Notes on taxonomy of the subfamily Epuraeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

A.G. Kirejtshuk & T. Kvamme

Abstract. It is shown that the type species of Epurea Erichson, 1843 is Nitidula silacea Herbst, 1794 (not N. decemguttata Fabricius, 1792 given by Parsons, 1843). New taxa EPURAEINI: E. (Epurea) vicaria sp. n. from Sakhalin, E. (E.) vultuosa sp. n. from Arisona, Epurea subgen. Blackburnaea subgen. n. (type species Haptoncura uniformis Blackburn, 1891) with several Australian, Polynesian and Novacaledonian species, including E. (B.) tenuiclava sp. n. from W Australia, Epureae subgen. Strophoraea subgen. n. with the single species E. (S.) notatipennis sp. n. from New Caledonia, Stauromenus nitidissimus gen. et sp. n. from Christmas Island, TAENIONCINI: Csiromenus gen. n. (type species C. calderi) with C. calderi sp. n. from Queensland and New South Wales, C. glaber sp. n. and C. histeroides sp. n. from Queensland and Eutaenioncus macroculatus gen. et sp. n. from Queensland. New names: Epuraea (Epuraeanella) nearctica nom. n. for E. castanea Melsheimer, 1846 (non E. castanea C.R. Sahlberg, 1820) (= E. helvola auctt., non Erichson) and E. (Blackburnaea) gilloglyi nom. n. for Haptoncus brunnes Gillogly, 1982 (non Epuraea brunnea Wiedemann, 1825). New synonymies: Epuraea helvola Erichson, 1843, sec. typ. = E. parsonsi Connell, 1981; E. lindensis (Blackburn, 1891) = E. nelsonensis (Blackburn, 1903); E. montrouzieri Grouvelle, 1903 = E. magnoculi (Gillogly, 1982). New records and notes on variability of some species are included.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2000, 9(2): 409–436  ▪  Published in print 15 June 2001


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