Phacosoma basilewskyi Balthasar, 1960

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2011, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 349-378 : 373

Phacosoma basilewskyi Balthasar, 1960

Phacosoma basilewskyi Balthasar, 1960: 57 , Figs. 1–2, 4.

Three paratypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):

PARATYPE (J): ‘Forêt de / transition [p, pale blue label] // Coll. Mus. Congo / Tanganyika Terr.: Uluguru / Mts., vall. Ululu-Ndogo / 1500 m. 8-V-1957 [p] // Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.A.C. / en Afrique orientale / (P. Basilewsky et / N. Leleup) [p] // Phacosoma / basilewskyi / J n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p] 59 [hw, pink label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘Forêt / transition / dans l’humus [p, pale blue label] // Coll. Mus. Congo / Tanganyika Terr.: Bundu- / ki, Uluguru Mts., 1500 m, / gorge Mungula 1/ 6-V-1957 [p] // Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.A.C. / en Afrique orientale / (P. Basilewsky et / N. Leleup) [p] // Phacosoma / basilewskyi / ♀ n.sp. Balth. [hw] / Paratypus [p] 59 [hw, pink label]’.

PARATYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘Forêt de / transition [p, pale blue label] // Coll. Mus. Congo / Tanganyika Terr.: Uluguru / Mts., vall. Ululu-Ndogo / 1500 m. 8-V-1957 [p] // Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.A.C. / en Afrique orientale / (P. Basilewsky et / N. Leleup) [p]’.

Current status. Madaphacosoma basilewskyi ( Balthasar, 1960) , see PAULIAN (1975).