Validation and type-species designation for the genus Janidera sensu Hüdepohl 1988 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Dejanirini

Heffern, Daniel J.

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1 INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, March-June, 2005The following nomenclatural problem was discov-ered during an on-going cataloging effort for theCerambycidae of Borneo. A correction is proposedherein so that the genus-group name may be cited asa valid name in the catalog.Hüdepohl (1988) described the genus Janidera,however, he did not designate a type species, and Ihave been unable to locate a subsequent type-speciesdesignation for this name. Following the Internation-al Code on Zoological Nomenclature (1999), Article67.4.1, this genus-group name is unavailable becauseit lacks an original or subsequent type-species desig-nation. I herein propose to retain the name Janiderain the sense of Hüdepohl (1988) by designating as typespecies, Dejanira biapiculata Pascoe, 1866, one of thespecies originally included by Hüdepohl.To Janidera gen. nov., I transfer the followingvalid species: Dejanira biapiculata Pascoe, 1866, andfollowing Hüdepohl (1988), maintain D. fossulataVilliers, 1966, as a junior synonym. I also transfer toJanidera the following valid species: Dejanira plagia-ta Villiers, 1966, and following Hüdepohl (1988) main-tain D. hayekae Villiers, 1966, as a junior synonym.The genus Dejanira Thomson, 1864, remainswith only one species, its type species: D. quadripunc-tata Thomson, 1864. The two species of Janidera aresexually dimorphic. The cerambycine Tribe Dejaniri-ni is comprised of only these two genera. Following theabove-noted synonymies, the three valid species ofthis tribe can be separated with the key provided byVilliers (1966).Literature citedHüdepohl, K.-E. 1988. Über südostasiatische Cer-ambycidae III. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cer-ambycinae). Entomofauna: Zeitschrift für Ento-mologie. 9(21):405-417, 3 fig.International Commission on Zoological No-menclature. 1999. International Code of Zoolog-ical Nomenclature. London, 4th edition. xxix+306pp.Villiers, A. 1966. Sur le genre Dejanira Thomson[Col. Cerambycidae Cerambycinae]. Annales dela Société Entomologique de France. (n.s.).11(2):355-359.—Daniel J. Heffern, 10531 Goldfield Lane, Hous-ton, TX 77064 USAValidation and type-species designation forthe genus Janidera sensu Hüdepohl 1988(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Dejanirini)

Validation and type-species designation for the genus Janidera sensu Hüdepohl 1988 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Dejanirini)

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