Monilonotum eburneocincta (Gorham) Bartlett & Lambkin, 2022

Bartlett, Justin S. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2022, Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species, Zootaxa 5220 (1), pp. 1-81 : 36

Monilonotum eburneocincta (Gorham) comb. nov.

Opilo eburneocinctus Gorham, 1878: 160 .

Status of type material. Syntypes not located.

Remarks. Despite neither type material, nor specimens determined to be O. eburneocintus , being found by the first author in Australia or Europe, Gorham (1878) provides clues in his descrition of ‘ eburneocintus ’ as a smaller version of Opilo pascoei with a white ‘raised’ elytral fascia, a red elytral base and a sternum that is not red (as in O. pascoei ). The first author is aware of numerous, miniature ‘ pascoei -like’ species with callositous, bullose (i.e., raised) elytral fasciae, though the ventrites of these species range from bright orange to reddish-orange. Despite being confident enough to transfer Opilo eburneocinctus to Monilonotum , we have decided not to describe any of the smaller species as new while the identity of Monilonotum eburneocinta comb. nov. remains unknown.

Distribution (Map 2). New South Wales.