Tinotus rufipennis Cameron, 1939

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 : 466

Tinotus rufipennis Cameron

Tinotus rufipennis Cameron, 1939:558 [description].

Lectotype. BMNH, male [‘‘?’’ / ‘‘Chakrata Dist., Manjgaon, 6500’’ / ‘‘Dr. Cameron, 21.V.22.’’ / ‘‘ T. rufipennis Cam. , TYPE’’ / ‘‘M. Cameron Bequest. B.M. 1955–147’’ / ‘‘Lectotype’’ (white disc with purple border) / ‘‘LECTO­ TYPE, Tinotus rufipennis Cameron , desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’] (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.

Paralectotype. BMNH, 5 sex? [‘‘ Chakrata Dist. , Manjgaon, 6500’’ / ‘‘ Dr. Cameron, 21.V.22.’’ / ‘‘ M. Cameron Bequest. B.M. 1955–147’’ / ‘‘Paralectotype’’ (white disc with light blue border) / ‘‘ PARALECTOTYPE, Tinotus rufipennis Cameron , desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’] .

Type Locality. INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Chakrata, Manjgaon , 6,500 ft.