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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 3: 16 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.1
Page range: 301-325
Abstract views: 83
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Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Malagasy species of Anhelita Jordan, Lemurisintor Frieser and Sintor Schoenherr (Anthribidae: Coleoptera)

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Ecology, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Regional Museum in Ústí nad Labem, Natural History Department, Masarykova 1000/3, CZ-400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Zemědělská 1, Brno, CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
Coleoptera Anthribinae taxonomy type type designation new combinations new synonymy terminalia new data on distribution

Abstract

Anhelita aphanes Wolfrum, 1959 and Anhelita brevipes Wolfrum, 1961 are here placed in the genus Sintor Schoenherr, 1839. Anhelita distans Wolfrum, 1959 is considered a senior subjective synonym of Lemurisintor longiclava Frieser, 1981, but Lemurisintor Frieser, 1981 is retained as a valid genus. New generic combinations and a new synonymy are proposed as follows: Sintor aphanes (Wolfrum, 1959) comb. nov., Sintor brevipes (Wolfrum, 1961) comb. nov., Lemurisintor distans (Wolfrum, 1959) comb. nov. (= Lemurisintor longiclava Frieser, 1981 syn. nov.). Lectotypes are designated for Anhelita lineata Jordan, 1895 and Anhelita unicarinata Wolfrum, 1959. A key to the previously confused genera Anhelita Jordan, 1895, Lemurisintor and Sintor Schoenherr, 1839, and colour macro-photographs of the types of Anhelita and Lemurisintor, and all Madagascan species of Sintor, are provided. Male and female terminalia are described for a representative species of each of Anhelita and Sintor. New data on the distribution of species of these three genera are presented.

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How to Cite

Trýzna, M. & Baňař, P. (2025) Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Malagasy species of Anhelita Jordan, Lemurisintor Frieser and Sintor Schoenherr (Anthribidae: Coleoptera). Zootaxa, 5621 (3), 301–325. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.1