Nomenclatural changes and lectotype designations in the seed-beetle genus Sennius Bridwell: with the synonymization of Megasennius Whitehead & Kingsolver (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Author
Viana, Jéssica Herzog
text
Zootaxa
2016
4175
3
249
260
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.4
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1175-5326
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Sennius diosanus
(Pic, 1930)
,
comb n.
Bruchus diosanus
Pic, 1930:13
(description, distribution).
Acanthoscelides diosanus
:
Blackwelder, 1946
: 759
(combination, catalog);
Udayagiri & Wadhi, 1989
: 44
(catalog).
Type
material (1,
MNHN
):
Lectotype
male with labels: 1, “Madre d. Dios / S.O
Peru
” “
type
” “
diosanus
/ n sp” “
HOLOTYPE
” “
Bruchus
/
diosanus
/ Pic / det. 75 / J.M.Kingsolver” “Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic” “
Sennius diosanus
/ (Pic, 1930) / det J. H. Viana 2014” “
Lectotype
/
Bruchus diosanus
Pic, 1930
/ design. J. H. Viana”.
Remark.
In the original description,
Pic
does not indicate the number of specimens studied.
The
labels of the
type
specimen received from
MNHN
are identical to the data given in the original description (
Pérou
) and also with
Pic’s
handwritten label "
type
" and "
diosanus Pic
".
The
type
material of
Bruchus diosanus
, here designated as a
lectotype
, is in poor condition with little pubescence remaining. However, it was possible to study the male genitalia and here this species is here treated as
Sennius diosanus
(
NEW
COMBINATION
)
based mainly on the character: internal sac of male genitalia with hinge sclerites.