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On the identity of Chauliognathus flavipes (Coleoptera: Cantharidae): revision of type specimens, new synonyms and new status

ABSTRACT

The identity, taxonomic history, type series and synonyms of Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius, 1781), C. fallax (Germar, 1823), C. axillaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) and C. basalis Lacordaire, 1857 are herein discussed. Twenty-five new synonyms are proposed for C. flavipes , with designation of lectotypes: C. fallax var. atrofasciata Pic, 1925 syn. nov., C. fallax var. basireducta Pic, 1925 syn. nov., C. fallax var. concolor Pic, 1927 syn. nov., C. fallax var. medioreducta Pic, 1928 syn. nov., C. fallax var. edmondi Pic, 1948 syn. nov., C. fallax var. petri Pic, 1948 syn. nov., C. fallax var. henrici Pic, 1948 syn. nov., C. fallax var. reductemaculata Pic, 1949 syn. nov., C. plagiatus Blanchard, 1844 syn. nov., C. plagiatus var. latejuncta Pic, 1925 syn. nov., C. plagiatus var. orbygnyi Pic, 1948 syn. nov., C. plagiatus var. alcidei Pic, 1948 syn. nov., C. inbasalis Pic, 1925 syn. nov., C. bimaculatus Pic, 1925 syn. nov., C. mendesensis Pic, 1933 syn. nov., C. opacicollis Pic, 1946 syn. nov., C. opacicollis var. freiburgana Pic, 1946 syn. nov., C. bireductipennis Pic, 1947 syn. nov., C. quadripunctatus var. lebisi Pic, 1947 syn. nov., C. diversesignatus Pic, 1949 syn. nov., C. neopici Wittmer, 1951 syn. nov., C. rufipes Pic, 1924 syn. nov., C. rufipes var. quadrinotata Pic, 1928 syn. nov., C. rufipes var. haasi Pic, 1928 syn. nov., C. ensellatus var. innotatithorax Pic, 1944 syn. nov. The name Chauliognathus neopici var. schneideri Pic, 1934 syn. nov. is also proposed as a junior synonym of Chauliognathus plicatus Pic, 1915. Chauliognathus plagiatus var. latebasalis Pic, 1925 is elevated to species rank (= C . latebasalis Pic, 1925 stat. nov.) and the homonymy of C. basalis Lacordaire, 1857 and C. basalis LeConte, 1859 is discussed. Finally, a redescription and a distribution map of C. flavipes are given.

KEY WORDS:
Description; distribution; Maurice Pic; taxonomy; variety

Chauliognathus fallax (Germar, 1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.), C. axillaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.) and C. basalisLacordaire, 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p. are currently considered junior synonyms of C. flavipes (Fabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.) (Waterhouse 1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332., Wittmer 1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.). However, each has been considered valid species in different publications on various related subjects. The purpose of this work is to resolve the confusion regarding the identity of C. flavipes and the status of its putative junior synonyms.

Chauliognathus flavipes is one of the most common species in central and southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina, sometimes found in large aggregations composed of hundreds or thousands of individuals (e.g., Machado & Araújo 1998Machado V, Araújo AM de (1998) Padrões de emergência em populações naturais de duas espécies de Chauliognathus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41: 235-238., 2001Machado V, Araújo AM de (2001) The aggregation of Chauliognathus species (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) and its possible role for coexistence and mimicry. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 91: 29-32. doi: 10.1590/S0073-47212001000200002
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, G. Biffi pers. obs.). This makes them suitable for studies in different fields of science, such as parasitism (Borgmeier 1937Borgmeier T (1937) Uma nova espécie de Apocephalus (Dipt. Phoridae), endoparasita de Chauliognathus fallax Germ (Col. Cantharidae). Revista de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro 7: 207-216.), chemical defense (Klitzke & Trigo 2000Klitzke CF, Trigo JR (2000) New records of pyrrolizidine alkaloid-feeding insects. Hemiptera and Coleoptera on Senecio brasiliensis . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 28: 313-318.), ecology (Machado & Araújo 1998Machado V, Araújo AM de (1998) Padrões de emergência em populações naturais de duas espécies de Chauliognathus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41: 235-238.) and genetics (Machado et al. 2001aMachado V, Araújo AM de, Mosmann CS (2001a) Morphometric analysis, mimicry, and color polymorphism in five species of Chauliognathus Hentz (Coleoptera, Cantaridae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 18: 711-718. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752001000300007
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, 2004Machado V, Araújo AM de, Serrano J, Galián J (2004). Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of mimicry in the Chauliognathus yellow-black species complex (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) inferred from mitochondrial COI sequences. Genetics and Molecular Biology 27: 55-60. doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000100010
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) (Table 1). However, these aggregations are often composed simultaneously by a group of species closely related to C. flavipes belonging to the so-called "flavipes -group", "fallax -group" (Wittmer 1977Wittmer W (1977) Ueber einige Typen von Blanchard und Guérin aus der Fam. Cantharidae (Col.) im Muséum de Paris. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 321-328.) or "yellow-black complex" (Machado & Araújo 2001Machado V, Araújo AM de (2001) The aggregation of Chauliognathus species (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) and its possible role for coexistence and mimicry. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 91: 29-32. doi: 10.1590/S0073-47212001000200002
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). Species of this group have a remarkable chromatic polymorphism with black spots or stripes over a yellow background on the elytra and pronotum, such that there is no exclusive pattern for any of the species involved. These complexes have been observed to consist of up to eight species, sometimes even with interspecific mates (Machado & Araújo 1998Machado V, Araújo AM de (1998) Padrões de emergência em populações naturais de duas espécies de Chauliognathus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41: 235-238., 2001Machado V, Araújo AM de (2001) The aggregation of Chauliognathus species (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) and its possible role for coexistence and mimicry. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 91: 29-32. doi: 10.1590/S0073-47212001000200002
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, G. Biffi pers. obs.). The absence of a clear definition on the identity of C. flavipes and its closely related species in addition to questionable identifications (especially of live specimens in field-based studies) has misled several authors who were not experts in Cantharidae (e.g., Costa Lima 1953Costa Lima AM (1953) Insetos do Brasil, 8º Tomo, Coleópteros, parte 2. Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Agronomia, 323p., Costa et al. 1988Costa C, Vanin SA, Casari-Chen SA (1988). Larvas de Coleoptera do Brasil. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 282p., Diehl-Fleig & Araújo 1991Diehl-Fleig E, Araújo AM de (1991) O polimorfismo cromático em uma população de Chauliognathus fallax (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 51: 515-520., Machado & Araújo 1995Machado V, Araújo AM de (1995) The colour polymorphism in Chauliognathus flavipes (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) I: Geographic and temporal variation. Evolución Biológica 8/9: 127-139., Del-Claro & Vasconcellos-Neto 1992Del-Claro K, Vasconcellos-Neto J (1992) Os padrões de coloração animal: exemplos na Serra do Japi, p. 288-308. In: Morellato LPC (Org.) História Natural da Serra do Japi: ecologia e preservação de uma área florestal no Sudeste do Brasil. Campinas, Editora da UNICAMP/FAPESP, 321p.) (Table 1). Moreover, C. flavipes and C. fallax are frequently treated as distinct species, disregarding the synonymy proposed by Wittmer (1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.), although their supposed differences have never been pointed out. Even Wittmer himself identified museum specimens as different species for unexplained reasons. More recently, Machado's concepts of these species were based on specimens in Brazilian museums that had been identified by Wittmer, who was no longer certain about some of his identifications and nomenclaturial acts (V. Machado, pers. comm.). Unfortunately, for most of the above-mentioned papers, written by non-taxonomists, there are no voucher specimens, so their correct identity might never be confirmed.

In this work, the type specimens of C. flavipes are revisited and those of C. fallax , C. axillaris and C. basalis are discussed in order to resolve the complex taxonomic history regarding the species and to provide clear guidelines to their identification. New synonyms, ranks and replacement names are proposed for several species and a redescription of C. flavipes is presented based on type specimens and copious additional material.

Table 1
Checklist of papers dealing with Chauliognathus flavipes or Chauliognathus fallax .

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Acronyms used in the text correspond to the following ins titutions: BMNH - Natural History Museum, London, England; HMUG - The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; MZUSP - Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; NMB - Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland; RBINS - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium; ZIH - Zoologisches Institut der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle, Germany; ZMHB - Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany; ZMMU - Zoological Museum of Moscow University, Moscow, Russia; ZMUC - Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

The type specimens analyzed may be found in the BMNH (Joseph Banks collection) and MNHN (former collections of M. Pic and C.E. Blanchard, now in separate boxes in the general collection).

