Phyllobaenus nigroaeneus (Gorham, 1883: 174)

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 311

Phyllobaenus nigroaeneus (Gorham, 1883: 174)

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Original combination. Hydnocera nigro-aenea

Types. Gorham referred to eight specimens, seven from Guanajuato and one from Puebla. Four from Guanajuato are in the BMNH, another in the MNHN, leaving two syntypes from Guanajuato and one from Puebla in other museums. Döbler (1982: 424) indicated that the Puebla specimen was deposited in the SDEI. The paralectotype with the upside down “582” label is actually a specimen of Phyllobaenus sordidus (Gorham) with a faded color pattern and notably different elytral structure.

Series locality. Guanajuato and Puebla, Mexico.

Type locality. Guanajuato, Mexico.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Guanajuato, Type [round, red-bordered label], Mexico, Salle Coll., Type, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham, Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham ( BMNH; 1 female). PARALECTOTYPES: Guanajuato, Mexico, Salle Coll., 582, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham ( BMNH; 1 female, actually P. sordidus ); Guanajuato, Mexico, Salle Coll., 579, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham ( BMNH; 1 female); Guanajuato, Mexico, Salle Coll., 581, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham ( BMNH; 1 female); Guanajuato, Mexico, Salle Coll., Hydnocera nigro-aenea Gorham, Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Fig. 1) Phyllobaenus aeneicollis (Schenkling), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 2) P. chalybeatus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 3) P. clavatus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 4) P. haematicus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 5) P. haematicus (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH), actually P. gorhami (Wolcott); Fig. 6) P. nigroaeneus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH).