The genera in the third catalogue (1836–1837) of Dejean’s Coleoptera collection

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List of genus-group names in Dejean’s third catalogue (1836–1837)

Hétéromères: Mélasomes

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ZooKeys 282: 221–239, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.282.4402

The genera in the third catalogue (1836–1837) of Dejean’s Coleoptera collection

Yves Bousquet 1, Patrice Bouchard 1

1 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada

Corresponding author: Patrice Bouchard (patrice.bouchard@agr.gc.ca)

Academic editor: M. Alonso-Zarazaga

received 27 November 2012 | accepted 22 February 2013 | Published 2 April 2013

(C) 2013 Yves Bousquet. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

All genus-group names first proposed or made available for the first time in the third edition of Dejean’s catalogue of his beetle collection are recorded. The following 18 names are made available for the first time in Dejean’s third catalogue: Batoscelis Dejean [Carabidae], Laphyra Dejean [Carabidae], Sauriodes Dejean [Staphylinidae], Abrobapta Dejean [Buprestidae], Selagis Dejean [Buprestidae], Eurhipis Dejean [Eucnemidae], Anaeretes Dejean [Scarabaeidae], Doryscelis Dejean [Scarabaeidae], Epilissus Dejean [Scarabaeidae], Hoploscelis Dejean [Scarabaeidae], Brachygenius Dejean [Tenebrionidae], Capnisa Dejean [Tenebrionidae], Heterocheira Dejean [Tenebrionidae], Selenomma Dejean [Tenebrionidae], Dactylocrepis Dejean [Curculionidae], Lophodes Dejean [Curculionidae], Heterarthron Dejean [Bostrichidae] and Homalopus Chevrolat [Chrysomelidae]. Eurhipis Dejean, 1836 is considered a junior synonym of Phyllocerus Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville, 1825 for the first time. Abrobapta Dejean, 1836 has precedence over Torresita Harold, 1869.

Keywords

Insecta, Coleoptera, nomenclature, Dejean, third catalogue, genus-group names, type species

Introduction

The catalogues of Dejean’s beetle collection (1821, 1833–1836a, 1836b–1837) are important works from a nomenclatural point of view but have been the source of much confusion in the literature. Coleopterists in the past have treated the new genus-group names included in those catalogues as nomina nuda since none of them are formally described. However, Dejean included one or more available species-group names in several of these genera, which made them available by indication (ICZN 1999: Article 12.2.5).

Silfverberg (1983, 1984a, 1984b) summarized nomenclatural information about the genus-group names introduced by Dejean in the first edition of his catalogue published in 1821 and Bousquet and Bouchard (2013) reviewed the names included in the second edition of Dejean’s catalogue published between 1833 and 1836. The objective of this paper is to summarize, for the first time, the nomenclatural status of all genus-group names listed in the third catalogue of Dejean’s Coleoptera collection published in 1836 and 1837.

Dates of publication

The third catalogue of Dejean’s beetle collection was published in five livraisons. As there are no dates included in the published work itself, we have determined the earliest dates of publication for the livraisons as follows. For nomenclatural purposes, livraisons 1 to 4 [pp. 1–384] were published on the 30^th of July 1836 and livraison 5 [pp. i-xiv + 385–503] was published on the 27^th of May 1837 as determined by entries in the Bibliographie de la France, a journal published once a week detailing dates of receipts for works deposited in the National Library of France. As mentioned in Bousquet and Bouchard (2013), the sections containing the chrysomélines and trimères in the third catalogue of Dejean’s collection contain exactly the same information as in the same sections published in the second catalogue of Dejean’s collection published in 1836 (except pages numbers, which are different in the two publications).

Precedence

Three publications issued published in 1836 and 1837 have important nomenclatural significance for the names that appear in Dejean’s third catalogue. These works either contain genus-group names that take precedence over names included in Dejean’s catalogue or include new species-group names listed in Dejean’s catalogue. In order to establish precedence, we have ascertained the dates of publication of these works.

[1] Schönherr, C.J. 1836. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae; species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus A Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Tomus tertius. Pars secunda. Roret, Parisiis. Pp. 506–858. This book was presented to the Société Entomologique de France on 16 March 1836 (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 5: xx) which precedes the publication of the first four livraisons of Dejean’s third catalogue recorded on 30 July 1836.

[2] Solier, A.J.J. 1836. Essai sur les collaptérides (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5: 5–200, pls i-iv. Solier’s paper appeared in the first issue of the fifth volume of the Annales. This issue was recorded on 16 May 1836 by the Académie des Sciences (France) and so is considered to precede the first four livraisons of Dejean’s third catalogue recorded on 30 July 1836.