Lectotype designations for Pic's species-group names were based on specimens bearing the name of the taxon and labeled by him as "Type". Usually Pic organized specimens from the same taxon in a row, then in columns for large series, such that only the first specimen in each row was identified as a type. Therefore, it was impossible to determine whether any of the other specimens were included in the type series and only those labeled as "type" were recognizable syntypes and here designated as lectotypes. Additional specimens bearing a "type" label and from the same type locality as mentioned in the original description were designated paralectotypes. The designation of lectotypes for Pic's taxa is advisable in order to unambiguously associate the species' names, since the type series were sometimes composed of more than one species.

Morphological terminology used in the redescription follows Brancucci (1980Brancucci M (1980) Morphologie comparée, évolution et systématique des Cantharidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Entomologi ca Basiliensia 5: 215-388.), except for the orientation of the aedeagus, which follows Champion (1914Champion GC (1914) Revision of the Mexican and Central American Chauliognathinae (Fam. Telephorinae) based on the genital armature of the males. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Part I: 128-168.) and Sharp & Muir (1912Sharp D, Muir F (1912) The comparative anatomy of the male genital tube in Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomologi cal Society of London: 477-642.). The orientation used by these authors is the inverse of that established by Magis & Wittmer (1974Magis N, Wittmer W (1974) Nouvelle répartition des genres de la sous-famille des Chauliognathinae (Coleoptera, Cantharoidea: Cantharidae). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 43: 78-95.) and followed by subsequent authors.

Distributional records were obtained from the labels of copious specimens deposited in MZUSP, NMB and MNHN.

TAXONOMY

Taxonomic history

Fabricius (1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.) described Cantharis flavipes from China based on a specimen in Joseph Banks' collection. Fabricius (1787Fabricius JC (1787) Mantissa insectorvm sistens eorvm species nvper detectas adiectis characteribvs genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibvs, observationibvs. Tom. I. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., xx+348p.) redescribed it with catalographic data and later (Fabricius 1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p., 1801Fabricius JC (1801) Systema elevtheratorvm secvndvm ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Kiel, Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Tom. I, xxiv+506p.) recognized it in illustrations by Pallas (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782)., plate F, fig. 23; cf. Sherborn 1891Sherborn CD (1891) Dates of the Parts of P. S. Pallas's 'Icones Insect. p. Ross. Sibir.' and 'Nov. spec. Quadr. Glirium.'. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Sixth Series), 7: 236. doi: 10.1080/00222939109460601
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for dates of plates) (Fig. 1) and Olivier (1790Olivier GA (1790) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris, Baudouin, Tome 2, 18p.) (Fig. 3). Olivier (1790Olivier GA (1790) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris, Baudouin, Tome 2, 18p.) and Gmelin (1790Gmelin JF (1790) Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Leipzig, Georg Emanuel Beer, Tom. I. Pars IV, p. 1517-2224.) also cited this species from as coming from China and Schönherr (1808Schönherr CJ (1808) Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Stockholm, Carl Friedr. Marquard, x+424p.) presented a catalog containing all citations of Cantharis flavipes in previous works. Curtis (1839Curtis J (1839) Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. King, R.N.F.R.S. & L.S. in the survey of the straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 181-206.) then asserted that specimens he had examined from Santa Catarina (Brazil) were unquestionably varieties of Callianthia flavipes (= Cantharis flavipes ), deemed to inhabit China.

Germar (1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.) (not 1824, cf. Bousquet 2016Bousquet Y (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758-1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes. ZooKeys 583: 1-776. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.583.7084
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: 211) des cribed Telephorus fallax from Brazil and referenced figures 23 and 24 from Pallas (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).) (Fig. 1). Dejean (1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176., 1836Dejean PFMA (1836) Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 1-384.) listed it as Callianthia fallax , which he synonymized with Callianthia quadripunctata Dejean (nomen nudum). Curtis (1839Curtis J (1839) Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. King, R.N.F.R.S. & L.S. in the survey of the straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 181-206.) listed Callianthia fallax from São Paulo (Brazil) and considered it to be the most common and variable species in Brazil. Later, Castelnau (1840Castelnau F (1840) Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé; ouvrage accompagné de 155 planches gravées sur acier représentant plus de 800 sujets. Paris, P. Duménil, Tome premier, cxxv+324p.) redescribed the species as Telephorus fallax and Lacordaire (1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.) transferred it to Chauliognathus Hentz, 1830. The species was then also recorded from Rio de Janeiro (Redtenbacher 1868Redtenbacher L (1868) Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Coleopteren. Mit Fünf Tafeln. Wien, Karl Gerold's Sohn, iv+249p.), central and southern Brazil (Guérin 1953Guérin J (1953) Coleópteros do Brasil. São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamentos de Zoologia e de Fisiologia Geral e Animal, 356p., Costa Lima 1953Costa Lima AM (1953) Insetos do Brasil, 8º Tomo, Coleópteros, parte 2. Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Agronomia, 323p.) and the Peruvian Amazon (Lucas 1857Lucas PH (1857) Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Ouvrage qui a obtenu une médaille hors ligne de la Société de Géographie. Entomologie. Paris, Bertrand , p. 90-92.). Meanwhile, Maurice Pic described eight new varieties from Brazil (Pic 1925aPic M (1925a) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(421): 13-16., 1927Pic M (1927) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 43(430): 49-52., 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64., 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16., 1949aPic M (1949a) Notes et descriptions. Diversités entomologiques 5: 9-16.): Chauliognathus fallax var. atrofasciata Pic, 1925, C. fallax var. basireducta Pic, 1925, C. fallax var. concolor Pic, 1927, C. fallax var. medioreducta Pic, 1928, C. fallax var. henrici Pic, 1948, C. fallax var. edmondi Pic, 1948, C. fallax var. petri Pic, 1948 and C. fallax var. reductemaculata Pic, 1949 (new name for C. fallax var. unimaculata Pic, 1927). Wittmer (1953Wittmer W (1953) Notizen über Malacodermata unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typen von Fabricius und Wiedemann. Entomologiske Meddelelser 26: 525-528.) suggested that Chauliognathus fallax would likely become a synonym of C. flavipes (Fabricius).

Fischer von Waldheim (1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.) described and illustrated Telephorus (Cantharis ) axillaris from Brazil (Fig. 2) and Guérin-Méneville (1844Guérin-Méneville F-E (1844) Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie. Insectes. Paris, J.B. Baillière, 576p.) transferred it to Chauliognathus . Waterhouse (1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332.) examined a type specimen of Cantharis flavipes Fabricius and found it to be identical to the common Brazilian Chauliognathus , described by Fischer von Waldheim (1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.) as T. axillaris .

Dejean (1821Dejean PFMA (1821) Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris, Crevot, viii+138p., 1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176., 1836Dejean PFMA (1836) Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 1-384.) listed Callianthia basalis Dejean (nomen nudum) in his catalogs. Lacordaire (1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.) [1854-1876, see discussion on publication dates below] published an illustration of "Chauliognathus basalis Dejean" (Fig. 4), thus becoming the author of the species: Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire, 1857.

Figures 1-5
Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.) and its synonyms: (1) Undetermined species from Pallas (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).) [Cantharis flavipes according to Fabricius (1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p.) or Telephorus fallax according to Germar (1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.)]; (2) Telephorus axillaris from Fischer von Waldheim (1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.); (3) Telephorus flavipes from Olivier (1790Olivier GA (1790) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris, Baudouin, Tome 2, 18p.); (4) Chauliognathus basalis from Lacordaire (1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.); (5) Cantharis flavipes from HMUG. Figs. 1-4: public domain; Fig. 5: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow 2016(c).

Wittmer (1953Wittmer W (1953) Notizen über Malacodermata unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typen von Fabricius und Wiedemann. Entomologiske Meddelelser 26: 525-528.) studied Fabricius' collection in Copenhagen and suggested that specimens identified as Chauliognathus fallax in other collections should rather be regarded as C. flavipes . However, specimens named "C. flavipes " or "C. fallax " in such collections around the world usually consist of a range of closely related species of Chauliognathus . Moreover, Wittmer's concept of C. flavipes was not based on the type specimen but on specimens in Fabricius's own collection, which may not be in accordance with its original description (cf., Sekerka & Barclay 2015Sekerka L, Barclay MVL (2015) Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54: 657-684.). Wittmer (1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.) then listed Chauliognathus fallax and C. basalis as synonyms of C. flavipes , without taking into account their type specimens.

