Laemoglyptus bomfordii Fairmaire, Kazantsev 1897
Creators: name: Švihla, Vladimír
name: Kopetz, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Laemoglyptus
Laemoglyptus bomfordii

description: Laemoglyptus bomfordii Fairmaire, 1897
(Figs. 2, 18)
Laemoglyptus Bomfordii Fairmaire, 1897: 225. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh State, Simla.
Silis pectinicornis Champion, 1924: 253, syn. nov. Type locality: India, Uttarakhand State, Kumaon, Ranikhet.
Laemoglyptus pectinicornis var. innotaticollis Pic, 1937: 189. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh State, Kulu. Synonymized by KAZANTSEV (2007): 52.
Laemoglyptus pectinicornis: KAZANTSEV (2009): 327, Figs. 1–4.
Type material examined. L. bomfordii: SYNTYPE (MNHN): “ India [Pic’s handwriting, Simla, F. Hauser lgt. according original description, however Pic was known to change locality labels for his own ones] / L. Bomfordii ex coll. Frm.[= Fairmaire] [Pic’s handwriting] / non Laemog. Fulvicollis, prothorax bién différent [Pic’s handwriting] / Bomfordi Pic type [Pic’s handwriting, sic!] / TYPE [red label, printed]”.
L. pectinicornis: LECTOTYPE, here designated:♂ (BMNH),“ India, [Uttarakhand State], Kumaon, Ranikhet, H. G. C.[hampion lgt.] [printed] / G. C. Champion, Brit. Mus. 1924–63 [printed] / Type, H. T. [white, red bordered circle, printed, later designation] / Silis pectinicornis, type, ♂, Ch. [Champion’s handwriting] / Silis pectinicornis Champ. [printed] / Ann. Mag. N. H., Ser. 9, xiii, G. C. C. det. [printed] / LECTOTYPE, Silis pectinicornis Champion, 1924, V. Švihla des. 2011 [red label, printed]”.
L. bomfordii var. innotaticollis:? SYNTYPE (MNHN): ♂, “ Silis [sic!] Bomfordi [Pic’s handwriting] / comparé coll. Fairmaire [Pic’s handwriting] / Bomfordi var. innotaticollis Pic [Pic’s handwriting]”.
Additional material examined. PAKISTAN: NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE: Swat, 1971, 1♂ (NHMB). INDIA: JAMMU AND KASHMIR: Patni Top, 2000 m a.s.l., 2.vii.1980, W. Wittmer lgt., 1 ♂ (NHMB). UTTARAKHAND, Kumaon: W of Almora, H. G. Champion lgt., 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Sunderhunga valley W of Almora, H. G. Champion lgt., 10 ♂♂ (all BMNH); Chaurengi, 2200–2500 m a.s.l., 23.v.1978, W.Wittmer lgt., 1♂; Mussoorie, 2000 m a.s.l., 30.v.–4.vi.1981, M. Brancucci lgt., 1 ♂ 6 ♀♀ (NHMB). NEPAL: FAR- WESTERN REGION: Mahakali, Darchula decidous forest, NE Batar along Chamliya Khola 2100–2700 m a.s.l., 6.vi.2005, 29°51′N, 80°05′E, decidous forest + riverside, A.Weigel lgt.,2♂♂, 1 ♀ (AKEG). MID- WESTERN REGION: Prov. Karnali, env. Tamti, 2700 m a.s.l., 29°08′46″N, 82°05′42″E, 10.vi.2007, J. Weipert lgt., 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Prov. Karnali, Distr. Kalkot, Dilikot, S Marbhu –pass, 2100–3300 m a.s.l., M. Hartmann lgt., 28.v.1995, 1 ♂; Prov. Karnali, Distr. Jumla, Jumla, ca. 2 km N, 29°16,86′N, 82°10,92′E, 2444 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2011, J. Küssner lgt., 1 ♂; Prov. Karnali, Distr. Jumla, way Kot, 29°22,83′N, 82°04,50′E to Hatsinja (Hima Nadi), 29°24,64′N, 82°01,17′E, 2839– 2472 m a.s.l., 1.vi.2011, J. Küssner lgt., 1♂ 1♀ (all AKEG); Pina – Lake Rara, 4.vi.1977, W.Wittmer lgt., 1 ♂ (NHMB). WESTERN REGION: Kali Gandaki, Kopchepani, 1500–1700 m a.s.l., C. Holzschuh lgt., 4 ♂♂. CENTRAL REGION, Godawari, 1500–1700 m a.s.l., 11.vi.1992, J. Moravec lgt., 1 ♂; Kathmandu valley, Budhanilkantha, 1500–2150 m a.s.l., 26.v.1992, J. Probst lgt., 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Kathmandu valley, Kathmandu, 16.v.1983, M. Brancucci lgt., 1 ♂ (all NHMB). EASTERN REGION: Habagayri, 1760 m a.s.l., 23.v.1979, B. Bhakta lgt., 1 ♂ (NHMB); Arun valley, Hille–Arun R., 2000– 300 m a.s.l., 26.v.1983, M. Brancucci, 2♂♂ 6♀♀ (NHMB, AKEG); Mechi, Taplejung, 24 kmNE Taplejung, Sekathum, Camp, 27°32′10″N, 87°48′29″E, 1550 m a.s.l., 6.v.2003, A. Weigel lgt., 2 ♂♂ (NMEG).
Comments. The type series of L. pectinicornis includes specimen(s) from “Bengal” and two males and two females from Ranikhet. One male, designated here as a lectotype is a synonym of L. bomfordii, the other one, here designated as a paralectotype, belongs to Laemoglyptus vicinus Pic, 1921, the female paralectotypes cannot be attributed to any concrete species, specimens from Bengal were not at the disposal. Another specimen from Kumaon, was in the original description, excluded from the type series. The examinations of the aedeagi of the above mentioned type material allow the new synonymy.
Distribution. Pakistan: North West Frontier Province; India: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal: Far-Western Region, Mid-Western Region, Western Region, Central Region, Eastern Region. Champion in the original description of L. pectinicornis, also mentioned Bengal in the type series, but this specimen from the collection of Guérin- Menéville was not at the authors’ disposal.
description: Published as part of Švihla, Vladimír & Kopetz, Andreas, 2012, A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), pp. 443-466 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2) on pages 451-452, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5331595