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Kazantsev S.V. 2011. New and little known taxa of Platerotini, with a note on biogeography of the tribe (Coleoptera: Lycidae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.20. No.2: 155–191 [in English].

Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13–326, Moscow 109651, Russia.

Key words: Coleoptera, Lycidae, Platerotini, Paraplateros, Plateros, new species, synonymy, taxonomy.

Abstract. A new genus, Euplateros gen.n., and sixty nine new species are described in Platerotini: Euplateros viridimontis, E. poasensis, E. guanacastensis, Teroplas montiviridis, T. tishechkini, T. petrovi, Paraplateros metagalpaensis, Cavoplateros victoriensis (Central and South America), Falsotrichalus bukitensis, F. haedus, F. luchti, F. slametensis (Great Sunda Islands), Plateros nantouensis, P. obrienorum (Taiwan), P. bengalensis, P. burmensis, P. karnaliensis, P. myanmarensis, P. putaoensis, P. weigeli (Himalayas), P. belokobylskyi, P. cinis, P. cochinensis, P. deinceps, P. dulcis, P. faber, P. fedorenkoi, P. igneus, P. innitidus, P. integer, P. kabakovi, P. kradungensis, P. laocaensis, P. loeiensis, P. merulus, P. nanensis, P. nemo, P. nonus, P. orlovi, P. pulverulentus, P. subplanatus, P. tenebrosus (Indochina), P. bruggei, P. grootaerti, P. holynskiorom, P. indentatus, P. madangensis, P. makarovi, P. novaguineensis, P. papuaensis, P. rufosuturalis, P. villosopenis (New Guinea), P. cacao­philus, P. cerberus, P. nigripennis, P. papilio, P. parallelipennis, P. hephaestus (Costa Rica), P. amazonensis, P. lugubris, P. mosolovi, P. nautaensis, P. piger, P. pirana, P. speciosus, P. tartarus, P. tiputiniensis, P. yasuniensis and P. zakharovi (Ecuador and Peru), spp.n. Paraplateros Zaragoza, 1999, stat.n. is raised to the genus level. Euplateros calanticatoides (Kazantsev, 2005), comb.n. and E. discolor (Kazantsev, 2005), comb.n. are transferred to Euplateros gen.n. from Plateros Bourgeois, 1879. Plateros hoanus (Pic, 1926), syn.n. and P. pallidus (Pic, 1921), syn.n. are synonymized with P. planatus Waterhouse, 1879, and P. rocioae Zaragoza, 1999, syn.n. — with P. tumacacori Green, 1953. The following replacement names are proposed in Plateros: P. afroguineensis nom.n. pro P. guineensis Kazantsev, 1997, nec P. guineensis (Pic, 1921); P. alitecostatus nom.n. pro P. diversecostatus Pic, 1942, nec P. diversecostatus (Pic, 1922); P. angus nom.n. pro P. angustatus (Pic, 1939), nec P. angustatus (Pic, 1926); P. antennifer nom.n. pro P. antennalis Kleine 1930, nec P. antennalis Bourgeois, 1882; P. atrosuturalis nom.n. pro P. nigrosuturalis (Kleine, 1931), nec P. nigrosuturalis (Pic, 1921); P. balabacensis nom.n. pro P. balabacanus (Pic, 1929), nec P. balabacanus (Pic, 1921); P. bicoloricrus nom.n. pro P. bicoloripes Pic, 1943, nec P. bicoloripes (Pic, 1923); P. bocakovae nom.n. pro P. prominens (Bocakova, 1997), nec P. prominens Kleine, 1940; P. brunneorufus nom.n. pro P. rufobrunneus (Gorham, 1882), nec P. rufobrunneus (Gorham, 1881); P. caballeroi nom.n. pro P. aterrimus Zaragoza, 1999, nec P. aterrimus (Gorham, 1884); P. ciceroi nom.n. pro P. tonkineus (Pic, 1931), nec P. tonkineus Pic, 1926; P. constantini nom.n. pro P. marseuli (Pic, 1934), nec P. marseuli Pic, 1923; P. cristifer nom.n. pro P. pectinicornis (Pic, 1932), nec P. pectinicornis Pic, 1923; P. curtilinaris nom.n. pro P. curtelineatus (Pic, 1934), nec P. curtelineatus Pic, 1926; P. duomaculatus nom.n. pro P. bimaculatus Pic, 1922, nec P. bimaculatus (Kirsch, 1873); P. elegans nom.n. pro P. mundus Kleine, 1949, nec P. mundus (Kleine, 1931); P. gorhamianus nom.n. pro P. gorhami Zaragoza, 1999, nec P. gorhami (Pic, 1921); P. fuliganus nom.n. pro P. fuliginosus (Pic, 1934), nec P. fuliginosus Kleine, 1930; P. hoabinhensis nom.n. pro P. binhanus Pic, 1925, nec P. binhanus (Pic, 1925); P. laditatus nom.n. pro P. dilatatus (Bocakova, 1997), nec P. dilatatus (Pic, 1926); P. maculaticrus nom.n. pro P. maculatipes (Pic, 1934), nec P. maculatipes (Pic, 1926); P. mauricei nom.n. pro P. donckieri (Pic, 1934), nec P. donckieri (Pic, 1923); P. miladae nom.n. pro P. gressitti (Bocakova, 1997), nec P. gressitti Nakane, 1971; P. nakanei nom.n. pro P. latevittatus Nakane, 1983, nec P. latevittatus (Pic, 1934); P. nigrosutus nom.n. pro P. nigrosuturalis Kleine, 1939, nec P. nigrosuturalis (Pic, 1921); P. parabolus nom.n. pro P. parallelus (Pic, 1928), nec P. parallelus Gorham, 1880; P. pullatus nom.n. pro P. nigricolor Pic, 1943, nec P. nigricolor (Pic, 1932); P. reductefasciatus nom.n. pro P. subfasciatus (Pic, 1934), nec P. subfasciatus (Pic, 1930); P. semang nom.n. pro P. malaccanus (Pic, 1928), nec P. malaccanus (Pic, 1921); P. simulus nom.n. pro P. simulator Kazantsev, 2005, nec P. simulator Kleine, 1929; P. subductor nom.n. pro P. subreductus (Pic, 1942), nec P. subreductus (Pic, 1934); P. sumatrensis nom.n. pro P. longipennis (Pic, 1926), nec P. longipennis (Pic, 1921); P. suturalissimus nom.n. pro P. longesuturalis (Pic, 1932), nec P. longesuturalis (Pic, 1921); P. villosus nom.n. pro P. pilosus (Pic, 1934), nec P. pilosus Kleine, 1926 and P. zaragozai nom.n. pro P. falcatus Zaragoza, 1999, nec P. falcatus (Bocakova, 1997). Lectotypes are designated for Plateros bifoveiceps (Pic, 1921), P. donckieri (Pic, 1923), P. hoanus (Pic, 1926), P. nathani Pic, 1943, P. nitidus Pic, 1938 and P. pallidus (Pic, 1921).

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