Blanchard (1844Blanchard CE (1844) Insectes de l'Amérique méridionale. Recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny et décrits par Emile Blanchard et Auguste Brullé. Famille des Lampyriens, p. 101-126. In: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivie, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide d'Orbigny. Ouvrage dédié au Roi, et publié sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique (commencé sous le ministère de M. Guizot). Tome sixième. 2.e Partie: Insectes. Paris, P. Bertrand & Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 4+222p.) described Chauliognathus plagiatus from Rio de Janeiro and compared it to Telephorus fallax , from which it differed by its smaller size and color markings.

Furthermore, several new species and varieties were proposed by Pic on the basis of trivial morphological or color pattern differences. The study of their type specimens enabled the proposition of 25 new synonyms of C. flavipes .

Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius, 1781)

Cantharis flavipesFabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.: 259; 1787Fabricius JC (1787) Mantissa insectorvm sistens eorvm species nvper detectas adiectis characteribvs genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibvs, observationibvs. Tom. I. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., xx+348p.: 118; 1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p.: 217; 1801Fabricius JC (1801) Systema elevtheratorvm secvndvm ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Kiel, Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Tom. I, xxiv+506p.: 300; Gmelin 1790Gmelin JF (1790) Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Leipzig, Georg Emanuel Beer, Tom. I. Pars IV, p. 1517-2224.: 1894; Pallas 1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).: pl. F, fig. 23, cf. Fabricius 1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p..

Telephorus flavipes: Olivier 1790Olivier GA (1790) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris, Baudouin, Tome 2, 18p.: 10, pl. 3, fig. 18; Lacordaire 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.: 355; Gemminger & Harold 1869Gemminger M, Harold E von (1869) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Munich, E.H. Gummi, Tom. VI, p. 1609-1880.: 1665.

Callianthia flavipes: Schönherr 1808Schönherr CJ (1808) Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Stockholm, Carl Friedr. Marquard, x+424p.: 69; Curtis 1839Curtis J (1839) Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. King, R.N.F.R.S. & L.S. in the survey of the straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 181-206.: 201.

Chauliognathus flavipes: Waterhouse 1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332.: 329; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 297; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371; Wittmer 1953Wittmer W (1953) Notizen über Malacodermata unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typen von Fabricius und Wiedemann. Entomologiske Meddelelser 26: 525-528.; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 441; Costa et al. 1988Costa C, Vanin SA, Casari-Chen SA (1988). Larvas de Coleoptera do Brasil. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 282p.: 166, pl. 72, fig. 1-11; Machado & Araújo 1995Machado V, Araújo AM de (1995) The colour polymorphism in Chauliognathus flavipes (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) I: Geographic and temporal variation. Evolución Biológica 8/9: 127-139.: 127; 1998Machado V, Araújo AM de (1998) Padrões de emergência em populações naturais de duas espécies de Chauliognathus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41: 235-238.: 235; 1999Machado V, Araújo AM de (1999) Color polymorphism in Chauliognathus flavipes Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). II. Patterns of emergence of morphs and mating system. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 16: 441-446. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000200010
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Telephorus (Cantharis ) axillarisFischer von Waldheim, 1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.: 254, pl. 22, fig. 1a, b.

Chauliognathus axillaris: Guérin-Méneville 1844Guérin-Méneville F-E (1844) Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie. Insectes. Paris, J.B. Baillière, 576p.: 48; Gemminger & Harold 1869Gemminger M, Harold E von (1869) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Munich, E.H. Gummi, Tom. VI, p. 1609-1880.: 1658; Waterhouse 1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332.: 329 (syn.); Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 297; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 441.

Telephorus fallaxGermar, 1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.: 72; Pallas 1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782)., pl. F, figs. 23, 24; Castelnau 1840Castelnau F (1840) Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé; ouvrage accompagné de 155 planches gravées sur acier représentant plus de 800 sujets. Paris, P. Duménil, Tome premier, cxxv+324p.: 272.

Callianthia fallax: Dejean 1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176.: 104; 1836Dejean PFMA (1836) Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 1-384.: 117; Curtis 1839Curtis J (1839) Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. King, R.N.F.R.S. & L.S. in the survey of the straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 181-206.: 201.

Chauliognathus fallax: Lucas 1857Lucas PH (1857) Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Ouvrage qui a obtenu une médaille hors ligne de la Société de Géographie. Entomologie. Paris, Bertrand , p. 90-92.: 91; Lacordaire 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.: 351; Redtenbacher 1868Redtenbacher L (1868) Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Coleopteren. Mit Fünf Tafeln. Wien, Karl Gerold's Sohn, iv+249p.: 103; Gemminger & Harold 1869Gemminger M, Harold E von (1869) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Munich, E.H. Gummi, Tom. VI, p. 1609-1880.: 1658; Bruch 1914Bruch C (1914). Catálogo sistemático de los coleópteros de la República Argentina. 6. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19: 235-302.: 245; Borgmeier 1937Borgmeier T (1937) Uma nova espécie de Apocephalus (Dipt. Phoridae), endoparasita de Chauliognathus fallax Germ (Col. Cantharidae). Revista de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro 7: 207-216.: 207; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 296; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371; Costa Lima 1953Costa Lima AM (1953) Insetos do Brasil, 8º Tomo, Coleópteros, parte 2. Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Agronomia, 323p.: 155; Guérin 1953Guérin J (1953) Coleópteros do Brasil. São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamentos de Zoologia e de Fisiologia Geral e Animal, 356p.: 152; Wittmer 1953Wittmer W (1953) Notizen über Malacodermata unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typen von Fabricius und Wiedemann. Entomologiske Meddelelser 26: 525-528.: 325; 1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.: 363 (syn.); Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 441; Vernalha et al. 1980Vernalha MM, Gabardo JC, Silva RP da, Rodrigues da Costa FA (1980) Variações pigmentares pronoto-elitrais em Chauliognathus fallax (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera-Cantharidae). Acta Biológica Paranaense 8/9: 117-125. doi: 10.5380/abpr.v8i0.923
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Chauliognathus basalisLacordaire, 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.: pl. 5, fig. 2; Gemminger & Harold 1869Gemminger M, Harold E von (1869) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Munich, E.H. Gummi, Tom. VI, p. 1609-1880.: 1657; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 293; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 370; Wittmer 1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.: 363 (syn.); Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 441.

Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius, 1781)

Figs. 6-19, 21-37, 42-54

Diagnosis. Chauliognathus flavipes differs from similar species by the color pattern of the head, antennae and legs, the rounded lateral and posterior margins and straight internal margin of the elytra and unique form of the aedeagus and last ventrite in females. It is not possible, at this time, to discuss further comparisons and differential diagnosis against other members of the species-complex, since the entire group is in need of revision.

Redescription. Length: 11-16 mm. Color (variations). From totally pale yellow or orange-yellow to predominantly black with small yellow patches on pronotum and elytra. Head usually yellow at base of mandibles, frons, genae, and around the eyes, which have a V-shaped mark between them. Clypeus, vertex and occipital region dark brown to black. Frons with two black spots or V-shaped black patch, sometimes reaching black area of occipital region. Labial and maxillary palpi dark brown. Antennae predominantly dark brown, sometimes lighter on first antennomere and on the base of all others. Pronotum ranging from entirely yellow (sometimes with small irregular black spots) to almost completely black. Elytra either entirely yellow or orange or variably marked either extensively or with small black spots or a large transverse black band along its base or two to four black spots on the apical half that sometimes merge to form an oblique band. Thoracic ventrites pale yellow or with varied brown to black markings, sometimes forming a large black triangle on the metaventrite. Legs light brown to black, sometimes with black spots or stripes on coxa, femur and tibia; tarsi dark brown. Abdominal ventrites usually yellow but sometimes predominantly black or with paired black spots. Last ventrite pale yellow to light brown.

