2018/11/02 by ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN, Aleš Smetana · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.1
openalex publication_date 2018/11/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
The fusculum-group of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 is defined and briefly discussed. It contains western-palaearctic A. fusculum (Erichson, 1839), with a new synonym Lathrimaeum mesasiaticum Kirschenblat, 1961 syn.n., and fourteen species from the eastern Palaearctic Region, nine of which are described as new: A. besucheti Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (central and eastern Nepal), A. capitale Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Meili-Xue Shan), A. confucii Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (China: Sichuan, Gongga Shan and Erlang Shan; Hubei, Daba Shan), A. cuccodoroi Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (India: Uttar Pradesh), A.denticulatum Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (central Nepal), A. laozii Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Diancang Shan, Yanmen), A. latissimum Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Gaoligong Shan), A. liliputense sp.n. (China: Sichuan, Emei Shan) and A. splendidulum Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (China: Gaoligong Shan, Meili Xue Shan and Baima Shan). A key to the species of the fusculum group is given. Lectotypes are designated for Lathrimaeum cavicrus Champion, 1925 and L. monticola Cameron, 1924. Additionally, two Himalayan species of the nigrum group defined by Shavrin Smetana (2017) are presented: A. alticola Coiffait, 1977 comb.nov. (from Deliphrum) and A. flaveolum Shavrin Smetana, sp.n. (eastern Nepal). The key for the nigrum group was modified. All species are described/redescribed, illustrated and their geographical distribution is mapped. Several members of Anthobium are recorded for the first time from certain area: A. fusculum from Pakistan, A. altivagans (Cameron, 1941), A. cavicrus (Champion, 1925) and A. sociale (Cameron, 1941) from Nepal, and A. monticola (Cameron, 1924) from Pakistan and Nepal.