Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2010, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 629-655 : 636

Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887

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Goliathus Atlas Nickerl, 1887: 174 .

The holotype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. Nickerl):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘n.sp. / von W. Frič in / Prag zukaüft [badly readable] / 7/4 1887 - 50 feiw. [badly readable] [hw] // Goliathus / atlas / Nick. Flum. Volta [hw, pink label]’.

Current status. Probably a natural hybrid of Goliathus regius Klug, 1835 and G. cacicus

(Voët, 1779), see, e.g., LACHAUME (1983).

Remark. A species-group name established for an animal later found to be a hybrid is an available name ( ICZN 1999: Art. 17).

Figures

Figs. 1–2. 1 – Gnorimus decempunctatus Helfer, 1833 (syntype and its labels); 2 – Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887 (holotype and its labels).