy is proposed: Ptycholaemus bouakensis (Lepesme & Breuning, 1956) n. comb., P. longicollis Schwarzer, 1931 rest. comb.; P. striaticollis Boppe, 1912 rest. comb.; P. variecollis Schwarzer, 1931 rest. comb.

Pachydissus aspericollis Fairmaire, 1887 is transferred to Margites Gahan, 1891 and Margites aspericollis (Fairmaire, 1887) n. comb. is introduced.

Three new genera are described. Trichoderolus n. gen. (Type-species: Tapinolachnus gyllenhalii Fåhraeus, 1872) is separated from Derolus Gahan, 1891. Trichoderolus gyllenhalii (Fåhraeus, 1872) n. comb. is introduced. Adlbaueria n. gen. (Type-species: Pachydissus samai Adlbauer, 2000) is separated from Pachydissus Newman, 1838. Adlbaueria samai (Adlbauer, 2000) n. comb. is introduced. Afrodissus n. gen. (Type-species: Pachydissus congolensis Hintz, 1911) is separated from Pachydissus. The following new combinations are introduced: Afrodissus adlbaueri (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; A. aquilus (Olliff, 1889) n. comb.; A. aurivillianus (Distant, 1904) n. comb.; A. camerunicus (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb.; A. congolensis (Hintz, 1911) n. comb.; A. curvivittatus (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; A. drumonti Bouyer, 2018 n. comb.; A. evounai (Haller & Vitali, 2010) n. comb.; A. furcifer Jordan, 1894 n. comb.; A. furvus (Fåhraeus, 1872) n. comb.; A. garnieri (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; A. hector (Kolbe, 1893) n. comb.; A. leonardi (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; A. morettoi (Bouyer, 2018) n. comb.; A. natalensis (White, 1853) n. comb.; A. philemon (Adlbauer, 2002) n. comb.; A. regius (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb.; A. schoenigi Hintz, 1910 n. comb.; A. subauratus (Gahan, 1890) n. comb.; A. titan (Aurivillius, 1916) n. comb.; A. vicarius (Aurivillius, 1906) n. comb.; A. vicinus (Corinta-Ferreira, 1957).

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How to Cite

Vitali, F. (2025) Notes, transfers, new combinations, and new taxa of some African genera of the tribe Cerambycini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae). Zootaxa, 5620 (1), 20–28. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.2