[3] Solier, A.J.J. 1837. Description d’une nouvelle espèce du genre Cryptocephalus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 [1836]: 687–688. This paper was published in the fourth and last issue of the fifth volume of the Annales which was recorded on 6 March 1837 by the Académie des Sciences (France). Solier’s publication was therefore published before livraison 5 of Dejean’s catalogue recorded on 27 May 1837.

Methods

We summarize the nomenclatural status of all genus-group names first proposed or made available for the first time in the third edition of Dejean’s catalogue of his beetle collection. Names cited in Dejean’s second and third catalogues that were made available between the publication of Dejean’s second and third catalogues are listed in Table 1. Available names listed in Dejean’s third catalogue but not included in his previous catalogues are listed in Table 2. For each genus-group name first made available in Dejean’s third catalogue, we have determined the originally included available species, their type species and their current status. The methods used here are the same as those used in Bousquet and Bouchard (2013) and they are only briefly outlined here.

Originally included available species are those cited by name that were available at the time of publication of the livraisons of Dejean’s catalogue, whether they were listed as valid or invalid. A species’ name followed by a question mark in Dejean’s catalogue indicates that Dejean was uncertain if he had the right taxon. Such species are considered as “species inquirenda” and deemed not to be originally included (ICZN 1999: Article 67.2.5); they cannot be selected as type species. We have considered all species-group names attributed by Dejean to himself as unavailable except in the following two cases. First, when an author, prior to the publication of Dejean’s catalogue, proposed an identical specific name that he attributed to Dejean; second, when an author, prior to the publication of Dejean’s catalogue, proposed an identical specific name and stipulated that the specimen(s) was in the collection of Dejean. These are available species-group names in Dejean’s catalogue but are attributed to the authors that made them available earlier. We have assumed correct identity for all available species-group names listed in Dejean’s catalogue. The same major divisions used in Dejean’s catalogue (Pentamères, Hétéromères, Tétramères, Trimères and Dimères and their subdivisions) are used in this publication.

Table 1.

Names cited in Dejean’s second and third catalogues that were made available between the publication of Dejean’s second and third catalogues. A number in square brackets following the year of publication refers to the publication treated in the “Precedence” section where priority between the publication and Dejean’s catalogue is established.

Names in Dejean’s catalogue [year and page in Dejean]	Current names with author and date
Pentamères: Sternoxes
Isorhipis Lacordaire [1836b: 95]	Isorhipis Lacordaire, 1835
Polybothris Dejean [1836b: 78]	Polybothris Dupont, 1833 ¹
Pentamères: Lamellicornes
Aplonycha Dejean [1836b: 179]	Aplonycha Boisduval, 1835 ²
Caelidia Dejean [1836b: 172]	Caelidia Boisduval, 1835
Geobatus Dejean [1836b: 164]	Geobatus Boisduval, 1835
Macrothops Mac Leay [1836b: 181]	Macrothops Boisduval, 1835
Sericesthis Dejean [1836b: 181]	Sericesthis Boisduval, 1835
Xylonichus Mac Leay [1836b: 172]	Xylonichus Boisduval, 1835
Hétéromères: Mélasomes
Cilibe Latreille [1836b: 208]	Celibe Boisduval, 1835
Pachycoelia Boisduval [1836b: 208]	Pachycoelia Boisduval, 1835
Pachyscelis Solier [1836b: 198]	Pachyscelis Solier, 1836 [2]
Pterolasia Solier [1836b: 198]	Pterolasia Solier, 1836 [2]
Hétéromères: Ténébrionites
Baryscelis Boisduval [1836b: 226]	Baryscelis Boisduval, 1835
Hétéromères: Hélopiens
Atractus Mac Leay [1836b: 233]	Atractus Boisduval, 1835
Tétramères: Curculionites
Anchylorhynchus Klug [1836b: 305]	Anchylorhynchus Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Aporhina Boisduval [1836b: 262]	Aporhina Boisduval, 1835

