Current condition of Bathypogon types (Diptera: Asilidae) described by Frank M Hull and housed in the South Australian Museum of Natural History with notes on other Bathypogon types
Author
Lavigne, Robert J.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-29
4868
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.6
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1175-5326
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Bathypogon microdonturus
Hull, 1958d: 190
.
Type
.
Label data (from
Hull 1958d
) “
Type
. Male. Owieandana,
North Flinders Range
, collected by
Hale
and Tindale.
Type
in the
South Australian Museum.
”
[
Author’s Note:
Despite Hull’s comment that he “returned all types”, this
holotype
is missing. It does not reside in the Australian Museum (
Daniels 1978
), nor in the
Queensland
Museum (
Daniels 1985
, pers. comm., 2004). The Canadian National Collection (
CNC
) purchased the Frank Hull collection directly from Hull himself and his son Clovis S. Hull. Jeff Cummings (pers. comm.), who is currently in charge of the Hull collection, has informed the author that the
holotype
of
Bathypogon microdonturus
was not among the material purchased. Consequently, it is presumed to have been destroyed by “pests” (presumably dermestids); a
neotype
may need to be assigned when specimens are collected that agree with the type description or topotypes are collected.]