Zarcosia obscuricornis Gompel 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Gompel, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Aderidae
Zarcosia
Zarcosia obscuricornis

description: <i>Zarcosia obscuricornis</i> (Pic, 1927), comb. nov. (Figures 1; 2 ag; 4j) <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> v. <i>obscuricornis</i> Pic, 1927: 30; Type: MNHN <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> Pic: Pic, 1952 <i>Zarcosia grandicornis</i> (Pic): unpublished combination in Grzymala, 2016 <i>Zarcosia grandicornis v. obscuricornis (</i> Pic, 1927): unpublished combination in Grzymala, 2016 <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> was never described. Pic (1952) refers to this taxon, and the <i>Zoological record</i> (1923, vol. LX) indicates a reference for this description (<i>Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques</i>, Vol. 38, p. 4), but after a careful check, I found no such description in the volume cited, nor in the entire publications by Pic in <i>Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques</i>. I also surveyed a large number of Pic’s papers where Aderidae were discussed and could not find the trace of a description of this taxon. Winkler’s catalogue, 1927 does not list it either. Leaning on the ZCN article 11.1 (ICZN, 1999), I therefore consider that the name <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> Pic is not an available name, although, there is a single specimen from Pic’s original collection at the MNHN labelled “ <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> <b>n. sp.</b> ”. I suppose that the description has remained <i>in litteris</i>. In 1927, Pic described a variety of <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> under the name <i>Hylophilus grandicornis v. obscuricornis</i>. The description is limited to 3 words (Antennis nigro-piceis) and was made in reference to <i>grandicornis</i> s. str. After examining the type specimen of this taxon in Pic’s collection (MNHN), it appears to be a bona fide species. I therefore consider that the name <i>Hylophilus obscuricornis</i> Pic, 1927 is available, and that this taxon should be placed in the genus <i>Zarcosia</i>, under the name <i>Zarcosia obscuricornis</i> (Pic, 1927), <b>comb. nov.</b> Finally, the type <i>in litteris</i> of <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> is similar to that of <i>Hylophilus obscuricornis</i> Pic, 1927 and belongs to this taxon. <b>Type locality.</b> Republic of Indonesia: Sumatra, Palembang. <b>Distribution.</b> East China, Vietnam (Figure 1). <b>Material examined.</b> <b>China</b>: no locality (1 sp., MNHN); Foochow (M. S. Yang) 1938 (1 &amp;male;, NGPC, from collection Pic); Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Guo Men Shan (NNNR), 37 km NW Jinghong, Transition zone MF, 22°17’ N 100°38’ E (1080 m), (A. Weigel) 26.V.2008 (1 &amp;male;, NME); <b>Vietnam</b>: Ho Chi Minh City (J. Barbier) 24.V.1950 (1 sp., MNHN); Hòa Bình (1 &amp;male; holotype and 17 sp., MNHN); Hòa Bình (J. De Cooman) 1923 (1 &amp;male;, type <i>in litteris</i> of <i>Hylophilus grandicornis</i> Pic, MNHN); Lạc Thô, 20°24’ N 105°36’ E (1 &amp;male;, MNHN).
description: Published as part of <i>Gompel, Nicolas, 2020, Synopsis of the Asian species in the genus Zarcosia Collado &amp; Alonso-Zarazaga 1996 with new combinations and descriptions of fourteen new species, pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 4838 (2)</i> on pages 165-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4403783
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