Summary
The status of Eucanthus Westwood, 1848 stat. rev. is corrected. According to the Principle of Priority, Eucanthus is given genus rank, while Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911 stat. rev. and Kolbeus Boucomont, 1911 stat. rev. are subordinated as subgenera within Eucanthus. A corrected list for species-group names and new combinations is provided for Eucanthus. The tribe Eucanthini is considered a junior synonym of Bolbelasmini.
Résumé
Corrections aux statuts d'Eucanthus Westwood, 1848, Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911, et Kolbeus Boucomont, 1911 (Coleoptera : Bolboceratidae). Le statut d'Eucanthus Westwood, 1848 stat. rev. est corrigé. Selon le principe de priorité, Eucanthus doit être élevé au rang de genre ; Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911 stat. rev. et Kolbeus Boucomont, 1911 stat. rev. doivent être considérés comme des sous-genres d'Eucanthus. Une liste corrigée des noms du groupe-espèce et de nouvelles combinaisons sont proposées. La tribu Eucanthini est considérée comme un synonyme junior de Bolbelasmini.
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Victor Moctezumaa, Andrés Ramírez-Ponceb & Daniel Curoec
aUniversidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Km 1.5 Carretera Tlaxcala-Puebla S/N, La Loma Xicotencatl, 90070, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico; bInstituto de Ecología A. C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91073 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico; cSchiller 524, 11580 Polanco, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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Moctezuma et al. (Citation2023) incorrectly proposed Eucanthus Westwood, Citation1848 and Kolbeus Boucomont, Citation1911 as subgenera of Bolbelasmus Boucomont, Citation1911. According to the Principle of Priority, the correct decision is to subordinate Bolbelasmus and Kolbeus as subgenera within Eucanthus. The list of species-group names provided by Moctezuma et al. (Citation2023) is corrected herein to provide adequate combinations. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Nikolajev (Citation2003) considered that Eucanthus and Bolbelasmus pertained to different tribes: Eucanthini Nikolajev, Citation2003 and Bolbelasmini Nikolajev, Citation1996, respectively. Bolbelasmus was considered the type genus of Bolbelasmini, and Eucanthus the same for Eucanthini, but the tribal name Bolbelasmini has priority over Eucanthini. Consequently, Eucanthini must be considered a junior synonym of Bolbelasmini.
Bolbelasmini Nikolajev, Citation1996
Bolbelasmini Nikolajev Citation1996, p. 96.
Eucanthini Nikolajev Citation2003, p. 209, n. syn.
Species list of the genus Eucanthus Westwood, Citation1848
Eucanthus Westwood, Citation1848 stat. rev.
Eucanthus Westwood Citation1848, p. 387.
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) Westwood, Citation1848 stat. rev.
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) alutaceous Cartwright, 1944
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) bonariensis (Klug, 1843)
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) felschei Boucomont, Citation1911
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) greeni Robinson, 1948
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) impressus Howden, 1964
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) lazarus (Fabricius, 1775)
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) mexicanus Howden, 1964
Eucanthus (Eucanthus) subtropicus Howden, 1955
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) Boucomont, Citation1911 stat. rev.
Bolbelasmus Boucomont Citation1911, p. 335.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) arcuatus (Bates, 1887) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) bajaensis (Howden, 1964) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) bocchus (Erichson, 1841) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) brancoi (Hillert & Král, 2016) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) carinifrons (Howden & Solís, 1995) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) casanovaorum (López-Colón & Bahillo de la Puebla, 2016) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) gallicus (Mulsant, 1842) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) hornii (Rivers, 1886) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) howdeni (Hillert & Král, 2016) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) keithi (Miessen & Trichas, 2011) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) korshunovi (Zinchenko, 2016) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) makrisi (Miessen, 2011) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) minor (Linell, 1895) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) monticolus (Howden, 1974) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) nikolajevi (Hillert, Arnone, Král & Massa, 2016) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) nireus (Reitter, 1895) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) orientalis (Petrovitz, 1968) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) quinquestriatus (Moctezuma, Ramírez-Ponce & Curoe, Citation2023) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) rotundipennis (Howden, 1964) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) shibatai (Masumoto, 1984) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) tauricus (Petrovitz, 1973) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) unicornis (Schrank von Paula, 1789) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) variabilis (Howden, 1964) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) vaulogeri (Abeille de Perrin, 1898) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Bolbelasmus) zagrosensis (Sommer, Hillert, Hrůzová & Král, 2021) n. comb.
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) Boucomont, Citation1911 stat. rev.
Kolbeus Boucomont Citation1911, p. 335.
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) coreanus (Kolbe, 1886)
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) krikkeni (Nikolajev, 1979)
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) meridionalis (Krikken, 1977)
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) minutus (Li & Masumoto, 2008)
Eucanthus (Kolbeus) nativus (Krikken, 1977)
Acknowledgement
To Andrew B. T. Smith (Canadian Museum of Nature) for making us aware of the mistake corrected herein, for his valuable opinion, and for sharing key literature.
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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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