Genus Rhipidandrus LeConte, 1862

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• Rhipidandrus LeConte, J.L. (1861-1862) 1862. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1861: 1-208; 1862, 209-286 [236].

  Type species:

   Xyletinus flabellicornis Sturm, 1826 by monotypy (from North America).
• Xyloborus Motschulsky, V. 1858. Insectes des Indes orientales. Études Entomologiques 7: 20-122 [64] [nom. nud.].
• Cherostus Waterhouse, C.O. 1894. Coleoptera (partim). In Walker, J., A visit to Damma Island, East Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 14: 64-71 [68].

  Type species:

   Cherostus walkeri Waterhouse, 1894 by subsequent designation, see Merkl, O. & Kompantzeva, T.V. 1996. Old World Rhipidandrus LeConte: Synonymies, faunistics, identification key and description of two new species from Australia (Coeloptera: Tenebrionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 42(2): 89–109 [91] (from Indonesia).
• Bolitopertha Gebien, H. 1910. Coleoptera: 19 Tenebrionidae. pp. 363-396 [379] in Sjöstedt, B.Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch–Ostafrikas 1905–1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ynge Sjöstedt. 1 Band Abteilung 1-7. Stockholm : P. Palmquists Aktiebolag Vol. 1(1-7) 848 pp., 31 pl. [379].

  Type species:

   Bolitopertha novemcostata Gebien, 1910 by monotypy (from Tanganyika).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gebien, H. 1942. [1938-1942] Katalog der Tenebrioniden. Teil II. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28(1938), 370-465; 29(1939), 466-529; 30(1940), 530-625; 31(1941), 626-705; 32(1942), 706-744. [521] (Cherostus Waterhouse, Bolitopertha Gebien)

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