Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень (Dec 2018)
Additions to the nomenclature acts Paederidus ruficollis carpaticus Khachikov, 2018, subsp. n., Paederidus caucasicus Scheerpeltz, 1957, nom. resurr. = P. sanguinicollis (Motschulsky, 1860), syn. n., availability of the name according to the Amendments 2012 to Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Abstract
This paper is dedicated to a formal validation of the name Paederidus ruficollis carpaticus subsp. n. described in the electronic journal “Zhivye i biokosnye sistemy” in 2018, No 23 (URL: http://www.jbks.ru/archive/issue-23/article-8), which does not meet the requirements for electronic publications according to the amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication, 2012. All figures, detail description and comments to nomenclature acts are given in the mentioned electronic publication. The description of a new subspecies of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of the genus Paederidus Mulsant et Rey, 1877 and new synonymy are given. Paederidus ruficollis carpaticus subsp. n. (Ukraine, Carpathians) differs from the nominotypical Paederidus ruficollis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1777) and other subspecies in the distinctly smaller size of aedeagus and its structures, the narrow titillator branched off directly from transverse titillator before its widened plate (in other subspecies the narrow titillator connected basally with widened plate of endophallus). The Caucasian specimens, which the most authors interpret as Paederidus rubrothoracicus (Goeze, 1777), belongs to the other species Paederidus caucasicus Scheerpeltz, 1957, nom. resurr. (this taxon is ressurected here from synonymes of P. rubrothoracicus in species rank). The new synonymy is proposed: Paederidus caucasicus Scheerpeltz, 1957 = Paederus sanguinicollis Motschulsky, 1860, syn. n. (the junior homonym of Paederus sanguinicollis Stephens, 1833).
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