Languria femoralis Motschulsky, 1860

Gimmel, Matthew L. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2008, The identity of Languria femoralis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae), Zootaxa 1821 (1), pp. 67-68 : 67-68

Languria femoralis Motschulsky, 1860 = Languria angustata ( Beauvois, 1805) , revised synonymy

Languria angustata is a variable species widespread in the eastern United States, ranging west to Iowa and Texas. It was redescribed twice, first as L. pulchra LeConte, 1854 , and later as L. uhlerii Horn, 1862 . Vaurie recognized these as color morphs and commented that L. marginipennis Schwarz, 1878 , may also be conspecific with L. angustata .

Acknowledgments. We thank Nikolay Nikitsky ( Zoological Museum of Moscow State University , Russia) and Mark Volkovitsch (Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia) for loaning the holotype specimen. We thank Mike Ivie (Montana State University, Bozeman) for assistance in borrowing the holotype and Crystal Maier (Montana State University) for locating and transporting it. We thank Julien Beuzelin (Louisiana State University) for help in translating the original description. Victoria Bayless and Alexey Tishechkin reviewed an earlier version of this manuscript. This publication is approved by the Director, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station as manuscript number 2008-234- 1624 .