Microtonus sericans LeConte, 1862

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 : 4

Microtonus sericans LeConte, 1862

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Microtonus sericans LeConte 1862: 259 (type locality: “Atlantic states”)

Microtonus sericans lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “[small yellow square] / [yellow rectangle] 3297 / [red-orange label] Type 4788 / [handwritten] Microtonus sericans Lec. / LECTOTYPE Microtonus sericans LeC. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. LeConte (1866: 163) included a (re)description of the species.

Symphora fl avicollis ( Haldeman, 1848)

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Scraptia flavicollis Haldeman 1848: 100 (type locality: “ New York ”)

Scraptia flavicollis lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “Type 8378 / [handwritten] Symphora flavicollis (Hald) / LECTOTYPE Scraptia flavicollis Hald. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]

Figures

Figure 14–25. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes. 14) Dircaea riversi LeConte, lectotype, lateral habitus. Scale line = 5.0 mm. 15–16. Hypulus trifasciatus Melsheimer, lectotype. 15) Dorsal habitus. 16) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 17–18. Microtonus sericans LeConte, lectotype. 17) Dorsal habitus. 18) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 19–20. Scraptia flavicollis Haldeman, lectotype. 19) Dorsal habitus. Scale line = 2.0 mm. 20) Lateral habitus. Scale line = 1.0 mm. 21–22. Scraptia rugosa Haldeman, lectotype. 21) Dorsal habitus. 22) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 23–24. Melandrya maculata LeConte, male lectotype. 23) Dorsal habitus. 24) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 25) Melandrya striata var. bicolor Melsheimer, lectotype, dorsal habitus.