Phloiotrya riversi ( LeConte, 1884 )

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 : 3

Phloiotrya riversi ( LeConte, 1884)

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Dircaea riversi LeConte 1884: 29 (type locality: Sylvania, California)

Dircaea riversi lectotype (♀), labeled: “Cala / Type 4777 / [handwritten] D. Riversi Lec / LECTOTYPE ♀ Dircaea riversi LeC. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. A second specimen, also with the “Cala” label is labeled as a PARALECTOTYPE. LeConte 1884: 29 gave no range of length in the original description; it is possible that both (or more) specimens were 11 mm. This species is possibly a junior synonym of P. fusca Motschulsky, 1872 . Though there are relatively few names available, nomenclature of species of Phloiotrya is in need of revision.

Figures

Figures 1–13. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes.1–2. Hallomenus scapularis Melsheimer, lectotype. 1) Dorsal habitus. 2) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 3–4. Hallomenus serricornis LeConte, lectotype. 3) Dorsal habitus. 4) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 5–6. Hypulus bicinctus Horn, lectotype. 5) Dorsal habitus. 6) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 7–8. Dircaea liturata LeConte, male lectotype. 7) Dorsal habitus. 8) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 9–10. Dircaea fusca LeConte, female lectotype. 9) Dorsal habitus. 10) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 11–12. Dircaea prona LeConte, male lectotype. 11) Dorsal habitus. 12) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 13). Dircaea riversi LeConte, female lectotype, dorsal habitus. Scale line = 5.0 mm.

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.