Pachybrachis luridus (Fabricius, 1798)

Barney, Robert J., 2019, Key to All Sixty-Four Species of Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) in the Eastern USA, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (1), pp. 85-96 : 93

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-73.1.85
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scientific name	Pachybrachis luridus (Fabricius, 1798)
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32. Pachybrachis luridus (Fabricius, 1798) (Lec-

totype in NHMD).

Barney 2017a: figs. 5, 10A–D; map. 2A.

Synonyms. Cryptocephalus aesculi F. E. Melsheimer, 1847 (Lectotype in MCZ); Pachybrachys luridus var. nigrinus Blatchley, 1910 (Holotype in PERC) ; Pachybrachys luridus var. festivus Fall, 1915 (Holotype in MCZ) .

Remarks. Species treated in the revision of the luridus species-group ( Barney 2017a) were inadvertently reported with the pronotal length (PL) and pronotal width (PW) reversed. The correct measurements for P. luridus are PL = 0.81–0.95 mm and PW = 1.22–1.42 mm.