Genus Aulacocheilus Dejean, 1836

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Regional Maps

• Aulacocheilus Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1837. Chrysomélidae. pp. 385-503 in Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisièeme édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Fasc. Vol. 5 xiv 385-503 pp. [429] [original spelling; original misspelling].

  Type species:

   Erotylus quadripustulatus Fabricius, 1801 by monotypy, see Skelley, P.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Liu, Z. 2021. Nomenclatural notes for some Australian Erotylinae (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Zootaxa 4699(1): 069–076.
• Aulacochilus Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1837. Chrysomélidae. pp. 385-503 in Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisièeme édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Fasc. Vol. 5 xiv 385-503 pp. [429] [subsequent misspelling; correct original spelling of Aulacocheilus Chevrolat, 1837].

  Type species:

   Erotylus javanus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 by subsequent designation, see Arrow, G. J. 1925. The Fauna of British India, Coleoptera. Erotylidae, Languriidae and Endomychidae. London viii + 416 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bedel, M.L. 1871. Révision du genre Aulacochilus Lacordaire de la famille des Érotyliens. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 1: 271-286 [271]
• Skelley, P.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Liu, Z. 2021. Nomenclatural notes for some Australian Erotylinae (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Zootaxa 4699(1): 069–076

Introduction

In 2021, Skelley, Leschen & Liu resolved this genera's nomenclature confusion. Confusion over spelling, authorship, date of publication and type species has seen this taxa previously referred to as Aulacochilus Chevrolat, 1837.

General References

Skelley, P.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Liu, Z. 2021. Nomenclatural notes for some Australian Erotylinae (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Zootaxa 4699(1): 069–076

History of changes