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In My Thesis I Have Focused on the Alpha-Taxonomy of Two Poorly In my thesis I have focused on the alpha-taxonomyof two poorly known beetle families Eulichadidae and Callirhipidae occurring predominantlyin forests of tropical areas.Both families areclassified as incertaesedis within the seriesElateriformia. The smďl elateriformfamily Eulichadidaecomprises of two extant genera:the monoýpic Califomian genusStenocolus LeConte, 1853,and the predominatelyOriental genusEulichas Jacobson,l9l3, with 42 describedspecies. The larvae ofboth geneÍaare aquatic,while the adultslive on vegetationneaÍ wateÍ, and especiallythe genusEulichas is often attractedat light. Altogether182 taxaat the specieslevel belongingto six generaare cunently classiftedin the family Callirhipidae.Members of the family occur mainly in tropics of Oriental,Australian and Neotropicalzoogeographical regions. Larvae feed on rottenwood, adultsare collectedon deadtree trunks, but mostofall they are attractedat light. REVISION OF THE GENUS EULICIIAS JACOBSON, 1913 (COLEOPTERA: EULICHADIDAE) I. INTRODUCTION, MORPHOLOGY OF ADULTS, KEY TO SUBGENERA AND SPECIES GROUPS. AND TAXONOMY OF E. FUNEBRIS SPECIES GROUP [ - seelist of publications] First part of the revision summarizesour knowledgeabout the genusEulichas. It containsa detailedmorphology of adults,and keys to identificationof subgeneraand speciesgroups of the genus.The taxonomyofthe E funebris speciesgroup is revised in detail. The group is characterisedby the long and slender phallobase,which is distinctly longer than the purÍirmeÍes'and by the long basď parameralapophysis. The group contains 16 species, including following nine newly describedspecies: E. birmanica Hájek, sp. nov' (Myanmar: Tenasserim),E.hauch Hájek,sp.nov.(Thailand),E.jaechi Hájek,sp.nov.(Malaysia), .ó.. janbezdeki Hájelq sp' nov. (Laos); E. kubani Hájek, sp. nov. (Laos, Vietnam)' E. meghalayensisHájek, sp. nov. (India:Meghálaya)' E, minutaHájek' sp. nov' (Sumatr4Nias, Siberut),E. strbaiHáje|rysp. nov. (Malaysia)' andE. tanahrataHájek,sp. nov. (Malaysia).A fectotypeis designatedfor Lichas mediocris Pic, l92I (Sumatra).Diagnostic charactersare illustratedfor all mentionedspecies' For taxonomicpuÍposes and for betterorientation within the genus,the groupis divided to five speciescomplexes. A NEW SPECIES OF EULICHAS (COLEOPTERA: EULICHADIDAE) FROM LAOS t21 Eulichas pantherina sp- nov. is describedfrom two localities in southem,and north-eastem Laos respectively.The new speciesbelongs to the E pacholatkoi speciescomplex ofthe E funebris speciesgroup, and can be distinguishedby the diÍferentshape of male genitalia. Eulichas pantherina sp. nov. has a lanceolatemedian lobe and paramereswith a very small subapicalhook moved to the midlengthofthe paramere.The key to identificationofspecies of theE. pacholaltoi speciescomplex is updatedto includethe newly describedspecies. New distributionaldata are publishedfor the following species:Eulichas haucki Hájek,2007, and E. pacholatkoi Jach,1995, from Laos, arldE. kubani Hájek' 2007,from Thai|and. REVTSTON OF THE GENUS EULTCHAS JACOBSON, 1913 (COLEOpTERA: EULICHADTDAE) rr. E. DUDGEONI SPECIES GROUP [3] In the secondpart of the revision of the genusEulichas, ÍheE. dudgeonlspecies group is revised.The groupis characterisedby a relativelybroad phallobase, which is aboutthe same length, or slightly shorterthan úe parameres,and by the shortbasal parameral apophysis' The group contains21 species,including fol|owing ll newly describedspecies: E. alesbezdekiHájek, sp' nov. (Laos, Vietnam)' E. jakli Háje( sp. nov. (Indonesia:Kalimantan), E. oboriliHájek, sp. nov. (Thailand)' E. robusta Hájek' sp. nov. (Ma|aysia),E. sausai Hájek, sp. nov' (Indonesia:Sumatra, Malaysia), E. serricornis Hájek, sp' nov. (Malaysia), E. siamensis Hájek' sp. nov. (Laos, Thai|and,Vietnam), E. similis Hájek, sp. nov. (Laos, Thailand),E sundaensisHájek' sp. nov. (Indonesia:sumatra, lava), E. villosa Há1ek,sp. