Liatongus endroedii Balthasar, 1956

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2012, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 297-334 : 323

Liatongus endroedii Balthasar, 1956

Liatongus endrödii Balthasar, 1956: 66 .

The holotype and two paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘Giufu-Shan / Szechuan / Em. Reitter [p] // Liatongus / endrödii / Balth. [hw] Holotypus [p, pink label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘Giufu-Shan / Szechuan / Em. Reitter [p] // Liatongus / endrödii / Balth. [hw] Paratypus [p, pink label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘Tatsienlu-Kiulung / China Em. Reitter [p] // Liatongus / endrödii / Balth. [hw] Paratypus [p, pink label]’.

Current status. Valid species.

Remark. Balthasar in his collection labelled one female specimen of this species from ‘Giufu- Shan’ as the allotype. Nevertheless, in the primary description he ( BALTHASAR 1956) clearly stated, that the species was described according to male specimens only. Thus we regard this female specimen as a non-type.

This species name was dedicated to the well-known Hungarian entomologist Sebő Endrődi (1903–1984). His surname cannot be treated as of a German origin, so according to the Article 32.5.2.1 ( ICZN 1999) the spelling of this species name should be corrected to ‘endrodii’. Nevertheless, in this particular case, subsequent spelling ‘endroedii’ is widely used ( BEZDĚK & KRELL 2006, KABAKOV 2006, KRAJČÍK 2006, KRÁL & REJSEK 1999, PALESTRINI et al. 2002, SCHEUERN 1988) and in prevailing usage, so spelling ‘endroedii’ is thus deemed to be correct and its use is to be maintained ( ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3.1).