Tetraophthalmus sikang (Gressitt, 1941)

Lin, Mei-Ying & Lingafelter, Steven W., 2023, A hitherto overlooked article by Gressitt in 1941 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), ZooKeys 1168, pp. 179-192 : 179

Tetraophthalmus sikang (Gressitt, 1941)

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Chreonoma sikang Gressitt, 1941: 142. TL China: Sichuan (Sikang). TD SYSU ex WCUU.

Chreonoma sikanga Gressitt, 1942c: 6. TL China: Sichuan (Sikang). TD SYSU ex WCUU. Syn. nov.

Astathes sikanga : Gressitt 1942d: 42; Gressitt 1951: 620, 621; Hua 2002: 197; Hua et al. 2009: 201, 340, pl. LXVIII, fig. 775.

Astathes (Tetraophthalmus) sikanga : Breuning 1956: 511; Breuning 1966: 667.

Tetraophthalmus sikanga : Löbl and Smetana 2010: 237; Lin and Yang 2019: 249; Danilevsky 2020: 331.

Material examined.

Holotype, female (Fig. 9a-d ), China, Szechuan , Tienchuan, Sikong, 16 July 1939, leg. D.S. Pen (SYSU).

Distribution.

China: Sichuan.

Remarks.

Gressitt (1941) spelled the new species epithet as " Anastathes sikang ", which might be a typographical error. He clearly wrote " CHREONOMA SIKANGA " on the holotype label (Fig. 9d ) and later ( Gressitt 1942c) wrote " Anastathes sikanga ", which indicates that he named this species " Anastathes sikanga ", in the same way as Anastathes parva hainana . However, according to the Article 32.3 of the ICZN, the correct original spelling of a name is to be preserved unaltered. Additionally, Gressitt’s (1942c) spelling " Anastathes sikanga " was not "issued simultaneously with the original work", so that spelling cannot be considered as an “author’s corrigendum to be accepted as clear evidence of an inadvertent error" (ICZN Articles 32.4 and 32.5). Therefore, Chreonoma sikanga Gressitt, 1942c is a junior and objective synonym of Chreonoma sikang Gressitt, 1941.

Anastathes parva Gressitt, 1935

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Figures

Figures 3 - 6. Descriptions 3, 4 Tetraophthalmus sikang (Gressitt, 1941) = Chreonoma sikang Gressitt, 1941 3 a, b senior homonym, original description by Gressitt (1941) a page 142 b page 143 4 junior synonym, redescription by Gressitt (1942 c), pages 6 - 7 5, 6 Anastathes parva hainana Gressitt, 1941 5 a-c senior homonym, original description by Gressitt (1941) a page 143 b page 144 c page 147 6 junior homonym, redescription by Gressitt (1942 c), page 7.

Figures 7 - 11. Habitus 7, 8 Bacchisa rigida (Gressitt, 1941) = Chreonoma rigida Gressitt, 1941 7 holotype, female, from Sichuan 8 female, from Sichuan 9 Tetraophthalmus sikang (Gressitt, 1941) = Chreonoma sikang Gressitt, 1941, holotype, female, from Sichuan 10 Anastathes parva parva Gressitt, 1935, holotype, male, from Taiwan Island, photographed by Eugenio Nearns 11 Anastathes parva hainana Gressitt, 1941, female, from Hainan Island a dorsal view b lateral view c ventral view d labels.