Tinotus densissimus Bernhauer, 1934:512

Hanley, Rodney S., 2002, A New Species Of Mexican Tinotus From The Refuse Piles Of Atta Ants, Including An Annotated World Catalog Of Tinotus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4), pp. 453-471 : 460

Tinotus densissimus Bernhauer, 1934:512 [discription]; Blackwelder, 1944:163

[checklist of Neotropical species]; Pace, 1990a:74 [additional locality].

Lectotype. FMNH, sex? [‘‘Olivos. C. A. 24.III. 930, C.B.’’ / ‘‘q.’’ / ‘‘argentinien don­Typus ch.’’ / ‘‘ densissimus Brnh. Typ. ’’ / ‘‘ densissimus Bernh. Typus, Tinotus Bruch’’ (yellow) / ‘‘Chicago NHMus, M. Bernhauer Collection’’ / ‘‘ LECTOTYPE, Tinotus densissimus Bernhauer , desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’ (red)] (here designated). Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name­bearing type of this species.

Paralectotypes. FMNH, 2 specimens (on same pin), sex? [‘‘Arg. Olivos, C. A., 24.III.30, leg. C. Bruch’’ / ‘‘ densissimus Bernh. Typus, Tinotus Bruch’’ (yellow) / ‘‘Chicago NHMus, M. Bernhauer Collection’’ / ‘‘PARALECTO­ TYPE, Tinotus densissimus Bernhauer , desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’ (yellow)].

Type Locality. ARGENTINA: Tucumán.