Revision of the genus Neorthrius Gerstmeier & Eberle, 2011 (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Document type:
Article
Author(s):
Gerstmeier, Roland
Abstract:
The genus Neorthrius Gerstmeier & Eberle, 2011 is taxonomically revised
to include sixty-one species. The following thirty-one species are
described as new: Neorthrius aduncus n. sp., Neorthrius aurantiacus n.
sp., Neorthrius bipunctatus n. sp., Neorthrius bonasus n. sp.,
Neorthrius brunnorbis n. sp., Neorthrius buteocoloratus n. sp.,
Neorthrius cechovskyi n. sp., Neorthrius centromaculatus n. sp.,
Neorthrius chiangmaii n. sp., Neorthrius cornutus n. sp., Neorthrius
crassopunctatus n. sp., Neorthrius ebenus n. sp., Neorthrius elegantulus
n. sp., Neorthrius fortecruris n. sp., Neorthrius fulvus n. sp.,
Neorthrius fuscomaculosus n. sp., Neorthrius guttatus n. sp., Neorthrius
longulus n. sp., Neorthrius majae n. sp., Neorthrius mariannae n. sp.,
Neorthrius molestus n. sp., Neorthrius schnitzeli n. sp., Neorthrius
serratus n. sp., Neorthrius sexmaculatus n. sp., Neorthrius sigmoideus
n. sp., Neorthrius tenuistriatus n. sp., Neorthrius tulipae n. sp.,
Neorthrius unicolor n. sp., Neorthrius uniformis n. sp., Neorthrius
volsella n. sp. and Neorthrius zebrinus n. sp.. The following taxa,
described as varietal forms, are raised to the rank of species and
transferred from Orthrius Gorham, 1876: Orthrius striatopunctatus var.
bimaculatus Schenkling, 1901 and Orthrius striatopunctatus var. brunneus
n. syn. = Neorthrius bimaculatus (Schenkling, 1901) n. comb., n. stat.;
Orthrius tarsalis var. obscurus Schenkling, 1906 = Neorthrius obscurus
(Schenkling, 1906) n. comb., n. stat.; Orthrius posticalis var.
nigricollis Corporaal 1926a: 180 = Neorthrius nigricollis (Corporaal,
1926), n. stat., n. comb. The following new synonymies are proposed:
Orthrius deboyssyi Pic, 1951 n. syn. is synonymized with Neorthrius
crassipes (Chapin, 1928) n. comb. Orthrius nigromaculatus Pic, 1951 n.
syn. is synonymized with Neorthrius bimaculatus (Schenkling, 1901) n.
comb. Orthrius rufitarsis Pic, 1932 n. syn., n. comb. is synonymized
with Neorthrius obscurus (Schenkling, 1906). The following species are
transferred to Neorthrius from Orthrius: Neorthrius angusticollis
(Schenkling, 1902), n. comb., Neorthrius bengalus (Westwood, 1852) n.
comb., Neorthrius bicrucis (Chapin, 1924) n. comb., Neorthrius
brachialis (Gorham, 1893) n. comb., Neorthrius carinifrons (Schenkling,
1900) n. comb., Neorthrius crassipes (Chapin, 1928) n. comb., Neorthrius
feae (Gorham, 1892) n. comb., Neorthrius grandjeani (Pic, 1932) n.
comb., in Neorthrius haemorrhoidalis (Schenkling, 1906) n. comb.,
Neorthrius innotatus (Pic, 1925) n. comb., Neorthrius madurensis
(Gorham, 1895) n. comb., Neorthrius massiliensis (Pic, 1951) n. comb.,
Neorthrius octopunctatus (Schenkling, 1906) n. comb., Neorthrius
pallidus (Chapin, 1924) n. comb., Neorthrius posticalis (Westwood, 1852)
n. comb., Neorthrius pygidialis (Corporaal, 1949) n. comb., Neorthrius
sexplagiatus (Schenkling, 1908)) n. comb., Neorthrius sinensis (Gorham,
1876) n. comb., Neorthrius subfasciatus (Westwood, 1849) n. comb.,
Neorthrius subscalaris (Pic, 1954) n. comb., Neorthrius subsimilis
(White, 1849) n. comb., Neorthrius subunicolor (Pic, 1935) n. comb.,
Neorthrius sulcatus (Pic, 1926) n. comb., Neorthrius sumatranus
(Schenkling, 1899) n. comb., Neorthrius tarsalis (Gorham, 1892) n. comb.
A key to species, color photographs of the habitus, the genitalia, the
terminal abdominal segments and distribution maps are provided.