Tuxedo flavicollis (Knight), 2001

SCHUH, RANDALL T., 2001, Revision Of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, With Comments On The Palearctic Fauna And The Description Of A New Genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (266), pp. 1-267 : 252-253

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)266<0001:RONWPF>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387FC-FF2F-FF2D-2E50-F9BAF9B5FD59
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tuxedo flavicollis (Knight)
status	comb. nov.

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Tuxedo flavicollis (Knight) View in CoL ,

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Microphylellus flavicollis Knight, 1929a: 43 (n. sp.).

HOLOTYPE: Female: ‘‘Tampico, Wash., May 10, 1926, E. W. Davis Col. ’’ Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Wahington, D.C.

Examination of the holotype of this taxon (and a paratype from Humboldt, Co., California) indicates that it is a Tuxedo sp. As with several other species described by Knight, it is unfortunate that the holotype of this species is a female, and moreover that it is in poor condition. It is quite possible that the holotype and the examined paratype do not represent the same species. It may, however, be possible to fix the identity of the type because it comes from the northern limits of the distribution of the group where diversity is lowest.