Taumacera kimotoi nom. nov.

Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989:214 (original description,junior secondary homonym, nec Platyxantha femoralis Allard, 1889 (nowyadays synonym of T. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1881))

Type material examined. Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989: HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ Laos / Umg. Vientiane / III.-VI.1963 [w, p] // HOLOTYPE [r, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h] // PHOTO [r, p] // Zool. Staatsslg. / München [b, p]’ (ZSM). PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, ‘Laos / Umg. Vientiane / III.-VI.1963 [w, p] // PARATYPE [b, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h] // Zool. Staatsslg. / München [b, p]’ (ZSM); 1 ♀, ‘ LAOS: Ban Van Heue / 20 km E of Phou-kow- / kuei, 15-31.V.1965 [w, p] // J. A. Rondon / Collection / BISHOP Mus. [w, p] // PARATYPE [b, p] // Acroxena / femoralis / n. sp. [w, h]’ (BPBM).

Additional material examined. LAOS: 11.vii.1920, 1 ♂ (NMPC); Luang Namtha, Nam Tha, 1000 m, 6.–15.iv.2010, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, S. Murzin leg. (JBCB).

Comments. Due to the new synonymy of Acroxena with Taumacera, Acroxena femoralis Kimoto, 1989 becomes a junior secondary homonym of T. femoralis (Allard, 1889) (nowadays synonym of T. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1881)) and is replaced here with a new substitute name T. kimotoi nom. nov.