Supplement to the Catalogue of Genus-Group Names in Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Abstract

Ten new genus-group names in Alleculinae described in the tribe Alleculini in 2021 and early in 2022 are added to the world checklist of genus-group names in this subfamily, including information about the author, year of publication, and type species (Barbucha Novák, 2021, Cistelochara Novák, 2021, Erzacula Novák, 2021, Mycetoculoides Novák, 2021, Palpistela Novák, 2021, Sulawesica Novák, 2021, Upineloides Novák, 2021, Vaclavka Novák, 2021, Novistela Novák, 2022 belonging to subtribe Alleculina Laporte, 1840 and Nocaroides Novák, 2021 belonging to the subtribe Gonoderina Seidlitz, 1896). Nine genus-group names are removed from Alleculinae “incertae sedis” based on a study of type material found in museum collections. Investigation of holotypes resulted in the following conclusions: Alogistopsis pilistriata Borchmann, 1943, Lagriallecula aeneipennis Pic, 1920, Pseudomorocaulus rufonotatus Pic, 1915, Stenogenomorpha impressa Pic, 1919 are members of the subtribe Alleculina Laporte, 1840; Bancocistela ivoirensis Pic, 1947 and Cistelodema cyanea (Pic, 1930) belong to the subtribe Gonoderina Seidlitz, 1896. Lectotypes are designated here for the type species Aptericula nyassensis Borchmann, 1937, Borchmannius pilosus (Borchmann, 1937) and Mimocistela zumpti Borchmann, 1938 for the purpose of clarifying the application of the name to those taxa, and these species are added to the subtribe Alleculina Laporte, 1840. An additional eight type species/genera are removed from Alleculinae “incertae sedis” based on the most important character (lobed penultimate tarsomeres) found in original descriptions which makes it possible to add them to the subtribe Alleculina (Apalmia cerambycina Fairmaire, 1896, Asticostena alternata Fairmaire, 1897, Bearnicistela luteicolor Pic in E. Olivier & Pic, 1909, Buxela sordescens Fairmaire, 1894, Dioxycula aranea Fairmaire, 1896, Idatius ophtalmicus Fairmaire, 1906, Isomiropsis wittei Borchmann, 1942 and Macrocistela striata Pic, 1941). The type species of the genus Ectenostoma (E. nigriventris Fåhraeus, 1870) is removed from Alleculinae “incertae sedis” based on information from the Borchmann's key making it possible to add the species to the subtribe Gonoderina Seidlitz, 1896.