Sennius subdiversicolor ( Pic, 1931 )

Viana, Jéssica Herzog, 2016, Nomenclatural changes and lectotype designations in the seed-beetle genus Sennius Bridwell: with the synonymization of Megasennius Whitehead & Kingsolver (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), Zootaxa 4175 (3), pp. 249-260 : 255-256

Sennius subdiversicolor ( Pic, 1931)

Bruchus subdiversicolor Pic, 1931b: 35 (description, distribution); Bondar, 1937: 39 (diagonsis, host, oviposition guild); Zacher, 1952: 463 (host).

Acanthoscelides subdiversicolor: Blackwelder, 1946: 761 (combination, catalog).

Sennius subdiversicolor: Johnson & Kingsolver, 1973: 64 (combination, citation); Udayagiri & Wadhi, 1989:107 (catalog); Kingsolver & Silva, 1991: 413 (list); Silva et al. 2003: 269 (citation).

Bruchus subdiversicolor var. innigripes Pic, 1931c: 35 (description, distribution). New Synonymy

Acanthoscelides subdiversicolor var. innigripes: Blackwelder, 1946: 761 (combination, catalog); Udayagiri & Wadhi, 1989: 107 (catalog).

Type materials (3, MNHN): Bruchus subdiversicolor : Lectotype male with labels: “ Brazil / Bahia / 1930 / Dr. G. Bondar / In pods of / Caesalpinia / 1635” “ type ” “ subdiversicolor n sp. " “G119” “ Holotype ” “ Bruchus / subdiversicolor / Pic / det. 71 / J.M. Kingsolver” “ ♂ ” “ Sennius / subdiversicolor / ( Pic, 1931) / J. H. Viana det. 2013” “ Lectotype / Bruchus / subdiversicolor / Pic, 1931 / design. J. H. Viana”.

Bruchus subdiversicolor var. innigripes : Lectotype male with labels: “ Brazil / Bahia / 1930 / Dr. G. Bondar / In pods of / Caesalpinia / 1635” “ Para / Lectotype / Bruchus subdiversicolor v. innigripes / Pic / By JMK71” “v innigripes / <illegible letters>” “ex British / museum” “ Bruchus / subdiversicolor / v. innigripes / Pic / det. J.M.Kingsolver ” “ Lectotype / Bruchus subdiversicolor var. innigripes Pic, 1931 / design. J. H. Viana ” ; Paralectotype with labels: “ Brazil / Bahia / 1930 / Dr. G. Bondar / In pods of / Caesalpinia / 1635” “ Para / type ” “ Bruchus / subdiversicolor / Pic / det. J.M.Kingsolver " “ Paralectotype / Bruchus subdiversicolor var. innigripes Pic, 1931 / J. H. Viana ”.

Remarks: Bruchus subdiversicolor: In the original description, Pic (1931b) does not indicate the number of specimens studied. The labels of the received specimen are identical and consistent with the locality data given in the original description (Brazil). One specimen with Pic’s handwritten labels: "type" and “ subdiversicolor n sp. ", is here designed as the lectotype of Bruchus subdiversicolor .

Bruchus subdiversicolor v. innigripes: In the original description, Pic (1931c) does not indicate the number of specimens studied. Two specimens were received, both with labels identical and consistent with the locality data given in the original description ( Brazil), but only one with Pic’s labels “ v. innigripes / <illegible letters>, designed as lectotype. Here the variety B. subdiversicolor v. innigripes ( NEW SYNONYM) is synonymized with Bruchus subdiversicolor .