Amblyterus variabilis F. Philippi, 1861

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 (1), pp. 279-320 : 307

Amblyterus variabilis F. Philippi, 1861

Amblyterus variabilis F. Philippi, 1861: 742 .

The lectotype and three paralectotypes are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. Nickerl):

LECTOTYPE (J): ‘ Amblyterus / variabilis / Fr. Phil. Chili [hw, green label] // TYPUS [p, red label] // AMBLYTERUS VARIABILIS / F. PHILIPPI J / LECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH 2001 [p, yellow label] // Aulacopalpus PUNC- TATUS / (FAIRMAIRE & GERMAIN) J / Det: A.B.T. Smith 2001 [p]’.

PARALECTOTYPES (2 JJ): ‘TYPUS [p, red label] // COLL. NICKERL / MUS. PRAGENSE [p] // AMBLYTERUS VARIABILIS / F. PHILIPPI J / PARALECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH 2001 [p, yellow label] // Aulacopalpus PUNCTATUS / (FAIRMAIRE & GERMAIN) / J Det: A.B.T. Smith 2001 [p]’.

PARALECTOTYPE (♀): ‘ Amblyterus / variabilis / Fr. Phil. Chili [hw, green label] // TYPUS [p, red label] // AMBLYTE- RUS VARIABILIS / F. PHILIPPI ♀ / PARALECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH 2001 [p, yellow label] // Aulacopalpus PUNCTATUS / (FAIRMAIRE & GERMAIN) ♀ / Det: A.B.T. Smith 2001 [p]’.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Aulacopalpus punctatus (Fairmaire & Germain,

1860), see SMITH (2002).

Remark. The designation of the lectotype and paralectotypes was published by SMITH

(2002).