Nomenclatural and bibliographic notes on Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

Several nomenclatural and bibliographic issues relating to Cerambycidae are discussed. Authorship of Parandra is attributed to Olivier (1803: 100) and the type species of the genus is Attelabus glaber DeGeer 1774 by monotypy. This implies several nomenclatural changes in the current classification of the New World Parandrini. Parandra laevis Latreille 1804 is an unnecessary replacement name for Parandra glaber (DeGeer 1774) and so a junior objective synonym of that species. Using the reversal of precedence application, Isocerus Illiger 1801 is considered a nomen oblittan and Neandra Lameere, 1912 a nomen protectum; similarly Trestonia Rafinesque 1815 is regarded as a nomen oblitum and Trestonia Buquet, 1859 a nomen protectum. Acanthocinus Schönherr 1817 is regarded as a nomen nudum. The type species of the following genera are discussed: Acanthoderes Audinet-Serville 1835 (Cerambyx daviesii Swederus, 1787); Anaglyptus Mulsant 1839 (Leptura mystica Linnaeus, 1758); Graphisurus Kirby 1837 (Cerambyx fasciatus DeGeer, 1775); Saperda Fabricius, 1775 (Cerambyx carcharias Linnaeus, 1758); Sternidius LeConte 1873 (Lamia alpha Say, 1827); Tmesisternus Latreille 1829 (Tmesisternus bizonulatus Guérin-Méneville 1831); and Tragocerus Latreille 1829 (Prionus bidentatus Donovan, 1805). In order to maintain nomenclatural stability, an application to the Commission should be submitted to reject the first valid type species designations of the following genera: Callichroma Latreille 1816 (Cerambyx moschatus Linnaeus, 1758); Cerasphorus Audinet-Serville 1834 (Stenocorus garganicus Fabricius, 1775); Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 (Cerambyx fuliginator Linnaeus, 1758); and Molorchus Fabricius 1793 (Necydalis umbellatortan Schreber, 1759). Liopinus Linsley and Chemsak 1995 is a junior objective synonym of Sternidius LeConte 1873 (new synonymy) and Urographis a junior objective synonym of Graphisurus. Authorship of Allocerus is attributed to Lacordaire (1830: 173) and Tropidosoma Perty 1832 becomes a junior objective synonym of Allocerus Lacordaire 1830 (new synonymy). Authorship of the genus Anacolus is to be attributed to Berthold (1827: 395), not Latreille (1825). Authorship of the cerambycid genus-group taxa first validated in Lacordaire (1830) are to be attributed to Lacordaire. The dates of publication of the following works, all relevant to Cerambycidae, are discussed: Fabricius' Entomologia systematica volume 1, part 2 (1793, not 1792); Lacordaire's Histoire naturelle des insectes, volume 8 (1868, not 1869); Thomson's Essai d'une classification de la famille des cérambycides (1860-1861, not 1860); and Thomson's Systema cerambycidarum (1864-1865, not 1864, 1865 or 1866).