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Galissus Dupont 1840

Description

Galissus Dupont, 1840

Galissus Dupont, 1840: 1; Thomson, 1864: 207; 1865: 434; Lacordaire, 1869: 186; Zajciw, 1960: 74; 1969: 114; Monné & Martins, 1981: 187; Monné, 2005: 610 (cat.); Martins, Galileo & Ramirez Campos, 2012: 198 (key spp). Type-species: Galissus cyanopterus Dupont, 1840 (monotypy).

Panchylissus Waterhouse, 1880: 294; Lane, 1978: 75; Monné, 2005: 626 (cat.). syn. nov. Type-species: Panchylissus cyaneipennis Waterhouse, 1880 (monotypy).

The only difference between Galissus cyanopterus Dupont and Panchylissus cyaneipennis Waterhouse, both typespecies, is the density of hairs in the metatibiae, which are densely piloses in G. cyanopterus and with sparse hairs in G. a z u re u s Monné & Martins, 1981, P. cyaneipennis and P. nigriventris Lane, 1965. The density of the pilosity is an insufficient character to consider Galissus as a different genus of Panchylissus and we herein propose the synonymy of Panchylissus with Galissus.

Notes

Published as part of Monné, Marcela L. & Monné, Miguel A., 2013, Synonymical and nomenclatural notes on Trachyderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae), pp. 356-362 in Zootaxa 3686 (3) on pages 356-357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/221653

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dupont
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Galissus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Galissus Dupont, 1840 sec. Monné & Monné, 2013

References

  • Dupont, H. (1840) Supplement a la monographie des trachyderides. Magasin de Zoologie, 1840, 1 - 16, pls. 28 - 38.
  • Thomson, J. (1864) Systema cerambycidarum ou expose de tous les genres compris dans la famille des cerambycides et familles limitrophes. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 19, 1 - 352.
  • Lacordaire, J. T. (1869) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coleopteres, ou expose methodique et critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 8, 552 pp. 9 (1), 409 pp.
  • Zajciw, D. (1960) Longicorneos novos para a fauna do Brasil. II. (Col., Cerambycidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 9, 69 - 79.
  • Monne, M. A. & Martins, U. R. (1981) Notas e descricoes em Heteropsini e Purpuricenini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 41 (1), 185 - 189.
  • Monne, M. A. (2005) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae. Zootaxa, 946, 1 - 765.
  • Martins, U. R., Galileo, M. H. M. & Ramirez Campos, R. (2012) Nova especie do genero Galissus Dupont (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) e chave para identificacao das especies. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (17), 197 - 200. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0031 - 10492005001700001
  • Waterhouse, C. O. (1880) New South-American Coleoptera, chiefly from Ecuador. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5) 5, 285 - 302. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938009459456
  • Lane, F. (1978) Alguns esclarecimentos sobre a tribo Lissonotini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Studia Entomologica, 20 (1 - 4), 75 - 88.
  • Lane, F. (1965) Cerambycoidea Neotropica nova VI (Coleoptera). Studia Entomologica, 8 (1 - 4), 269 - 336.