Male (Fig. 6): Head (Figs. 9-12) slightly longer than wide, dorsoventrally flattened, broadly rounded behind eyes, frons and vertex convex, occipital region flat to slightly concave, genae slightly convergent, almost parallel. Clypeus (Figs. 9, 11) trapezoidal, broad; anterior margin straight with median incision forming shallow longitudinal sulcus; posterior margin broadly arched; bases with lateral lobes; frontoclypeal suture sometimes barely visible. Labrum (Figs. 9, 11) membranous, divided into two lobes. Mandibles (Fig. 11) slender, slightly arched; incisor flat and rounded; accessory teeth dorsal, not discrete and broadly fused to incisor. Maxillae (Figs. 10, 12): galea extendible, long, floppy and densely pilose, usually retracted; maxillary palpi short; first three palpomeres subequal in length, apical palpomere elongate, globose. Labium (Figs. 10, 12): labial palpi short with three palpomeres, last palpomere globose. Antennae (Fig. 6) filiform, slender, long, surpassing half of elytra length; first antennomere elongate, distally slightly swollen; second antennomere very short; antennomeres 3-11 cylindrical, subequal in length; distance between antennae half the width of head in front of eyes. Eyes almost round, about 1.2 times longer than wide, not prominent. Distance between eyes 0.9 times the width of head in front of eyes. Pronotum (Fig. 13) wide, 1.4 times wider than long; anterior margin straight to slightly rounded, anterior angles broadly rounded; lateral margins well-marked, explanate, slightly sinuous, medially wider. Posterior margin sinuous, posterior angles well-defined and dorsal transversal carina poorly defined near posterior margin. Scutellum trapezoidal, posterior margin straight to slightly rounded. Elytra with small punctures, long, completely covering abdomen or only exposing apex of last tergite. Elytral bases parallel, lateral and posterior margins rounded, internal margins straight, sometimes meeting medially; internal borders well-defined. Legs long, slender, increasing in size posteriorly, tibiae and tarsi densely covered in long yellow to golden setae. Abdomen (Fig. 13) with ventrites I-VI wide, entire, not indented. Distal margin of ventrite VII strongly curved; ventrite VIII oblong and strongly convex. Aedeagus (Figs. 15-19) strongly asymmetrical. Right paramere flat, slightly bent outwards, tapering apicad. Left paramere (Fig. 19) elongate, curved, apex with two small, sharpened projections. Median lobe slightly twisted on its longitudinal axis, with a small apical projection of the cuticle.

Female (Fig. 7). Similar to male, sometimes larger; antennae, tibiae and tarsomeres slightly shorter than in males; last abdominal ventrite (Fig. 14) typically indented with concave distal margin and acute median projection.

Distribution. Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (no precise locality), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Presidente Hayes, Distrito Capital, Alto Paraná, Guairá, Caazapá, Itapúa), Argentina (Salta, Misiones, Corrientes) (Fig. 20). Records of C. fallax and C. plagiatus from Peru, "mission de Sarayacu" (Lucas 1857Lucas PH (1857) Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Ouvrage qui a obtenu une médaille hors ligne de la Société de Géographie. Entomologie. Paris, Bertrand , p. 90-92.), are considered erroneous and were probably collected in southeastern or central Brazil, where Castelnau's expedition was settled and spent several months before heading to Peru (Castelnau 1850Castelnau F (1850) Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de Lima au Para, exécutée par ordre du Gouvernement français pendant les années 1843 à 1847, sous la diréction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Paris, Bertrand, vol. 1, 468p.).

Figures 6-13
Chauliognathus flavipes: (6) habitus, male; (7) habitus, female; (8) male and female in copula; (9) head, dorsal; (10) head, ventral; (11) details of head, dorsal; (12) details of head, ventral; (13) pronotum.

Figures 13-19
Chauliognathus flavipes: (13) last abdominal ventrites, male; (14) last abdominal ventrites, female; (15-18) aedeagus, ventral, right lateral, dorsal and left lateral views; (19) detail of left paramere, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figure 20
Distribution records of Chauliognathus flavipes .

The type series of Cantharis flavipes , Telephorus fallax and Cantharis (Telephorus )axillaris

Lectotype designation for Cantharis flavipes . Fabricius (1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.) briefly described C. flavipes as coming from China and belonging to Joseph Banks' collection. His collection was originally left to the Linnaean Society. It was then given to the British Museum and transferred to the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH) in the 1880s, where it still remains (Sekerka & Barclay 2015Sekerka L, Barclay MVL (2015) Fabrician types of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54: 657-684.).

Fabricius (1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p.) confirmed the identification of C. flavipes in a redescription and illustration given by Olivier (1790Olivier GA (1790) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris, Baudouin, Tome 2, 18p.) (Fig. 3). According to Tuxen (1967Tuxen SL (1967) The entomologist, J. C. Fabricius. Annual Review of Entomology 12: 1-14. doi: 10.1146/annurev.en.12.010167.000245
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), Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) was an entomologist with whom Fabricius worked very closely in Paris, such that "they could cite each other in futuris " (Tuxen 1967Tuxen SL (1967) The entomologist, J. C. Fabricius. Annual Review of Entomology 12: 1-14. doi: 10.1146/annurev.en.12.010167.000245
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: 11). It is therefore most likely that Fabricius saw Oli vier's plates a long time before they were actually published and could have cited them even 18 years before they were printed.

Fabricius (1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p.) also recognized his species in an undetermined specimen illustrated in Pallas' (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782)., fig. 23) (Fig. 1) iconographical atlas of beetles of eastern Russia as C. flavipes . According to the preamble in Pallas (1781Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).) species of "both Indies" (i.e., south and southeastern Asia, and the Antilles) were included in some of the plates and he blamed the copyists for the poor quality of his drawings. Peter S. Pallas also lived in London and was in contact with Fabricius, Banks and other eminent naturalists and collectors at the time. As seen by the example of association between Fabricius and Olivier, the contemporaneity of their works suggests Fabricius was aware about the inclusion of these specimens in Pallas' upcoming publication. Also, according to Dryander (1796Dryander J (1796) Catalogus bibliothecæ historico-naturalis Josephi Banks. Tomus II. Zoologi. London, Typis Gul. Bulmer et Soc., xx+578p.), Banks' personal archivist and librarian, Pallas' illustrations were indeed based on Banks' specimens. Since there were two figures of similar specimens in Pallas' plate, it is presumed that there were at least two available specimens. However, only one specimen remains in Bank's collection at the BMNH. The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (HMUG, Scotland) holds two specimens of C. flavipes with the same appearance and pinning style as the single specimen in the BMNH (Fig. 5). Both may possibly be syntypes of C. flavipes , along with that in Banks' collection, but this cannot be proven. The circumstances of their arrival in William Hunter's collection are not clear, since it includes insects from Dr. John Fothergill and Dru Drury, which likely includes specimens from Brazil (Jeanne Robinson, HMUG, pers. comm.) and part of Banks' collection, donated to Hunter in 1792 (Chambers 2007Chambers N (2007) Joseph Banks and the British Museum: the world of collecting, 1770-1830. London, Pickering & Chatto, xiv+195p.). Fabricius was also renowned for redistributing specimens through collections, including his own (now in both Kiel, Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark) and Hunter's cabinet, where he acted as curator, organizing, identifying and describing new species (Staig 1931Staig RA (1931) The Fabrician types of insects in the Hunterian collection at Glasgow University. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 110p., Zimsen 1964Zimsen E (1964) The type material of I. C. Fabricius. Copenhagen, Munksgaard, 656p., Chambers 2007Chambers N (2007) Joseph Banks and the British Museum: the world of collecting, 1770-1830. London, Pickering & Chatto, xiv+195p., Hancock 2015Hancock EG (2015) The shaping role of Johan Christian Fabricius: Willian Hunter's insect collection and entomology in eighteenth-century London, p. 151-163. In: Hancock EG, Pearce N, Campbell M (Eds.) William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. Farnham, Ashgate Publishing, xxviii+392p.). Another possibility is that Banks' original collection held even more specimens than are presently known, including those figured by Pallas, and that these were later split between other museums and collectors, including Pallas himself. Unfortunately, attempts to locate Pallas' personal entomological collection in Russia were fruitless. Therefore, it is not possible to assert that there were additional specimens of C. flavipes at the time of Fabricius' original description so the single female specimen remaining from Banks' collection in the BMNH is here designated as LECTOTYPE with the purpose of clarifying the application of the name. The lectotype specimen and specimen labels are shown in Figs. 21-25.

Figures 21-25
Lectotype of Cantharis flavipesFabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.: (21) habitus, dorsal view; (22) pronotum, dorsal view; (23) head, dorsal view; (24) apex of abdomen, ventral view; (25) label.

