Miscellaneous notes on World Anthicidae (Coleoptera)
Authors: NARDI GIANLUCA 
Published: May 2019

Nine junior homonyms are given new replacement names: Anthicus dravidiacus nom. nov. (= A. postnotatus Pic, 1943 not A. (Aulacoderus) sefrensis var. postnotatus Pic, 1910); Anthicus monsonicus nom. nov. (= A. caroli Bonadona, 1978 not A. caroli Pic, 1893); Aulacoderus controversus nom. nov. (= Anthicus (Aulacoderus) singularis Hille, 1985 not Anthicus singularis Pic, 1927); Aulacoderus copiosissimus nom. nov. (= Anthicus (Aulacoderus) brevicornis Hille, 1984 not Anthicus brevicornis Pic, 1894a, not A. brevicornis Pic, 1894b); Aulacoderus hamatus nom. nov. (= Anthicus (Aula- coderus) ruficeps Hille, 1984 not Anthicus ruficeps Pic, 1913); Macrotomoderus ater nom. nov. (= M. niger Uhmann, 1993 not M. niger Pic, 1943); Macrotomoderus sandokan nom. nov. (= Derarimus minor Uhmann, 1994a = D. minor Uhmann, 1994b, not M. minor Pic, 1934); Mecynotarsus abductus nom. nov. (= M. bimaculatus Pic, 1942 not M. algiricus var. bimaculatus Desbrochers des Loges, 1898); Tomoderus abditus nom. nov. (= T. flavus Uhmann, 1981 not T. flavus Heberdey, 1936). The lectotypes of the following taxa are designated: Notoxus limbatus Fabricius, 1798, Anthicus gracilior var. auliatanus Pic, 1940, Anthicus (Aulacoderus) sulcithorax var. nigrithorax Pic, 1897, Anthicus (Aulacoderus) sulcithorax var. pallidior Pic, 1941 and Endomia unifasciata var. maculata Pic, 1919. The following synonyms are established or confirmed: Anthelephila anastasei (Pic, 1935b) = Formicomus anastasei Pic, 1935c syn. nov.; Anthelephila pedestris (Rossi, 1790) = Notoxus limbatus Fabricius, 1798 syn. nov.; Anthicus flavicoloratus Pic, 1951 = Anthicus flavicoloratus Pic, 1952 syn. nov.; Aulacoderus sulcithorax ssp. sulcithorax (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875) = Anthicus sulcithorax var. nigrithorax Pic, 1897 = Anthicus sulcithorax var. pallidior Pic, 1941 syn. nov.; Cordicollis gracilior (Abeille de Perrin, 1885) = Anthicus gracilior var. auliatanus Pic, 1940; Cyclodinus casloni (Buck, 1965) = Anthicus basilewskyi Buck, 1965 syn. nov. = Cyclodinus bucki Telnov, 2006 syn. nov.; Endomia occipitalis (Dufour, 1843) = Endomia occipitalis var. quadrinotatus Pic, 1913; Endomia unifasciata ssp. unifasciata (Bonelli, 1812) = Eudomia [sic!] unifasciata var. maculata Pic, 1919; Omonadus brevicornis (Pic, 1894a) = Anthicus brevicornis Pic, 1894b syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus bidens (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus bidens Uhmann, 1999 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus flavicornis (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus flavicornis Uhmann, 1996 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus flavipubens (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus flavipubens Uhmann, 1996 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus foveicollis (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus foveicollis Uhmann, 1996 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus sandokan nom. nov. = Derarimus minor Uhmann, 1994a syn. nov. = Derarimus minor Uhmann, 1994b syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus schillhammeri (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus schillhammeri Uhmann,1996 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus schoedli (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus schoedli Uhmann, 1996 syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus schuhi (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus schuhi Uhmann, 1994b syn. nov.; Macrotomoderus sumatrensis (Uhmann, 1994a) = Derarimus sumatrensis Uhmann, 1999 syn. nov.; Notoxus boviei boviei Pic, 1920 = N. boviei pallidoapicalis Pic, 1952. Anthicus basilewskyi Pic, 1955 from Rwanda is transferred to Sapintus (subgenus Sapintus) Casey, 1895 comb. nov., Anthicus drurei Pic, 1901 from Iraq is moved to Cyclodinus Mulsant & Rey, 1866 comb. nov., and Anthicus melanocephalus Bonelli, 1812 (nomen dubium) from Italy to Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 comb. nov. Notoxus boviei var. semitestaceus Pic, 1952 and N. rothschildi var. inapicalis Pic, 1914 are automatically placed as subspecies. Anthicus Babaulti var. atripes Pic, 1921, A. Babaulti var. elgeyosus Pic, 1939, A. subinstabilis var. Karikalensis Pic, 1933, A. subinstabilis var. Nathani Pic, 1933, A. subinstabilis var. subindicus Pic, 1933, A. subinstabilis var. subsabuleti Pic, 1933, Cucullus Westwood, 1830, Macratria Severini var. diversimembris Pic, 1955, Notoxus boviei var. lateapicalis Pic, 1955, N. Jeanneli var. bisbinotatus Pic, 1921, N. Jeanneli var. innotatus Pic, 1921 (not N. chaldeus var. innotatus Pic, 1919) and N. Jeanneli var. uninotatus Pic, 1921 are unavailable names. Leptaleus barbieri Pic, 1952 from Vietnam is not a nomen nudum as recently presented. New records from European (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia), Asian (China, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Yemen) and South American (Argentina) countries are provided for eighteen species of seven genera (Anthicus, Aulacoderus, Cyclodinus, Endomia, Notoxus, Omonadus and Stenidius). Aulacoderus sulcithorax sulcithorax and Notoxus lobicornis Reiche, 1864 are excluded from the fauna of the Afrotropical region and of Italy, respectively. Endomia unifasciata ab. insularis Pic, 1934 from Sicily (Italy) is confirmed to be an unavailable name, and its "type" is a member of E. unifasciata ssp. unifasciata.