ON THE CERAMBYCID FAUNA OF NORTH AFRICA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF NEW TAXA ( Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae )

The following new taxa are described in this paper: Stictoleptura gladiatrix n. sp. (Morocco), Neocarolus n. gen., type species: Neomarius thomasi Holzschuh, 1993 (Pakistan); Lygrini n. tribe, type genus: Lygrus Fåhraeus, 1872; Zygoferus n. gen., type species: Trichoferus pubescens (Sama, 1987) (southern Tunisia and Algeria); Hesperophanini subtribe Daramina nov., type genus: Daramus Fairmaire, 1892; Daramus sahrawi n. sp. (southern Morocco); Vesperellini n. tribe, type genus: Vesperella Dayrem, 1933; Vesperella maroccana n. sp. (Morocco); Brachypteromini n. tribe, type genus: Brachypteroma Kraatz, 1863; Ceroplesini subtribe Crossotina Thomson, 1864, type genus: Crossotus Serville, 1835. The following new synonymies are proposed: Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855) = Prionus tangerianus Slama, 1996; Smodicum cucujiforme Say, 1826 = Nothorhinomorpha deplanata Pic, 1930; Derolus lepautei Lepesme, 1947 = Derolus mirei Breuning & Villiers, 1960; Deilini Mulsant, 1862 = Pytheini Thomson, 1864, type genus : Pytheus Newman, 1840; Plagionotus Mulsant, 1842 = Neoplagionotus Kasatkin, 2005; Plagionotus scalaris Brullé, 1832 = Clytus siculus Castelnau & Gory, 1836 = P. scalaris “n. f. an ssp. ” validus Rungs, 1952 = P. scalaris ssp. vivesi Lopez Colon, 1997; Lamiini Latreille, 1825, type genus: Lamia Fabricius, 1775 = Pachystolini Gistel, 1848, type genus: Pachystola Dejean 1835 (= Lamia Fabricius, 1775) = Dorcadionini Thomson, 1860, type genus : Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 [= Dorcadodiidae Gistel, 1856 (nomen oblitum), type genus: Dorcadodium Gistel, 1856] = Phrissomini Thomson, 1860, type genus: Phrissoma Dejean, 1835; Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier, 1795 = M. galloprovincialis pistor (Germar, 1818); Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839, type genus Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821 = Exocentrini Pascoe, 1864, type genus: Exocentrus Dejean, 1835; Saperda scalaris Linnaeus, 1758 = Saperda scalaris ssp. algeriensis Breuning, 1952; Phytoecia tenuilinea Fairmaire, 1877 = P. tenuilinea ssp. mateui Breuning, 1951. Prionus aegyptiacum Guérin, 1844 is designated as the type species of Monocladum Pic, 1898. Cerambyx paludivagus Lucas, 1842 is regarded a distinct species, not subspecies or variety of C. scopolii (Fuesslins, 1775) ; Rusticoclytus Vives, 1977, type species : Leptura rustica Linnaeus, 1758, is restored from the synonymy with Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860, type species: Clytus sartorii Chevrolat, 1860 from Mexico; Exocentrus Dejean, 1835 and Parmenopsis Ganglbauer, 1881 are transferred to Pogonocherini from Acanthocinini Blanchard, 1845 and Parmenini Mulsant, 1839 respectively; Obereini Thomson, 1864 is regarded a distinct tribe, not a synonym of Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839; Phytoecia tenuilinea Fairmaire, 1877 is transferred to the genus Opsilia Mulsant, 1862; the lectotype is designated for Clytus scalaris Brullé, 1832 (currently in Plagionotus) and Callidium glaucum Fabricius, 1781 (currently in Chlorophorus). The type examination proved that Leptura pilosa Forster, 1771 does not belong to Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 as currently stated, but to Vadonia Mulsant, 1863 and is a senior synonym of V. unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787); however, the reversal of precedence is here proposed: the prevailing usage of L. unipunctata (nomen protectum) is to be maintained instead of L. pilosa