The status of Telephorus axillarisFischer von Waldheim, 1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.. Waterhouse (1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332.) analyzed the type specimen of Cantharis flavipes found in Banks' collection, transferred it to Chauliognathus and synonymized it with the common Brazilian species Telephorus axillaris Fischer von Waldheim, 1823, thus indirectly suggesting that it is not from China. Delkeskamp's (1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.) catalog then formally asserted that it was from Brazil, not China. Telephorus (Cantharis ) axillaris was described based on at least two specimens from Fischer von Waldheim's own collection (Museum Fischeri). It was transferred to Chauliognathus by Guérin-Méneville (1844Guérin-Méneville F-E (1844) Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie. Insectes. Paris, J.B. Baillière, 576p.). Fischer von Waldheim's (1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.) description and figures (plate 22, figs. 1a and 1b) (Fig. 2) reliably represent the same species as Fabricius, although with different color markings, and are probably the only sources of comparison used by Waterhouse (1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332.) to propose the new combination and syno nymy with the henceforth Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius). Parts of Fischer's collection were supposedly deposited at ZMMU and ZMHB (Horn et al. 1990Horn W, Kahle I, Friese G, Gaedike R (1990) Collectiones entomologicae. Ein Kompendium über den Verbleib entomologischer Sammlungen der Welt bis 1960. Teil I: A bis K. Berlin, Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften der DDR, 220p., Bousquet 2016Bousquet Y (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758-1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes. ZooKeys 583: 1-776. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.583.7084
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) but his specimens could not be found. Due to the resemblance between the figures of T. axillaris and the lectotype of C. flavipes , the synonymy proposed by Waterhouse is maintained without examining the type specimens of the former.

Telephorus fallax. Germar (1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.) described "Telephorus fallax Illigeri" making reference to figures from Pallas (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).) (Fig. 1). Besides Illiger, the names of other new species in the same work were followed by the names of other collectors and naturalists from the 19th century. Some of them, contemporary to Germar, are acknowledged for providing specimens for description. Their names, therefore, indicate the collection of origin of the specimens, and not the authorship. Until his death Illiger was the director of the current Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität (ZMHB, Berlin) and responsible for the entomological collection, where the specimens of T. fallax may be. They were probably sent to Germar by Illiger who may have suggested the name "fallax " for this species. Consequently, the name "Illigeri " after the binomen of the species is neither part of the name, nor the author of the species, as often used by some authors (e.g., Dejean 1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176., Curtis 1839Curtis J (1839) Descriptions of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. King, R.N.F.R.S. & L.S. in the survey of the straits of Magellan. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 181-206., Castelnau 1840Castelnau F (1840) Histoire naturelle des insectes coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé; ouvrage accompagné de 155 planches gravées sur acier représentant plus de 800 sujets. Paris, P. Duménil, Tome premier, cxxv+324p.). Only some of Germar's types are deposited in the ZMHB. They concern mainly the type specimens of species he described from the ZMHM collection, specimens sent by him as donations, or those received in the collection of Germar's nephew H. Schaum (Bernd Jaeger, ZMHB, pers. comm.). In the original description of T. fallax , Germar examines a series of specimens, as noticed by the description of color varieties. His description is therefore inadequate for both the identification of the series he examined and to distinguish them from closely related species. Several specimens with the potential to have been Germar's types were found in the ZMHB "Historical Collection", which contains the material and type specimens of various historical authors. However, according to Bernd Jaeger (pers. comm.) the recognition of types in the Historical Collection is a serious problem because old curators and collection assistants placed all specimens, including types, from various authors or collections together into single historical series if they were considered as belonging to the same species or synonyms. In such cases, the collection label in front of a historical series bears the handwritten names of two or more species and authors. Unfortunately, the original labels of various authors no longer exist or they were removed during the first arrangement of the Historical Collection. Thus, today it is often difficult or even impossible to determine which author a specimen within a historical series corresponds to.

Efforts to find additional specimens in Germar's original type series in other collections, for example ZIH, were unsuccessful.

Given that it is impossible to distinguish Germar's original type series from other specimens in the ZMHB, the reference to the figures given by Pallas seems to be the only means to resolve the problem regarding to the identity of Telephorus fallax . Germar (1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.) referred to both figures 23 and 24 from Pallas in his original description (Fig. 1), thus including the illustrated specimens in the type series (ICZN Art. 72.4.1). As mentioned above it is presently impossible to assert which specimens were illustrated by Pallas and where they are housed. If the specimen illustrated in figure 23 was part of Fabricius' type series - the same recognized by Fabricius (1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft., Tom. I, xx+330p.) as C. flavipes - the association of this figure by Germar is evidence that these names are in fact synonymous. The synonymy proposed by Wittmer (1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.) is therefore maintained, even though a lectotype for T. fallax cannot be defined.

It is not clear what Wittmer's concept of C. fallax was at the time of its synonymization. Years before, Wittmer (1953Wittmer W (1953) Notizen über Malacodermata unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typen von Fabricius und Wiedemann. Entomologiske Meddelelser 26: 525-528.) suggested that specimens identified as C. fallax should be considered C. flavipes . This was proposed after the comparison of specimens in the ZMUC (Copenhagen), identified by Dr. Tuxen, to Fabricius' types. Any specimen identified as such by Tuxen was therefore found in the general collection of ZMUC.

Remarks on Pic's varieties for C. fallax (= C. flavipes )

The varieties of C. fallax described by Pic are based only on the position, shape, size and pattern of the black markings on the pronotum and elytra, which varied from being totally absent (C . fallax var. concolor ) to occurring as small elytral spots (e.g. C. fallax var. unimaculata ), transversal elytral bands (C . fallax var. atrofasciata ), or markings that widely cover the pronotum and elytra (C . fallax var. edmondi ). Vernalha et al. (1980Vernalha MM, Gabardo JC, Silva RP da, Rodrigues da Costa FA (1980) Variações pigmentares pronoto-elitrais em Chauliognathus fallax (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera-Cantharidae). Acta Biológica Paranaense 8/9: 117-125. doi: 10.5380/abpr.v8i0.923
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) studied color polymorphism in a population of C. fallax , comprising some of Pic's varieties, and concluded that the fixation of the color markings was the result of an inconstant metabolic process. They observed that the shapes and sizes of black markings were never repeated within a single population and thus rejected the prospect that varieties of the species could be distinguished based on the detailed morphological comparison between specimens. The study of the type specimens of all Pic's varieties showed that they are nothing but chromatic polymorphisms of a single species. However, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999ICZN (1999) International code of zoological nomenclature. London, The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 4th ed., xxix+306p.) they shall be regarded as valid taxa with subspecific rank, and not infrasubspecific rank (ICZN Art. 45.6.4). Their names shall be composed as a trinomen (ICZN Art. 5.2).

The following varieties of C. fallax , described by Pic (currently subspecies of C. flavipes ), are considered synonyms of C. flavipes with lectotypes designated accordingly:

Chauliognathus fallax atrofasciata Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. atrofasciatusPic, 1925aPic M (1925a) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(421): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 296; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. atrofasciata: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A male from Brazil, São Paulo: Vale do Rio Pardo. E. Gounelle, 12.98 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 26).

Figures 26-33
Lectotypes and labels of varieties of Chauliognathus fallax (Germar, 1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.), new synonyms for C. flavipes: (26) C. fallax var. atrofasciata Pic, 1925; (27) C. fallax var. basireducta Pic, 1925; (28) C. fallax var. concolor Pic, 1927; (29) C. fallax var. medioreducta Pic, 1928; (30) C. fallax var. edmondi Pic, 1948; (31) C. fallax var. petri Pic, 1948; (32) C. fallax var. henrici Pic, 1948; (33) C. fallax var. reductemaculata Pic, 1949 (= C. fallax var. unimaculatus Pic, 1927).

Chauliognathus fallaxbasireducta Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. basireductusPic, 1925aPic M (1925a) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(421): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 296; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. basireducta: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A female from [Brazil], Rio Grande do Sul (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 27).

Chauliognathus fallaxconcolor Pic, 1927 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. concolorPic, 1927Pic M (1927) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 43(430): 49-52.: 51; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 296; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. concolor: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A female from Brazil, São Paulo: Vale do Rio Pardo. E. Gounelle, 12.98 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 28).

Chauliognathus fallaxmedioreducta Pic, 1928 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. medioreductusPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64.: 62; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 296; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. medioreducta: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442 (cat.).

A female from [Brazil], Rio Grande do Sul (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 29).