Names in Dejean’s catalogue [year and page in Dejean]	Current names with author and date
Pentamères: Sternoxes
Isorhipis Lacordaire [1836b: 95]	Isorhipis Lacordaire, 1835
Polybothris Dejean [1836b: 78]	Polybothris Dupont, 1833 ¹
Pentamères: Lamellicornes
Aplonycha Dejean [1836b: 179]	Aplonycha Boisduval, 1835 ²
Caelidia Dejean [1836b: 172]	Caelidia Boisduval, 1835
Geobatus Dejean [1836b: 164]	Geobatus Boisduval, 1835
Macrothops Mac Leay [1836b: 181]	Macrothops Boisduval, 1835
Sericesthis Dejean [1836b: 181]	Sericesthis Boisduval, 1835
Xylonichus Mac Leay [1836b: 172]	Xylonichus Boisduval, 1835
Hétéromères: Mélasomes
Cilibe Latreille [1836b: 208]	Celibe Boisduval, 1835
Pachycoelia Boisduval [1836b: 208]	Pachycoelia Boisduval, 1835
Pachyscelis Solier [1836b: 198]	Pachyscelis Solier, 1836 [2]
Pterolasia Solier [1836b: 198]	Pterolasia Solier, 1836 [2]
Hétéromères: Ténébrionites
Baryscelis Boisduval [1836b: 226]	Baryscelis Boisduval, 1835
Hétéromères: Hélopiens
Atractus Mac Leay [1836b: 233]	Atractus Boisduval, 1835
Tétramères: Curculionites
Anchylorhynchus Klug [1836b: 305]	Anchylorhynchus Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Aporhina Boisduval [1836b: 262]	Aporhina Boisduval, 1835

¹ Dupont originally proposed the name under the spelling Polybotris. An application to the Commission by Bouchard et al. (in press) was recently submitted to conserve the spelling Polybothris which is in prevailing usage.² This name was proposed in synonymy with Melolontha by Boisduval (1835: 193). It is available because it was treated before 1961 as an available name and adopted as the name of a taxon (e.g., Duponchel and Chevrolat 1841: 16) (ICZN 1999: Article 11.6.1). This name is considered an invalid synonym of Colpochila Erichson, 1843 (Smith 2006: 166, as “Haplonycha Dejean, 1836”) but has priority. Reversal of Precedence or an application to the Commission is necessary to retain Colpochila Erichson as the valid name.

Table 2.

Available names listed in Dejean’s third catalogue but not included in his previous catalogues. A number in square brackets following the year of publication refers to the publication treated in the “Precedence” section where priority between the publication and Dejean’s catalogue is established.

Names in Dejean’s catalogue [year and page in Dejean]	Current names with author and date
Pentamères: Carabiques
Arsinoe De Laporte [1836b: 13]	Arsinoe Laporte, 1834
Chalybe De Laporte [1836b: 56]	Calybe Laporte, 1834
Cnemacanthus Gray [1836b: 43]	Cnemacanthus Gray, 1832
Microcheila Brullé [1836b: 46]	Microcheila Brullé, 1834
Omalosoma Mac Leay [1836b: 37]	Omalosoma Gory, 1833
Scolytus Fabricius [1836b: 26]	Scolytus Fabricius, 1790
Pentamères: Hydrocanthares
Copelatus Erichson [1836b: 63]	Copelatus Erichson, 1832
Cybister Curtis [1836b: 60]	Cybister Curtis, 1827
Gyretes Brullé [1836b: 67]	Gyretes Brullé, 1835
Paelobius Schönherr [1836b: 64]	Paelobius Schönherr, 1808
Pentamères: Brachélytres
Bryocharis Lacordaire [1836b: 79]	Bryocharis Lacordaire, 1835
Gyrohypnus Kirby [1836b: 72]	Gyrohypnus Leach, 1819
Leptochirus Germar [1836b: 76]	Leptochirus Germar, 1824
Lesteva Latreille [1836b: 77]	Lesteva Latreille, 1797
Physetops Mannerheim [1836b: 71]	Physetops Mannerheim, 1830
Siagonium Kirby [1836b: 76]	Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815
Pentamères: Malacodermes
Brachymorphus Chevrolat [1836b: 128]	Brachymorphus Chevrolat, 1835
Dascillus Latreille [1836b: 109]	Dascillus Latreille, 1797
Eucynetus Schüppel [1836b: 110]	Eucinetus Germar, 1818
Telephorus Schaeffer [1836b: 118]	Telephorus Schaeffer, 1766
Pentamères: Terediles
Necrobia Latreille [1836b: 127]	Necrobia Olivier, 1795
Opilo Latreille [1836b: 126]	Opilo Latreille, 1802
Thanasimus Latreille [1836b: 127]	Thanasimus Latreille, 1806
Pentamères: Clavicornes
Catheretes Herbst [1836b: 136]	Kateretes Herbst, 1793
Choleva Latreille [1836b: 133]	Choleva Latreille, 1797
Dacne Latreille [1836b: 137]	Dacne Latreille, 1797
Dryops Olivier [1836b: 146]	Dryops Olivier, 1791
Limnius Illiger [1836b: 145]	Limnius Illiger, 1802
Monomma Klug [1836b: 144]	Monomma Klug, 1833
Sarapus Fischer [1836b: 133]	Sarapus Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
Pentamères: Lamellicornes
Agestrata Eschscholtz [1836b: 189]	Agestrata Eschscholtz, 1829
Chiasognathus Stéphens [1836b: 193]	Chiasognathus Stephens, 1832
Deltochilum Eschscholtz [1836b: 151]	Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822
Hétéromères: Mélasomes
Amophorus Guérin [1836b: 203]	Ammophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
Anatolica Eschscholtz [1836b: 205]	Anatolica Eschscholtz, 1831
Dailognatha Stéven [1836b: 205]	Dailognatha Eschscholtz, 1831
Evaniosomus Guérin [1836b: 204]	Evaniosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Gyriosoma Guérin [1836b: 206]	Gyriosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Hylithus Guérin [1836b: 204]	Hylithus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Hyperops Eschscholtz [1836b: 203]	Hyperops Eschscholtz, 1831
Mesostena Eschscholtz [1836b: 205]	Mesostena Eschscholtz, 1831
Pachychila Eschscholtz [1836b: 206]	Pachychila Eschscholtz, 1831
Hétéromères: Ténébrionites
Dolichoderus Klug [1836b: 227]	Dolichoderus Klug, 1833
Nycteropus Klug [1836b: 227]	Nycteropus Klug, 1833
Tétramères: Curculionites
Antliarhinus Schönherr [1836b: 267]	Antliarhinus Schönherr, 1826
Celetes Schönherr [1836b: 311]	Celetes Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Choragus Kirby [1836b: 259]	Choragus Kirby, 1819
Coleomerus Schönherr [1836b: 316]	Coleomerus Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Deracanthus Schönherr [1836b: 269]	Deracanthus Schönherr, 1823
Eupages Schönherr [1836b: 287]	Eupages Schönherr, 1833
Strongylotes Schönherr [1836b: 310]	Strongylotes Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Tétramères: Longicornes
Ceraegidion Boisduval [1836b: 372]	Ceraegidion Boisduval, 1835
Dorysthetus Vigors [1836b: 341]	Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826

