Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series 15 (1): 27-39, 2019 Some taxonomical notes on Cantharidae (Coleoptera) Fabrizio FANTI Via del Tamburino 69, I-53040 Piazze (SI), Italy e-mail:
[email protected] Cantharidae, nomenclatural acts, new synonymy, nomina dubia, nomen oblitum, nomen protectum, type species, lectotype, paralectotype Abstract. In the present article, I discuss the precedence of the name Cephalomalthinus Pic, 1921 over Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and propose several taxonomical acts: Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 = Cephalomalthinus Pic, 1921 syn. nov.; Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 = Malacopteryx Forster, 1770 syn. nov. and the type species of Malacopteryx Forster, 1770 is designated here to be Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758 (“Malacopteryx Fuscus”); Cantharis americana Forster, 1771 = Chauliognathus pensylvanicus De Geer, 1774 syn. rest. and its lectotype and paralectotype are designated; Cantharis berberidis Schrank, 1781 nomen dubium; Cantharis haemagaster Schrank, 1785 nomen dubium; Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774) = Cantharis haemorrhoa Schrank, 1785 syn. nov.; Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758 = Cantharis immaculatus Pontopiddan, 1763 syn. nov.; Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758 = Cantharis litteralis Strøm, 1768 syn. nov.; Telephorus ustulatus Bach, 1851 nomen oblitum and Ancistronycha erichsonii (Bach, 1852) nomen protectum; Malthinus frontalis (Marsham, 1802) = Malthinus tenellus Bach, 1852 syn. nov. Finally, I quote Rhagonycha lutea a. verticalis W. Kolbe, 1919 that has been almost completely forgotten but it is infrasubspecific and thus