Scotobius alaticollis Kulzer

Flores, Gustavo E., 2009, Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies, Zootaxa 1985, pp. 21-33 : 28-29

Scotobius alaticollis Kulzer

( Figs. 13–15 )

Scotobius alaticollis Kulzer, 1955: 413 .

Scotobius kulzeri Marcuzzi, 1977: 146 . NEW SYNONYMY. Scotobius contrerasi Marcuzzi, 1977: 147 . NEW SYNONYMY.

Type material. Paratype of Scotobius alaticollis ( Fig. 13 ): [Junín (de los Andes, sic)] [Rep. Argentina / Prov. Neuquén/ H. Richter] [Paratype] [ Scotobius / alaticollis Klzr. / det. H. Kulzer 1955] ( MLPA).

Holotype of Scotobius kulzeri ( Fig. 14 ): [Neuquén/ S. Martín de los/ Andes XI-63 (pro 1963)] [ Scotobius / kulzeri / mihi] [Holotypus / Scotobius / kulzeri / Marcuzzi, 1977] [Museo Genova/ coll. G. Marcuzzi/ (acquisto 2000)] ( MSNG).

Holotype of Scotobius contrerasi ( Fig. 15 ): [Fofocahuel - Leleque/ Chubut/ II-69 (pro 1969)] [ Scotobius / contrerasi / mihi] [Holotypus / Scotobius / contrerasi / Marcuzzi, 1977] [Museo Genova/ coll. G. Marcuzzi/ (acquisto 2000)] ( MSNG).

Discussion. Marcuzzi (1977) described the same species twice in the same paper. After examining the types of both species, they are judged to be junior synonyms of Scotobius alaticollis . I illustrate these new synonymies with photographs of the types of the three nominal species ( Figs. 13–15 ), based on the characters given by Marcuzzi (1977) for Scotobius kulzeri and S. contrerasi and clearly visible in the types of S. alaticollis : pronotum with base concave, lateral margins raised forming a groove with the disc, posterior angles pronounced and straight, surface of disc with sinuate rugosity; each elytron with five shiny carinae, the second and fourth reach the base of elytron, intercostal spaces dull, plain, with a row of punctures.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 15. 13. Scotobius alaticollis, paratype; 14. S. kulzeri, holotype; 15. S. contrerasi, holotype.