Names in Dejean’s catalogue [year and page in Dejean]	Current names with author and date
Pentamères: Carabiques
Arsinoe De Laporte [1836b: 13]	Arsinoe Laporte, 1834
Chalybe De Laporte [1836b: 56]	Calybe Laporte, 1834
Cnemacanthus Gray [1836b: 43]	Cnemacanthus Gray, 1832
Microcheila Brullé [1836b: 46]	Microcheila Brullé, 1834
Omalosoma Mac Leay [1836b: 37]	Omalosoma Gory, 1833
Scolytus Fabricius [1836b: 26]	Scolytus Fabricius, 1790
Pentamères: Hydrocanthares
Copelatus Erichson [1836b: 63]	Copelatus Erichson, 1832
Cybister Curtis [1836b: 60]	Cybister Curtis, 1827
Gyretes Brullé [1836b: 67]	Gyretes Brullé, 1835
Paelobius Schönherr [1836b: 64]	Paelobius Schönherr, 1808
Pentamères: Brachélytres
Bryocharis Lacordaire [1836b: 79]	Bryocharis Lacordaire, 1835
Gyrohypnus Kirby [1836b: 72]	Gyrohypnus Leach, 1819
Leptochirus Germar [1836b: 76]	Leptochirus Germar, 1824
Lesteva Latreille [1836b: 77]	Lesteva Latreille, 1797
Physetops Mannerheim [1836b: 71]	Physetops Mannerheim, 1830
Siagonium Kirby [1836b: 76]	Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815
Pentamères: Malacodermes
Brachymorphus Chevrolat [1836b: 128]	Brachymorphus Chevrolat, 1835
Dascillus Latreille [1836b: 109]	Dascillus Latreille, 1797
Eucynetus Schüppel [1836b: 110]	Eucinetus Germar, 1818
Telephorus Schaeffer [1836b: 118]	Telephorus Schaeffer, 1766
Pentamères: Terediles
Necrobia Latreille [1836b: 127]	Necrobia Olivier, 1795
Opilo Latreille [1836b: 126]	Opilo Latreille, 1802
Thanasimus Latreille [1836b: 127]	Thanasimus Latreille, 1806
Pentamères: Clavicornes
Catheretes Herbst [1836b: 136]	Kateretes Herbst, 1793
Choleva Latreille [1836b: 133]	Choleva Latreille, 1797
Dacne Latreille [1836b: 137]	Dacne Latreille, 1797
Dryops Olivier [1836b: 146]	Dryops Olivier, 1791
Limnius Illiger [1836b: 145]	Limnius Illiger, 1802
Monomma Klug [1836b: 144]	Monomma Klug, 1833
Sarapus Fischer [1836b: 133]	Sarapus Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
Pentamères: Lamellicornes
Agestrata Eschscholtz [1836b: 189]	Agestrata Eschscholtz, 1829
Chiasognathus Stéphens [1836b: 193]	Chiasognathus Stephens, 1832
Deltochilum Eschscholtz [1836b: 151]	Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822
Hétéromères: Mélasomes
Amophorus Guérin [1836b: 203]	Ammophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
Anatolica Eschscholtz [1836b: 205]	Anatolica Eschscholtz, 1831
Dailognatha Stéven [1836b: 205]	Dailognatha Eschscholtz, 1831
Evaniosomus Guérin [1836b: 204]	Evaniosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Gyriosoma Guérin [1836b: 206]	Gyriosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Hylithus Guérin [1836b: 204]	Hylithus Guérin-Méneville, 1834
Hyperops Eschscholtz [1836b: 203]	Hyperops Eschscholtz, 1831
Mesostena Eschscholtz [1836b: 205]	Mesostena Eschscholtz, 1831
Pachychila Eschscholtz [1836b: 206]	Pachychila Eschscholtz, 1831
Hétéromères: Ténébrionites
Dolichoderus Klug [1836b: 227]	Dolichoderus Klug, 1833
Nycteropus Klug [1836b: 227]	Nycteropus Klug, 1833
Tétramères: Curculionites
Antliarhinus Schönherr [1836b: 267]	Antliarhinus Schönherr, 1826
Celetes Schönherr [1836b: 311]	Celetes Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Choragus Kirby [1836b: 259]	Choragus Kirby, 1819
Coleomerus Schönherr [1836b: 316]	Coleomerus Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Deracanthus Schönherr [1836b: 269]	Deracanthus Schönherr, 1823
Eupages Schönherr [1836b: 287]	Eupages Schönherr, 1833
Strongylotes Schönherr [1836b: 310]	Strongylotes Schönherr, 1836 [1]
Tétramères: Longicornes
Ceraegidion Boisduval [1836b: 372]	Ceraegidion Boisduval, 1835
Dorysthetus Vigors [1836b: 341]	Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826

