Laterialis oculata (Gorham, 1886)

Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2004, Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 496, pp. 1-48 : 33-34

Laterialis oculata (Gorham, 1886)

Eros oculatus Gorham, 1886: 401

Benibotarus sanguinipennis Nakane, 1958: 80 , syn. n.

Material studied: Holotype, female, “ Type ”, “Miyanoshita. 24.4­5.80”, “ Japan. G.Lewis 1910­320”, “female Eros oculatus Gorham ” ( NNHM); male, Mt. Hortu, Suzu, Ishikawa, 6.V.1978, T.Mikage, “ Benibotarus sanguinipennis Nakane et Ohbayashi, K.Matsuda det. 2003”; female, Misake Amaruge, Hyogo, 5.IV.1973, H.Ohira leg., “ Benibotarus sanguinipennis Nakane et Ohbayashi, K.Matsuda det. 2003” ( KMPC).

Comparison of the type of Eros oculatus with specimens of Benibotarus sanguinipennis from Japan ( KMPC) has confirmed a previously­held, description­based assumption ( Kazantsev, 1990) that the two taxa are synonymous.