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah)'and E' wewalkaiHájek, sp. nov. (Nepal).E. baeri (Fairmaire,1898) is synonymised with E. baeri vaÍ'innotatus Pic, |924 syn. nov. Lectotypesare designatedfor Eulichas baeri innotatus(Luzon), and,Lichas subocellataFairmaire, 1898 (Kinabalu)Diagnostic characters are illustratedfor all mentionedspecies. For taxonomicpurposes and for betterorientation within the genus,the groupis dividedto thÍeespecies complexes. EULICHADIDAE & CALLIRHIPIDAE. IN: CATALOGUE OF PALAEARCTIC COLEOPTERA, VOLUME 3, SCARABAEOIDEA . SCIRTOIDEA - DASCILLOIDEA - BUPRESTOTDEA - BYRRHOIDEA [4,s] Within the third volume of Catalogueof PalaearcticColeopter4 membersof the elateriform families Eulichadidaeand Cďlirhipidae are catalogued.Altogether l1 speciesof the family Eulichadidaeare known from territoriesofnorthern India,Nepal, Bhutan and China; and 16 species of the family Callirhipidae are known from tenitories of northem Indi4 Nepal, southern China, Taiwan and Japan. Following new nomenclatoric acts in the family Cal|irhípidaeare established:The study ofthe type materialrevealed that Callirhipis pinguis Fairmaire,1887 syn. nov. is basedon female,while C maculosaFairmaire, 1887 syn. nov. on a male of C. dissimilis C. O. Waterhouse,1877, and representtherefore its junior subjective synonyms.The single type specimenof Horatoceraniponica var.galloisi Pic, 1932syn. nov. repÍesentsonly a colour variation of Simianus niponicus (Lewis, 1895). According to previously published synonymy of the genus Horatocera Lewis, 1895 with the genus Simianus Blanchard, 1853, fol|owing taxa aÍe introducedin new generic combinations: Simianusniponicas (Lewis, 1895)comb. nov., S. oshimanus(Nakane, 1973) comb. nov., and S' rubricollis (Pic, 191ó) comb. nov. Homoeorhipis mesomelaenaFairmaire, 1887 is designatedas the type speciesofthe genusHomoeorhrpri Fairmaire, 1887. A TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE CALLIRHIPIDAE (INSECTA: COLEOPTERA: ELATERTFORMTA) OF THE AFROTROPICAL REGTON [6] only two species of the family Callirhipidae have been described from the AfroÍopical zoogeographicalregion. Callirhipis philiberti Fairmaire, 1891 from the Seychelles is redescribedbased on the type specimenand recentlycollected material. It is associatedwith the OrientalC. dissimilis speciesgroup. Oceanic dispersalis consideredas the most probable explanationof its occurrencein Seychelles.A study of the type specimenof the enigmatic Madagascanspecies C. hovanaFakmaire, 1901 Íeveďed,that it is in fact a memberof the family Elateridae,subfamily Cebrioninae,and is conspecificwith Hemiopinushildebrandti Fairmaire, 1883. Therefore C. hovana syn. nov. is here regardedas a junior subjective synonymof H. hildebrandti. woRLD CATÁLOGUE oF TIIE FAMILY CALLIRIIIPIDAE (COLEoPTERA: ELATERIFORMIA) [unpublishedmanuscript] The elateriformfamily Callirhipidae is catalogued.The family recentlycontains 14 taxa at genuslevel, of which ten taxa Íepresentcurrently valid gener4 and subgenerarespectively, and four taxa are consideredas synonyms.At t}respeciťrc |eve|, the family contains210 availab|e names, of which 182 naÍnesrepÍesent cunently valid species, and subspecies respectively,and 28 namesare consideredas synonyms.For eachtaxon, all referencesknown to the author are listed. For specific tax4 type locality, type material, current status and known distributionare introduced.Separately, the list of unavailablenames, and list of taxa excludedfrom the family Callirhipidae are presented.One synonymon the genuslevel, five synonyms on the species level, and 35 new generic combinationsare established.Type speciesfor the genusCeladonia Laporte de Castelnau,1840, and lectotypesfor eighttaxa are designated..
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