List of genus-group names in Dejean’s third catalogue (1836–1837)

Below is a list of genus-group names first proposed or first made available in Dejean’s third catalogue. Many generic names were proposed for the first time in Dejean’s third catalogue as invalid synonyms. According to the ICZN (1999: Article 11.6.1), a name originally published as junior synonym of an available name can be available from its first publication as synonym if it had been treated before 1961 as an available name and either adopted as the name of a taxon or treated as a senior homonym. The originally included species are the species (cited by available names) first directly associated with the synonym (ICZN 1999: Article 67.12). In several instances Dejean proposed a new generic name as valid while he listed in synonymy a genus name which was already available. In those cases we have concluded that Dejean proposed replacement names.

Pentamères: Carabiques

Actena Dejean, 1836b: 12

Originally included available species: none.

Adrimus Dejean, 1836b: 37

Originally included available species: none.

Batoscelis Dejean, 1836b: 46

Originally included available species: Agonoderus discipennis Dejean, 1831; Agonoderus oblongus Dejean, 1831.

Type species: Agonoderus oblongus Dejean, 1831 by subsequent designation (Noonan 1976: 25).

Current status: valid genus in Carabidae (fide Lorenz 2005: 361).

Batrachion Dejean, 1836b: 50 (as “Batrachion. Chevrolat.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Ericatus Dejean, 1836b: 47 (as “Ericatus. Dupont.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Euchlamys Dejean, 1836b: 43

Originally included available species: none.

Laphyra Dejean, 1836b: 6 (as “Laphyra. Dupont.”)

Originally included available species: Cicindela audouinii Barthélemy, 1835.

Type species: Cicindela audouinii Barthélemy, 1835 (= Cicindela ritchiei Vigors, 1825) by monotypy.

Current status: junior homonym of Laphyra Billberg, 1820 [Diptera]; senior objective synonym of Neolaphyra Bedel, 1895 in Carabidae (fide Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 114).

Listropus Dejean, 1836b: 17 (as “Listropus. Audouin.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Ocydromus Dejean, 1836b: 27

Originally included available species: none.

Comments. This name is treated as different than Ocydromus Clairville, 1806 in Carabidae.

Oxycrepis Dejean, 1836b: 37

Originally included available species: none.

Psilocera Dejean, 1836b: 6 (as “Psilocera. Brullé.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Tachybaenus Dejean, 1836b: 6 (as “Tachybaenus. Dupont.”)

