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Pseudoserica grandicornis Fuhrmann & Vaz-De 2017, comb. nov.

Description

Pseudoserica grandicornis (Blanchard, 1850) comb. nov.

Fig. 20 I–J

Gama grandicornis Blanchard, 1850: 118.

Harpodactyla grandicornis Burmeister, 1855: 18 (different species, with the same epithet, later synonymized).

Harpodactyla grandicornis – Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1411 (synonymy).

Note

Gama grandicornis was described based on an undetermined number of specimens.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated, Fig. 20 I–J)

BRAZIL: ♂, MNHN, labels: [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [Gama | grandicornis, Bl.] [Gama | grandicornis | Blanchard | fide K.Katovich | 03] [LECTOTYPE ♂ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [Pseudoserica | grandicornis | (Blanchard, 1850) ♂ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014].

Paralectotypes (n = 3)

BRAZIL: 2 ♂♂, MNHN, labels: [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [PARALECTOTYPE ♂ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [Pseudoserica | grandicornis | (Blanchard, 1850) ♂ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014]; 1 ♀, BMNH, labels: [Co- | type] [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [1946.181] [Gama | grandicornis Bl. | R. Paulian det.] [PARALECTOTYPE ♀ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [Pseudoserica | grandicornis | (Blanchard, 1850) ♀ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014].

Notes

Published as part of Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, pp. 1-71 in European Journal of Taxonomy 350 on page 49, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.350, http://zenodo.org/record/3832682

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , MNHN
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Pseudoserica
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fuhrmann & Vaz-De
Species
grandicornis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
LECTOTYPE , PARALECTOTYPE , type
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudoserica grandicornis (Blanchard, 1850) sec. Fuhrmann & Vaz-De-Mello, 2017

References

  • Blanchard C. E. 1850. Classe des insectes. Ordre des coleopteres. In: Milne-Edwards H., Blanchard C. E. & Lucas H. (eds) Catalogue de la collection entomologique du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry, Paris.
  • Burmeister H. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga chaenochela. Theodor Johann Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8135
  • Gemminger M. & Harold B. 1869. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tome 4. Scarabaeidae. Sumptu E. H. Gummi, Munich.