Chauliognathus fallaxedmondi Pic, 1948 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. edmondiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. edmondi: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A female from Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul , "coll. Rich. Hicker" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 30).

Chauliognathus fallaxpetri Pic, 1948 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. petriPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. petri: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A male from Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul , "coll. Rich. Hicker" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 31).

Chauliognathus fallaxhenrici Pic, 1948 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. henriciPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16.

Chauliognathus flavipes var. henrici: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A female from Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul , "coll. Rich. Hicker" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 32).

Chauliognathus fallaxreductemaculata Pic, 1949 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus fallax var. unimaculatusPic, 1927Pic M (1927) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 43(430): 49-52.: 51; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 297; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371; Pic 1949aPic M (1949a) Notes et descriptions. Diversités entomologiques 5: 9-16.: 11.

Chauliognathus fallax var. reductemaculatusPic, 1949aPic M (1949a) Notes et descriptions. Diversités entomologiques 5: 9-16.: 11 (nomen novum ).

Chauliognathus flavipes var. reductemaculata: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 442.

A female from [Brazil], São Paulo (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 33).

Remarks on Pic's varieties for C. plagiatus (= C. flavipes )

As with C. fallax , the varieties of C. plagiatus described by Pic are considered valid taxa of subspecific rank. Pic's concept of C. plagiatus was based on its type specimens, whereas his concept of C. fallax was based on figure 23 in Pallas (1782Pallas PS (1781-1782) Icones insectorvm praesertim Rossiae Sibiriaeqve pecvliarivm qvae collegit et descriptionibvs illvstravit. Erlangae, Wolfgangi Waltheri, p. 1-56 (1781), p. 57-96 (1782).), according to the information on some of the identification labels attached to these specimens (Figs. 38-41). Examination of these identification labels clearly showed the difficulty he had in distinguishing between these species. In some cases single specimens were identified as both species simultaneously, whilst in others several specimens identified as a single species were actually mixed among other species. Nevertheless, in general, Pic considered specimens with broader black spots on the elytra to be C. plagiatus or its varieties, in contrast to C. flavipes , which was lighter in color. The abundance of specimens in his collection enabled the observation of a wide range of different color markings, encompassing all varieties of C. plagiatus and C. fallax , and enabled the recognition of all as variations of a single species. However, a single variety (Chauliognathus plagiatus var. latebasalis ) is here considered a valid species, not a synonym of C . plagiatus (= C. flavipes ).

Figures 34-41
Lectotypes and labels of Chauliognathus plagiatus and its varieties, new synonyms for C. flavipes: (34) C. plagiatusBlanchard, 1844Blanchard CE (1844) Insectes de l'Amérique méridionale. Recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny et décrits par Emile Blanchard et Auguste Brullé. Famille des Lampyriens, p. 101-126. In: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivie, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide d'Orbigny. Ouvrage dédié au Roi, et publié sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique (commencé sous le ministère de M. Guizot). Tome sixième. 2.e Partie: Insectes. Paris, P. Bertrand & Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 4+222p.; (35) C. plagiatus var. latejuncta Pic, 1925; (36) C. plagiatus var. orbygnyi Pic, 1948; (37) C. plagiatus var. alcidei Pic, 1948. (38-41) labels of specimens in Pic's collection: (38) "fallax Germ. (ex descript) [based on description]"; (39) "fig. 23 de Pallas = fallax Germar"; (40) "plagiatus (ex type) [based on type]"; (41) "plagiatus Bl. (ex descript) [based on description]".

Chauliognathus plagiatusBlanchard, 1844Blanchard CE (1844) Insectes de l'Amérique méridionale. Recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny et décrits par Emile Blanchard et Auguste Brullé. Famille des Lampyriens, p. 101-126. In: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivie, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide d'Orbigny. Ouvrage dédié au Roi, et publié sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique (commencé sous le ministère de M. Guizot). Tome sixième. 2.e Partie: Insectes. Paris, P. Bertrand & Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 4+222p. and its varieties are considered synonyms of C. flavipes , with lectotypes designated as follows:

Chauliognathus plagiatus Blanchard, 1844 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus plagiatusBlanchard, 1844Blanchard CE (1844) Insectes de l'Amérique méridionale. Recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny et décrits par Emile Blanchard et Auguste Brullé. Famille des Lampyriens, p. 101-126. In: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivie, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide d'Orbigny. Ouvrage dédié au Roi, et publié sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique (commencé sous le ministère de M. Guizot). Tome sixième. 2.e Partie: Insectes. Paris, P. Bertrand & Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 4+222p.: 101; Gemminger & Harold 1869Gemminger M, Harold E von (1869) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Munich, E.H. Gummi, Tom. VI, p. 1609-1880.: 1658; Lacordaire 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.: 351; Lucas 1857Lucas PH (1857) Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Ouvrage qui a obtenu une médaille hors ligne de la Société de Géographie. Entomologie. Paris, Bertrand , p. 90-92.: 90; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 304; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 372; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449; Wittmer 1977Wittmer W (1977) Ueber einige Typen von Blanchard und Guérin aus der Fam. Cantharidae (Col.) im Muséum de Paris. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 321-328.: 328 (types).

Three female syntypes (MHNH) were designated as lectotype (Fig. 34) and paralectotypes by Wittmer (1977Wittmer W (1977) Ueber einige Typen von Blanchard und Guérin aus der Fam. Cantharidae (Col.) im Muséum de Paris. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 321-328.), who placed the species in the "fallax-group " and suggested it was "probably a synonym of [C .] flavipes F."

Chauliognathus plagiatuslatejuncta Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus plagiatus var. latejunctusPic, 1925bPic M (1925b) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(422): 17-20.: 20; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 304; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 372; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449.

A male from [Brazil], São Paulo (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 35).

Chauliognathusplagiatusorbygnyi Pic, 1948 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus plagiatus var. orbygnyiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449.

A female from Brazil, Espírito Santo, "ex coll. Fruhstorfer" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 36).

Chauliognathusplagiatusalcidei Pic, 1948 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus plagiatus var. alcideiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449.

A male from Paraguay, "coll. Rich. Hicker" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 37).

Based on the morphological study of the type specimens, 13 other species and varieties described by Pic were found to be nothing but chromatic polymorphisms of C. flavipes , and are here considered synonyms, with lectotypes designated as follows:

Chauliognathus inbasalis Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus inbasalisPic, 1925aPic M (1925a) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(421): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 298; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 372 (imbasalis , sic); Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 444.

A male from Brazil, São Paulo: Vale do Rio Pardo, E. Gounelle, 12-98 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 42).

Figures 42-49
Lectotypes and labels of new synonyms for Chauliognathus flavipes: (42) C. inbasalis Pic, 1925; (43) C. bimaculatus Pic, 1925; (44) C. mendesensis Pic, 1933; (45) C. opacicollis Pic, 1946; (46) C. opacicollis var. freiburgana Pic, 1946; (47) C. bireductipennis Pic, 1947; (48) C. quadripunctatus var. lebisi Pic, 1947; (49) C. diversesignatus Pic, 1949.

Chauliognathus bimaculatus Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus bimaculatusPic, 1925bPic M (1925b) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(422): 17-20.: 20; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 293; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 370; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 436.

A female from Brazil (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 43).

Chauliognathus mendesensis Pic, 1933 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus mendesensisPic, 1933Pic M (1933) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 49(453): 117-120.: 118; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 301; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 372; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 436.

A male from BRAZIL. [Rio de Janeiro] Mendes (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 44).

Chauliognathus opacicollis Pic, 1946 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus opacicollisPic, 1946Pic M (1946) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 62(503): 1-4.: 1; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 448.

A male from Brazil, São Paulo ; December; "coll. G." (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 45).

Chauliognathus opacicollisfreiburgana Pic, 1946 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus opacicollis var. freiburganusPic, 1946Pic M (1946) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 62(503): 1-4.: 1; Delkes kamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 448.

A male from [Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo] Neu-Freiburg, Süd-Brasilien, F. Wiengreen leg. 9.11.1897 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 46).

Chauliognathus bireductipennis Pic, 1947 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus bireductipennisPic, 1947aPic M (1947a) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 63(507): 1-4.: 3; 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16.: 16; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 438.

A male from Brazil, "coll. Rich. Hicker" (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 47).

Chauliognathusquadripunctatuslebisi Pic, 1947 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus 4-punctatus var. lebisiPic, 1947bPic M (1947b) [no title]. Diversités entomologiques 2: 1-16.: 14.