Comments. This name was listed by Dejean as an invalid synonym of Psilocera Dejean, 1836, a nomen nudum. Therefore, the name is not available.

Pentamères: Brachélytres

Bolitogyrus Dejean, 1836b: 76

Originally included available species: none.

Leiosoma Dejean, 1836b: 76 (as “Leiosoma. Chevrolat.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Mycetrupes Dejean, 1836b: 67

Originally included available species: none.

Sauriodes Dejean, 1836b: 72

Originally included available species: Staphylinus alternans Gravenhorst, 1802; Staphylinus fulminans Gravenhorst, 1802; Staphylinus melanocephalus Gravenhorst, 1806; Staphylinus pilicornis Paykull, 1790 (as “Var. Pilicornis. Gyllenhal.”).

Type species: Staphylinus fulminans Gravenhorst, 1802 (= Staphylinus punctulatus Goeze, 1777) by subsequent designation (Blackwelder 1952: 344).

Current status: junior synonym of Othius Stephens, 1829 in Staphylinidae (fide Chevrolat 1847: 240).

Pentamères: Sternoxes

Abrobapta Dejean, 1836b: 90

Originally included available species: Buprestis chrysoptera Boisduval, 1835 (as “Chrysoptera. Latreille.”); Buprestis viridinitens Boisduval, 1835 (as “Viridinitens. Dej.”).

Type species: Buprestis chrysoptera Boisduval, 1835 (= Buprestis cuprifera Kirby, 1819) by subsequent designation (Duponchel 1839: 18).

Current status: senior synonym of Torresita Harold, 1869 in Buprestidae (fide Bellamy 2002: 110).

Comments. Abrobapta Dejean, 1836 has precedence over Torresita Harold, 1869 which is currently used as valid (e.g., Bellamy 2008: 1303). Reversal of Precedence (ICZN 1999: Article 23.9) or an application to the Commission is necessary to conserve usage of the name Torresita Harold.

Arhipis Dejean, 1836b: 95

Originally included available species: none.

Crepicardus Dejean, 1836b: 103

Originally included available species: none.

Eurhipis Dejean, 1836b: 96

Originally included available species: Eucnemis ramicornis Latreille, 1834 (as “Ramicornis. Klug.”).

Type species: Eucnemis ramicornis Latreille, 1834 by monotypy.

Current status: junior homonym of Eurhipis Laporte, 1834 [Rhipiceridae]; junior subjective synonym of Phyllocerus Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville, 1825 in Eucnemidae (new synonymy).

Euryotes Dejean, 1836b: 92

Originally included available species: none.

Selagis Dejean, 1836b: 89

Originally included available species: Buprestis caloptera Boisduval, 1835 (as “Caloptera. Mac Leay.”).

Type species: Buprestis caloptera Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.

Current status: senior objective synonym of Curis Gory and Laporte, 1837 in Buprestidae (fide Bellamy 2008: 1292).

Comments. This name has precedence over Curis Gory and Laporte. The ICZN (2008) rejected an application to conserve Curis as a valid name by suppressing “Selagis Mannerheim, 1837.” The correct name for the genus should be Selagis Dejean, 1836.

Pentamères: Malacodermes

Eurypalpus Dejean, 1836b: 109

Originally included available species: none.

Meconyx Dejean, 1836b: 125 (as “Meconyx. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Pentamères: Clavicornes

Eurytarsus Dejean, 1836b: 133

Originally included available species: none.

Pentamères: Lamellicornes

Anaeretes Dejean, 1836b: 181

Originally included available species: Melolontha elongata Fabricius, 1792 (as “elongata. Say. Fabr.?”); Melolontha elongatula Schönherr, 1817.

Type species: Melolontha elongata Fabricius, 1792 (=Melolontha elongatula Schönherr, 1817) by monotypy.

Current status: junior synonym of Dichelonyx Harris, 1827 in Scarabaeidae (fide Evans 2003: 258).

Comments: The name elongatula is listed in synonymy with elongata in Dejean’s catalogue; therefore the type species of Anaeretes is elongata by monotypy (ICZN 1999: Article 68.3).

Atimus Dejean, 1836b: 165

Originally included available species: none.

Coryptius Dejean, 1836b: 194

Originally included available species: none.

Doryscelis Dejean, 1836b: 189

Originally included available species: Cetonia calcarata Klug, 1833; Cetonia inscripta Gory & Percheron, 1835 (as “Inscripta. Latreille.”).

Type species: Cetonia calcarata Klug, 1833 by monotypy.

Current status: valid genus in Scarabaeidae (fide Antoine 1989: 199, as “Doryscelis Burmeister, 1842”).

Comments: The name inscripta is listed in synonymy with calcarata in Dejean’s catalogue; therefore the type species of Doryscelis is calcarata by monotypy (ICZN 1999: Article 68.3).

Epilissus Dejean, 1836b: 151

Originally included available species: Canthon prasinus Klug, 1833; Coprobius viridis Guérin-Méneville, 1830 (as “Viridis. Latreille.”).

Type species: Canthon prasinus Klug, 1833 by subsequent designation (Reiche 1841: 212).

Current status: valid genus in Scarabaeidae (fide Montreuil 2011: 104, as “Epilissus Reiche, 1841”).

Hoploscelis Dejean, 1836b: 184

Originally included available species: Scarabaeus crassipes Olivier, 1789; Trichius grossipes Schönherr, 1817.

Type species: Trichius grossipes Schönherr, 1817 by monotypy.

Current status: junior homonym of Hoploscelis Audinet-Serville, 1832 [Cerambycidae]; senior subjective synonym of Hoplocnemis Harold, 1869 in Scarabaeidae (fide Schein 1959: 149, as “Hoploscelis Burm[eister]”).

Comments. The name crassipes is listed in synonymy with grossipes in Dejean’s catalogue; therefore the type species of Hoploscelis is grossipes by monotypy (ICZN 1999: Article 68.3).

Microdoris Dejean, 1836b: 184

Originally included available species: none.

Rhizonemus Dejean, 1836b: 180

Originally included available species: none.

Scelophysa Dejean, 1836b: 183

Originally included available species: none.

Hétéromères: Mélasomes

Ancylognathus Dejean, 1836b: 201

Originally included available species: none.

Brachygenius Dejean, 1836b: 206 (as “Brachygenius. Solier.”)

Comments. This genus is treated as an unnecessary replacement name for Gyriosomus Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (as “Gyriosoma Guérin”) in Tenebrionidae.

Capnisa Dejean, 1836b: 197

Originally included available species: Bradyus karelini Faldermann, 1836.

Type species: Bradyus karelini Faldermann, 1836 by monotypy.

Current status: junior subjective synonym of Gnathosia Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 in Tenebrionidae (fide Löbl et al. 2008: 190).

Comments. The date of publication of volume 9 of the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, where the species Bradyus karelini Faldermann was published, is unknown besides the year. The permit for publication was delivered on 17 January 1836 [Julian calendar = 29 January 1836 for the Gregorian calendar] and suggests that the actual date of publication preceeds that of the first four livraisons of Dejean’s catalogue recorded on 30 July 1836. Capnisa was considered as available and credited to Dejean in the recent Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Löbl et al. 2008: 190). To promote stability we consider that Bradyus karelini Faldermann, 1836 was available before the publication of Dejean’s catalogue despite that the date of publication of the Bulletin should theoretically be the last day of the year (ICZN 1999: 21.3.2). An application to the Commission may be necessary in this case.

Selenomma Dejean, 1836b: 203 (as “Selenomma. Solier.”)

Comments. This genus is treated as an unnecessary replacement name for Ammophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (as “Amophorus Guérin”) in Tenebrionidae.

Zopherus Dejean, 1836b: 207 (as “Zopherus. Gray.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Hétéromères: Taxicornes

Heterocheira Dejean, 1836b: 220

Originally included available species: Uloma australis Boisduval, 1835 (as “Australis. Dej.”).

Type species: Uloma australis Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.

Current status: valid genus in Tenebrionidae (fide Matthews and Bouchard 2008: 322).

Peneta Dejean, 1836b: 221

Originally included available species: none.

Prosomenes Dejean, 1836b: 216

Originally included available species: none.

Tétramères: Curculionites

Cateschnus Dejean, 1836b: 327 (as “Cateschnus. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Catolethrus Dejean, 1836b: 330 (as “Catolethrus. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Catomismus Dejean, 1836b: 302 (as “Catomismus. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Cladobius Dejean, 1836b: 303

Originally included available species: none.

Dactylocrepis Dejean, 1836b: 315

Originally included available species: Baris bidens Boheman, 1836 (as “Var. Bidens. Dej.”); Cylindrocerus flabellitarsis Boheman, 1836 (as “Flabellitarsis. Chevrolat. Schönherr. (Cylindrocerus.)”).

Type species: Cylindrocerus flabellitarsis Boheman, 1836 by monotypy.

Current status: valid genus in Curculionidae (fide Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 98).

Comments. The variety bidens is listed in synonymy with flabellitarsis in Dejean’s catalogue; therefore the type species of Dactylocrepis is flabellitarsis by monotypy (ICZN 1999: Article 68.3). The two species listed under this genus name were described in 1836 by Boheman [in Schönherr] and were made available before the publication of Dejean’s third catalogue (see “Precedence” section[1]).

Haplurus Dejean, 1836b: 306 (as “Haplurus. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Lophodes Dejean, 1836b: 284 (as “Lophodes. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: Lophotus nodipennis Hope, 1834 (as “Nodipennis. Schönherr.”)

Type species: Lophotus nodipennis Hope, 1834 by monotypy.

Current status: junior subjective synonym of Psuchocephalus Latreille, 1828 in Curculionidae (fide Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 140). The Commission (ICZN 2004) has ruled that the name Aegorhinus Erichson, 1834 is given priority over the name Psuchocephalus Latreille, 1828 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms.

Menemachus Dejean, 1836b: 311 (as “Menemachus. Schönherr.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Rachys Dejean, 1836b: 271 (as “Rachys. Hope.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Trichocorynus Dejean, 1836b: 319

Originally included available species: none.

Tétramères: Xylophages

Amphibolonarzon Dejean, 1836b: 339 (as “Amphibolonarzon. Porro.”)

Comments. This name was first proposed as an invalid synonym of Calyptobium Dejean, 1836, a nomen nudum. Therefore, the name is not available.

Calyptobium Dejean, 1836b: 339 (as “Calyptobium. Villa.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Heterarthron Dejean, 1836b: 334 (as “Heterarthron. Guérin.”).

Originally included available species: Apate femoralis Fabricius, 1792 (as “Femoralis. Olivier.”); Apate gonagra Fabricius, 1798.

Type species: Apate gonagra Fabricius, 1798 by monotypy.

Current status: junior objective synonym of Melalgus Dejean, 1835 in Bostrichidae (fide Ivie 2002: 239).

Comment. This name was first proposed by Dejean as an invalid synonym of Melalgus Dejean, 1835. It is available because it was treated before 1961 as an available name and adopted as the name of a taxon (e.g., Guérin-Méneville 1844: 186).

The name femoralis is listed in synonymy with gonagra in Dejean’s catalogue; therefore the type species of Heterarthron is gonagra by monotypy (ICZN 1999: Article 68.3).

Tétramères: Longicornes

Aegorhinus Dejean, 1836b: 360

Originally included available species: none.

Cereopsis Dejean, 1836b: 370 (as “Cereopsis. Dupont.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Charientoptenus Dejean, 1836b: 346 (as “Charientoptenus. Chevrolat.”)

Comments. This name was listed by Dejean as an invalid synonym of Sphenothecus Dejean, 1835, a nomen nudum. Therefore, the name is not available.

Enaphalodes Dejean, 1836b: 352 (as “Enaphalodes. Chevrolat.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Hemicladus Dejean, 1836b: 373

Originally included available species: none.

Onchoderes Dejean, 1836b: 377 (as “Onchoderes. Chevrolat.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Trichoderes Dejean, 1836b: 343 (as “Trichoderes. Chevrolat.”)

Originally included available species: none.

Trigonarthris Dejean, 1836b: 383

Comments. This name was proposed as a replacement name for Trigonotarsis Dejean, 1835, a nomen nudum. Therefore, Trigonarthris is also a nomen nudum.

Tropipleurites Dejean, 1836b: 371 (as “Tropipleurites. Chevrolat.”)

Comments. This name was listed by Dejean as an invalid synonym of Dorcacephalum Dejean, 1835, a nomen nudum. Therefore, the name is not available.

Tétramères: Chrysomélines

Homalopus Chevrolat, 1837: 446

Originally included available species: Cryptocephalus loreyi Solier, 1837 (as “Loreyi. Dej.”).

Type species: Cryptocephalus loreyi Solier, 1837 by monotypy.

Current status: senior subjective synonym of Heterichnus Warchałowski, 1991 in Chrysomelidae (fide Lopatin et al. 2010: 604).

Comments. Homalopus Chevrolat, 1837 has precedence over Heterichnus Warchałowski, 1991 and should be used as valid as was done by several authors (e.g., Warchałowski 1991; Steinhausen 2007). Homalopus Chevrolat, 1837 was treated as a junior homonym of the tenebrionid name Homalopus Solier (1836: 78) by Lopatin et al. (2010: 604) but Solier’s generic name is unavailable. Solier’s species-group taxon, Cryptocephalus loreyi, was made available before the publication of Dejean’s third catalogue (see Precedence section[3]).

Acknowledgements

We thank Lourdes Chamorro for providing literature on Buprestidae and Anthony Davies for improving an earlier version of this manuscript. Jan Bezděk, Svatopluk Bílý, Vítězslav Kubáň and Hans Silfverberg provided helpful comments on the manuscript.

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