Notes and descriptions on North American Desmiphorini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Author
Heffern, Daniel
Author
Santos-Silva, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2017
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4
469
479
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.8
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Tigrinestola tigrina
(
Skinner, 1905
)
(
Figs 1–4
,
23
)
Skinner (1905)
described
Lypsimena tigrina
based on two specimens: “one specimen from Carr Canyon,
Huachuca Mountains
,
Arizona
, and one in the Horn collection from Southern
Texas
.
The
syntype
from Carr Canyon is currently deposited at
ANSP
.
However
, we did not search for the
syntype
from southern
Texas
.
The former collection of Horn is currently housed at the
MCZ
collection.
There
are no other known specimens of this species from
Texas
, and the label is undoubtedly in error.
Schaeffer (1906)
proposed a questionable new species: “The size and markings of my insect agree with the Doctor’s [Skinner] description, and I have no doubt that this is the species, but in case it should prove different I propose the name of
Estola picta
for it. The description by
Schaeffer (1906)
actually agrees very well with
L. tigrina
, and it is currently maintained as a synonym. The former collection of Schaeffer is currently deposited at USNM.
Lingafelter
et al.
(2014)
did not list the type (syntypes) of
Estola picta
at USNM collection. However, it is very probable that Schaeffer did not indicate the specimen(s) as type(s). Thus, if they are at USNM, it(they) could simply have a label identifying it(them) as
E. picta
,
E. tigrina
, or
L. tigrina
.
After the original description of
L. tigrina
, we could not find a citation affirming that the types of
T. tigrina
were examined. We designate as lectotype the female (
Figs 1, 2
) belonging to ANSP, with the following labels (
Fig. 3
):
White
(Printed):
Carr Canyon
/
Huachuca Mts.
/
Cochise
Co.
Ariz. White (Printed):
H. Skinner
/
August 1905
Light salmon: COTYPTE [Printed] /
S. tigrina
[Handwritten] / Skinner [Handwritten] Red: TYPE [Printed] 8107 [Handwritten] /
Lypsimena tigrina Skin.
[Handwritten]. Red (Printed), added by us: LECTOTYPE