Phyllobaenus aeneicollis ( Schenkling, 1907: 306 )

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 : 303-305

Phyllobaenus aeneicollis ( Schenkling, 1907: 306)

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Original combination. Hydnocera aeneicollis

Types. The designated paralectotypes do not share the type locality. However, Schenkling stated that multiple specimens were placed in the BMNH (and only one has the type locality; here designated the lectotype). Many others were apparently collected from different localities during the same expedition by H. H. Smith. Döbler (1982) substantiated all specimens from these localities as syntypes except for the Omilteme specimen, which we believe Döbler overlooked. Additional syntypes exist in the SDEI (Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany).

Series locality. Schenkling identified the type locality corresponding to the designated lectotype. The series spans Chilpancingo, Amula and Omilteme, all in Guerrero, Mexico.

Type locality. Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, 4600’ elevation.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type [round, red-bordered label], Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4600 ft., [Schenkling’s type label] ( BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: Xucumanatlan, Guerrero, 7000 ft, July, H. H.

Smith, [Schenkling det label] ( BMNH; 1); Amula, Guerrero, 6000 ft, Aug., H. H. Smith, [Schenkling det label] ( BMNH; 1); Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4600 ft, Aug., H. H. Smith, [Schenkling det label] ( BMNH; 1); Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000 ft, Aug., H. H. Smith, [Schenkling det label] ( BMNH; 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).