Chauliognathus quadripunctatus var lebisi: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 450.

A female from Brazil, São Paulo (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 48).

Chauliognathus diversesignatus Pic, 1949 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus diversesignatusPic, 1949bPic M (1949b) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 65(515): 1-4.: 4; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 440.

A female from Brazil, [Santa Catarina , Corupá], Hansa (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 49).

Chauliognathus neopici Wittmer, 1951 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus flavipennisPic, 1924Pic M (1924) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges exotico-entomologiques 41: 1-32.: 20; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 279; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371; Wittmer 1951Wittmer W (1951) Notas sinonímicas y sistemáticas sobre Malacodermata (2ª nota). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 151: 276-278.: 277.

Chauliognathus neopiciWittmer, 1951Wittmer W (1951) Notas sinonímicas y sistemáticas sobre Malacodermata (2ª nota). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 151: 276-278.: 277 (nomen novum); Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 447.

A male from [Brazil], São Paulo (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 50).

Figures 50-57
Lectotypes and labels of new synonyms for Chauliognathus flavipes , C. plicatus , and C. latebasalis stat. nov: (50) C. flavipennisPic, 1924Pic M (1924) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges exotico-entomologiques 41: 1-32. (= C. neopiciWittmer, 1951Wittmer W (1951) Notas sinonímicas y sistemáticas sobre Malacodermata (2ª nota). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 151: 276-278.); (51) C. rufipes Pic, 1924; (52) C. rufipes var. quadrinotata Pic, 1928; (53) C. rufipes var. haasi Pic, 1928; (54) C. ensellatus var. innotatithorax Pic, 1944; (55) possible type of C. basalisLacordaire, 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.; (56) C. flavipennis var. schneideri Pic, 1934 (= C. neopici var. schneideri = C. plicatus syn. nov.); (57) C. latebasalis Pic, 1925 stat. nov.

Chauliognathusrufipes Pic, 1924 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus rufipesPic, 1924Pic M (1924) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges exotico-entomologiques 41: 1-32.: 20; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 305; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 373; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 450.

A female from Paraguay (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 51).

Chauliognathusrufipesquadrinotata Pic, 1928 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus rufipes var. 4-notatusPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64.: 62.

Chauliognathus rufipes var. quadrinotatus: Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 305; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 373; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 450.

A female from Paraguay, Dr. J. Bohis leg. comm. 22. VI. 1895 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 52).

Chauliognathusrufipeshaasi Pic, 1928 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus rufipes var. haasiPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64.: 62; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 305; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 373; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 450.

A female from Paraguay, [Itapúa] Hohenau (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 53).

Chauliognathusensellatusinnotatithorax Pic, 1944 syn. nov.

Chauliognathus ensellatus var. innotatithoraxPic, 1944Pic M (1944) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 60(499): 13 -16.: 16; Delkes kamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 440.

A female without locality information (probably from Brazil) (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 54).

The status of Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire, 1857 (= C. flavipes )

Delkeskamp (1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p., 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.) and Blackwelder (1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.) cite an illustration in the Atlas of Lacordaire's "Genera des Coléoptères" as the original description of Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire, 1857. The date attributed for the publication of the illustration was arbitrarily based on the date of publication of the fourth tome that included Chauliognathus and other "malacodermes". However, there is no evidence that the plates were published together with their corresponding tomes. In the epilogue of the final tome Chapuis (1876Chapuis F (1876) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposées jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Par Mm. Th. Lacordaire et F. Chapuis. Paris, Roret, Tome douzième. Famille des érotyliens, des endomychides et des coccinellides, 424p.) (author of the last three tomes after the death of Lacordaire) mentioned that the manuscripts of the two last tomes were delivered for editing at the beginning of 1875 and that the time elapsed thereafter was employed for preparation of the plates. This is possibly the reason for the publi cation date of the Atlas tome sometimes being given as 1876. However, according to Bousquet (2016Bousquet Y (2016) Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758-1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes. ZooKeys 583: 1-776. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.583.7084
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), the plates were issued by livraisons and their publication dates are still unknown. The publication date given by Delkeskamp (1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p., 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.) and Blackwelder (1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.) for the figure of C. basalis is therefore maintained despite its inaccuracy.

Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire is a primary homonym of C. basalisLeConte, 1859LeConte JL (1859) The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge [no 126]. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, vi+58p., and the junior homonym must receive a new name according to article 53 of the Code (ICZN 1999ICZN (1999) International code of zoological nomenclature. London, The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 4th ed., xxix+306p.). However, in the absence of certainty about the publi cation date of the former name, it is not possible to assure which has priority. Thus, this case should remain provisionally unsolved.

Remarks on the identity of Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire (= C. flavipes ). The name "Cantharis basalisDejean" appeared in Dejean's (1821Dejean PFMA (1821) Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris, Crevot, viii+138p.) catalog along with "Cantharis 4-Punctata Dejean". Later, Dejean (1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176., 1836Dejean PFMA (1836) Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 1-384.) listed these names in the new genus Callianthia Dejean, 1833: "C. basalis Dej." and "C. quadripunctata Dej." with the latter as a synonym of "C. fallax Illiger". Both are considered nomina nuda , since they were never followed by a description and are thus unavailable. Lacordaire (1857) synonymized Callianthia with Chauliognathus and in the Atlas (Lacordaire 1854-1876Lacordaire JT (1854-1876) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Atlas, 48p., pl. 45, fig. 2) published the first illustration of "Chauliognathus basalis Dejean" (Fig. 4), so becoming the author of the species. It should be noted that Lacordaire made no mention of C. quadripunctatus or C. basalis among the other known species of Chauliognathus (Lacordaire 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.: 350). In the preface of the first tome Lacordaire (1854Lacordaire JT (1854) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , Tome premier contenant les familles des cicindélètes, carabiques, dytiscides, gyrinides et palpicornes, xx+486p.: ix) warned that some of the plates (including C. basalis ) accompanying his work were originally intended for publication by an author who was no longer devoted to entomology and had not been published before, so declined to bear responsibility for them. Also, the origin of specimens described by Lacordaire is poorly known, as he had a limited reference collection, unlike most of his contemporaries. Some of the species described by him may have been acquired or communicated to him by other collectors or based on a specimen identified as such from any other collection. According to Cambeford (2006Cambefort Y (2006) Des coléoptères, des collections et des hommes. Paris, Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 375p.), his collection was sold and split between different private collectors, and some of his specimens may have been deposited at the RBINS. However, no specimens of C. basalis were found in that collection. Pic may have had some of Lacordaire's types through the acquisition of Deyrolle's "Malacodermidae" collection, previously belonging to Ogier de Baulny, who acquired part of Lacordaire's specimens (Cambeford 2006Cambefort Y (2006) Des coléoptères, des collections et des hommes. Paris, Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 375p.).

There are several specimens in historical collections (e.g., MNHN, ZMHB, NMB) identified as "C. 4 Punctata Dej" (or spelled Callianthia quadripunctata Dejean) or "C. basalis Dej", both nomina nuda. In general, these specimens comprise C. flavipes and another similar and closely related species. Additionally, the confusion over the identity of these species is compounded by the fact that Pic had a specimen identified as "C. quadripunctata Dejean" in his collection. This specimen was not Chauliognathus flavipes but rather that frequently identified as "C. quadripunctata Dejean" or "C. basalis Dejean". Pic probably knew that Dejean's C. quadripunctatus was a nomen nudum. Thus he described the new species Chauliognathus quadripunctatus Pic, 1927 (originally spelled Chauliognathus 4-punctatus ), as separate from C. flavipes , probably following the identification of the specimen in his collection. Furthermore, he stated that this species was closely related to C. basalis Lacordaire or that it was perhaps only a variety of it ("À placer près de basalis Lac. dont il n'est peut-être qu'une variété"; Pic 1927: 51). Therefore, Chauliognathus quadri punctatus Pic, 1927 is possibly based on the same concept as Chauliognathus quadripunctatus Dejean (nomen nudum). Hence, if "Chauliognathus quadripunctatus Dejean" was a valid species - and if there were types - it would possibly be a junior synonym of C. flavipes (Fabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.) or a senior synonym and senior primary homonym of C. quadripunctatus Pic, 1927.

