Phyllobaenus pulchellus (Gorham, 1883: 171)

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 : 312

Phyllobaenus pulchellus (Gorham, 1883: 171)

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Original combination. Hydnocera pulchella

Types. At least one syntype from San Gerónimo and perhaps others from Volcan de Chiriqui are in other museums. There is a MNHN specimen from Volcan de Chiriqui collected by Champion, but the label differs in that it was collected at 25 – 4000 ft. This specimen is not considered a paralectotype.

Series locality. Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, and San Gerónimo, Guatemala.

Type locality. Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type [round, red-bordered label], V. de Chiriqui, 2 – 3000 ft, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Hydnocera pulchella Gorham , Hydnocera pulchella Gorham ( BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: V. de Chiriqui, 2 – 3000 ft, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Hydnocera pulchella Gorham , Hydnocera pulchella Gorham ( BMNH; 1); V. de Chiriqui, 2 – 3000 ft, Champion, Hydnocera pulchella Gorham , Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 16. Fig. 11) Phyllobaenus flavifemoratus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 12) P. pallipes (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 13) P. rufithorax (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 14) P. pulchellus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 15) P. pulchellus (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH); Fig. 16) P. trichrous (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH).