Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Author
Bezděk, Aleš
K. Chocholy 16, CZ- 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; e-mail: bezdek @ entu. cas. cz
Author
Hájek, Jiří
Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2013
2013-07-15
53
1
387
442
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5739743
0374-1036
5739743
Onthophagus
(
Onthophagus
)
vitulus citellorum
Petrovitz, 1967
Onthophagus
(s. str.)
vitulus
ssp.
citellorum
Petrovitz, 1967: 325
.
Three
paratypes
are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):
PARATYPES
(3 JJ): ‘
Eskisehir
,
792m
, As. min. / leg. Petrovitz-Ressl [p] //
Onthophagus vitulus
/
ssp. citellorum
m. / Petrovitz ’66 [p, red label] //
PARATYPUS
[p, red label]’.
Current status.
Onthophagus
(
Palaeonthophagus
)
petrovitzianus
Pittino, 2006
.
Remark.
PITTINO (2004)
proposed the replacement name
Onthophagus
(
Palaeonthophagus
)
petrovitzi
for
Onthophagus
(
Onthophagus
)
vitulus citellorum
Petrovitz, 1967
, a junior primary homonym of
Onthophagus citellorum
Medvedev, 1965
. Later on,
PITTINO (2006)
found out, that also his
O
.
(
P
.)
petrovitzi
was already preoccupied by
O. petrovitzi
Frey, 1975
and established another replacement name
O
.
(
P
.)
petrovitzianus
Pittino, 2006
.