Wittmer (1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.) synonymized Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire with C. flavipes , probably based on specimens of C. quadripunctatus Dejean and C. basalis Dejean sensu auctorum in old collections and aware of the synonymy proposed by Dejean (1833Dejean PFMA (1833) Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 97-176., 1836Dejean PFMA (1836) Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, p. 1-384.). It is probable that Wittmer never even saw the figure of C. basalis in Lacordaire (1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.) (Fig. 4) before proposing their synonymy, as this illustration is somewhat different from C. flavipes . It differs by having an entirely black head, yellow antennae, obtuse anterior angles of the pronotum, and rounded elytral apex. This resembles certain species from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru formerly described in the genus XenismusWaterhouse, 1878Waterhouse CO (1878) Descriptions of new Telephoridae from Central and South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 325-332..

There is a single specimen in Pic's collection from Colombia labeled by him as "type" and identified as "Chauliognathus basalis Dej. sec [according to] Lac. Gen. Pl. 45, fig. 2 ♀/Xenismus ? Wat. n. sp?" but with different handwriting (Fig. 55). Although this specimen is very similar to the figure by Lacordaire it is not possible to assure whether it is in fact the type of C. basalis . Therefore, it is not presently possible to determine whether Chauliognathus basalis Lacordaire is a synonym of C. flavipes , a synonym of C. quadripunctatus Pic, or even a distinct species. Since the holotype of C. basalis was not found and carefully examined, the synonym proposed by Wittmer (1961Wittmer W (1961) Synonymische und systematische Notizen über Malacodermata (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 12: 362-364.) is maintained.

Varieties not synonyms of Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius)

Unlike the several other nomina, C. neopici var. schneideriPic, 1934Pic M (1934) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 50(456): 129-132. (= C. flavipennis var. schneideri Pic, 1934) and C. plagiatus var. laterobasalis Pic, 1925 are not synonyms of C. flavipes (Fabricius). Instead, they were discovered to be valid taxa with species rank or synonyms of other species similar to C. flavipes .

Chauliognathus plicatus Pic, 1915Pic M (1915) Trois nouveaux Chauliognathus Hentz, du Brésil (Col. Malacodermata). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1915: 133-134.

Chauliognathus plicatusPic, 1915Pic M (1915) Trois nouveaux Chauliognathus Hentz, du Brésil (Col. Malacodermata). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1915: 133-134.: 134; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 304; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 373; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449.

Chauliognathus flavipennis var. schneideriPic, 1934Pic M (1934) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 50(456): 129-132.: 131; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 297; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 371. Syn. nov.

Chauliognathus neopici var. schneideri: Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 447.

Remarks. A female from the type series of C. flavipennis var. schneideri from BRAZIL. [Rio Grande do Sul] São Leopoldo, F. Schneider (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 56). The specimen is in very poor condition of preservation but can be identified as a synonym of C. plicatus by the characteristic swollen scutellum and the black marks on the head.

Chauliognathus latebasalis Pic, 1925, stat. nov.

Chauliognathus plagiatus var. latebasalisPic, 1925bPic M (1925b) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 41(422): 17-20.: 20; Delkeskamp 1939Delkeskamp K (1939) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 165, Col. Cantharidae. Gravenhague, Dr. W. Junk, 357p.: 449; Blackwelder 1945Blackwelder RE (1945) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 345-550.: 372; Delkeskamp 1977Delkeskamp K (1977). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Pars 165, fasc 1. Col. Cantharidae. The Hague, Dr. W. Junk, 485p.: 449.

Remarks. Two females bear type labels for this species. One, from BRAZIL, São Paulo: Vale do Rio Pardo, E. Gounelle, 12.98 (MNHN) is here designated as LECTOTYPE (Fig. 57) and another (MNHN), also from BRAZIL [Santa Catarina, Corupá], Hansa as PARALECTOTYPE. Unlike C. plagiatus and the other varieties of this species, which are synonyms of C. flavipes , C. plagiatus var. latebasalis is considered a valid species.

Summary of proposed taxonomic changes

Chauliognathus flavipes (Fabricius, 1781Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorvm exhibentes eorvm differentias specificas, synonyma avctorvm, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibvs, descriptionibvs. Bohn, Ernest, Tom. I, viii+552p.)

= Chauliognathus axillaris (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823Fischer von Waldheim G (1823) Coleoptera quaedam exotica descripta. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 254-267.)

= Chauliognathus basalisLacordaire, 1857Lacordaire JT (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris, Roret , 579p.

= Chauliognathus fallax (Germar, 1823Germar EF (1823) Coleopterorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Cum Tab. aen. II. Halle, J.C. Hendelii et Filii, xxiv+624p.)

= Chauliognathus fallax var. atrofasciata Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. basireducta Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. concolorPic, 1927Pic M (1927) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 43(430): 49-52. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. medioreductaPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. edmondiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. petriPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. henriciPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus fallax var. reductemaculata Pic, 1949 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus plagiatusBlanchard, 1844Blanchard CE (1844) Insectes de l'Amérique méridionale. Recueillis par Alcide d'Orbigny et décrits par Emile Blanchard et Auguste Brullé. Famille des Lampyriens, p. 101-126. In: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la République orientale de l'Uruguay, la République Argentine, la Patagonie, la République du Chili, la République de Bolivie, la République du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833 par Alcide d'Orbigny. Ouvrage dédié au Roi, et publié sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique (commencé sous le ministère de M. Guizot). Tome sixième. 2.e Partie: Insectes. Paris, P. Bertrand & Strasbourg, V. Levrault, 4+222p. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus plagiatus var. latejuncta Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus plagiatus var. orbygnyiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus plagiatus var. alcideiPic, 1948Pic M (1948) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 64(514): 13-16. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus inbasalis Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus bimaculatus Pic, 1925 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus mendesensisPic, 1933Pic M (1933) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 49(453): 117-120. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus opacicollisPic, 1946Pic M (1946) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 62(503): 1-4. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus opacicollis var. freiburganaPic, 1946Pic M (1946) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 62(503): 1-4. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus bireductipennis Pic, 1947 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus quadripunctatus var. lebisi Pic, 1947 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus diversesignatus Pic, 1949 syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus neopiciWittmer, 1951Wittmer W (1951) Notas sinonímicas y sistemáticas sobre Malacodermata (2ª nota). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 151: 276-278. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus rufipesPic, 1924Pic M (1924) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges exotico-entomologiques 41: 1-32. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus rufipes var. quadrinotataPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus rufipes var. haasiPic, 1928Pic M (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 44(433): 61-64. syn. nov.

= Chauliognathus ensellatus var. innotatithoraxPic, 1944Pic M (1944) Coléoptères du globe. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 60(499): 13 -16. syn. nov.

Chauliognathus plicatus Pic, 1915Pic M (1915) Trois nouveaux Chauliognathus Hentz, du Brésil (Col. Malacodermata). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1915: 133-134.

= Chauliognathus neopici var. schneideriPic, 1934Pic M (1934) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 50(456): 129-132. syn. nov.

Chauliognathus latebasalis Pic, 1925 stat. nov.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to Antônio Santos-Silva for his encouragement and reliable help during all stages of this study and the following curators and researchers for providing access and important information regarding the collections and specimens under their care: Thierry Deuve, Azadeh Taghavian, Antoine Mantilleri (MNHN), Maxwell Barclay, Michael Geiser (BMNH), Matthias Borer, Isabelle Zürcher, Eva Sprecher (NMB), Manfred Uhlig, Bernd Jaeger (ZMHB), Mikhail Danilevsky, Sergey Kazantsev (ZMMU), Sree Selvantharan (ZMUC), Karla Scheneider (ZHI), Pol Limbourg (RBINS) and Jeanne Robinson, (HMUG). I am grateful to Vilmar Machado for sharing his personal observations, Dione Seripierri (MZUSP) for help with ancient literature, Guilherme Ide M. dos Santos for photos of live C. flavipes , Société entomologique de France for enabling access to ancient bibliography and the reproduction of figures, Mateus Henrique Santos (UEPG) for help with the distribution map, Niklaus R. Probst for translation of Latin, Jeremy K. Dickens for English revision and Sônia Casari (MZUSP), Robert Constantin, Ângelo Pinto and one anonymous reviewer for their suggestions, comments and careful reading of the manus cript. This work was supported by grants from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq 142074/2013-6) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP 2013/08966-1, 2015/21273-0).

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  • Editorial responsibility:

    Gabriel L.F. Mejdalani
  • ZooBank:

    urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D624772-9194-4BCD-A13E-A43E61909075

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    2016

History

  • Received
    13 May 2016
  • Reviewed
    05 July 2016
  • Accepted
    18 July 2016
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