Amblyctis praeses LeConte, 1879

Pollock, Darren A., 2015, Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2015 (427), pp. 1-15 : 6

Amblyctis praeses LeConte, 1879

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Amblyctis praeses LeConte 1879: 3 (type locality: “near Buffalo”) Amblyctis praeses lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “O Reinecke Buffalo N.Y. / Type 4772 / [handwritten] Amblyctis praeses . Lec. / LECTOTYPE Amblyctis praeses LeConte design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. A second specimen is mentioned in the original description; only 1 syntype was found in MCZ. This species is among the rarest of North American Melandryidae .

Figures

Figures 37–48. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes.37–38. Orchesia gracilis Melsheimer, lectotype. 37) Dorsal habitus. 38) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 39–40. Orchesia ornata Horn, lectotype. 39) Dorsal habitus. 40) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 41–42. Amblyctis praeses LeConte, lectotype. 41) Dorsal habitus. 42) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 43–44. Dircaea sericea Haldeman, female lectotype. 43) Dorsal habitus. 44) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 45–46. Serropalpus obsoletus Haldeman, lectotype. 45) Dorsal habitus. 46) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 47–48. Serropalpus substriatus Haldeman, lectotype. 47) Dorsal habitus. 48) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm.