Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Author
Ratcliffe, Brett C.
text
Zootaxa
2004
729
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158354
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158354
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Genus
Amithao
Thomson, 1878
Cotinis cavifrons
Burmeister, 1842
: 263
.
Lectotype
male (
Fig. 6
) at MLUH, labeled: my red
lectotype
label.
Lectotype
here designated
.
This specimen is in the Burmeister collection and lacks any labels. Burmeister’s description was based on two specimens, a male and female. The location of the female specimen remains unknown.
Desicasta metallica
Janson, 1885
: 146
.
Lectotype
male (
Fig. 7
) at RMNH, labeled:
Costa Rica
(V. Peiltan) /
D. metallica, Jans.
, male symbol,
Type
/
Desicasta metallica, O. Jans.
,
Type
, Cent. Amer. / Museum Leiden, verz. F. T. Valck Lucassen (O. E. Janson) /
Type
/ my red
lectotype
label.
Lectotype
here designated
. Lectoallotype female at RMNH, labeled: Veragua / female symbol / Museum Leiden verz. F. T. Valck Lucassen (O. E. Janson) /
Type
/
D. metallica
O.J., female symbol,
Type
/ my lectoallotype label.
Cotinis erythropus moreletii
Blanchard, 1850
: 33
.
Lectotype
male (
Fig. 8
) at MNHN, labeled: 37, 49 (on small circular label) / G. moreletii,
Type
, Bl. /
Type
/ Museum Paris, Amérique Cent., A. morelet 1849 / my red
lectotype
label.
Lectotype
here designated
. Lectoallotype female at MNHN with same label information and with my red lectoallotype label.