Laparocerus noctivagans ( Wollaston, 1854 )

Machado, Antonio, 2006, The type material of the species of Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), Journal of Natural History 40 (35 - 37), pp. 2001-2055 : 2030-2031

Laparocerus noctivagans ( Wollaston, 1854)

Atlantis noctivagans Wollaston 1854, p 367 .

Type locality. Fanal, Island of Madeira.

Lectotype: 1„ [291], Fanal, July 1850, leg. Wollaston (ex litt.). MNH, London . Paralectotypes: 1 ex [291], Fanal , July 1850; 14 exx, mountains of Madeira, leg. Wollaston. MNH, London. 5 exx [270]; 1 ex [321]; 2 exx [335] mountains of Madeira, 10 exx [431]; 3 exx [602], Lombo das Vacas; 6 exx [785]; 2 exx [813]; 1 ex [862]. UMO, Oxford. 1 ex, Madeira [602], Lombo das Vacas, leg. Wollaston. [Historiches Exemplar, vielleicht Type]. DEI (Coll. Kraatz), Müncheberg. 1 ex, mountains of Madeira, Wollaston leg. MNHN (Coll. Oberthür-Wollaston), Paris .

Remarks. In the Wollaston Collection in London there are 17 exx which are not syntypic.

Laparocerus obesulus Desbrochers, 1904 * Laparocerus obesulus Desbrochers 1904, p 63 .

Type locality. Island of Madeira.

Lectotype: 1♀, with a pinhole. [Ile de/Madère] [ Laparocerus / obesulus m./n.sp. ♀], Correa de Barros leg. MCNP (Coll. Correa de Barros), Porto . Paralectotype: 1♀ (no labels). MCNP ( Coll. Correa de Barros ), Porto .

Remarks. L. obesulus is a junior synonym of L. morio Boheman, 1834 (new synonym). Both types are stored together in Box 14-0.IV with other Curculionids (i.e. Otiorhynchus ), in the Collection Correa de Barros. They are in poor condition and remounted on cards. Jansson (1940, p 61) listed the species as Laparocerus obsoletus Desbrochers , an incorrect subsequent spelling.

Laparocerus obscurellus Marseul, 1872 *

Laparocerus (Laparocerus) obscurellus Marseul 1872, p 529 .

Remarks. This is an invalid replacement name for Laparocerus obscurus Wollaston, 1865 , as already recognized in Winkler (1932, p 1448).

Type material. Its type material is the same as for the replaced species name.

Laparocerus obscurus Wollaston, 1864

Laparocerus obscurus Wollaston 1864, p 355 .

Type locality. Santa Cruz, Tenerife , Canary Islands. Holotype: 1„ [Type] [Canary Is. / Teneriffe / Wollaston Coll. / BM 1864–80 ] [ obscurus, Woll. ]. MHN, London.

Remarks. Wollaston (1864) does not recall the precise locality where he captured the single type of this species, either the vicinity of Orotava or of Santa Cruz. The insect is identical in habitus, shape of eyes, and proportion of desmomeres with specimens from the coastal region close to Santa Cruz, presently a large city. Marseul (1872, p 529) proposed the unjustified replacement name Laparocerus obscurellus .