Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius) species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Author
Caldara, Roberto
Author
Casalini, Roberto
Author
Baviera, Cosimo
text
Zootaxa
2012
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31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281230
3aa9c3e9-4495-480b-8095-3eff3fee36a6
1175-5326
281230
Curculio teter
Fabricius, 1792
This species was described very briefly from specimens collected by Dr. Allioni in
Italy
. In Fabricius' collection (ZMUC) stand eleven possible
syntypes
of
Curculio teter
(A. Solodovnikov, pers. comm.), all of which were studied by us and found to agree with the current concept of this species. However, only two of them were collected in
Italy
, but one of these by Bergsöe rather than Allioni. Because of these discrepancies with the data in the original description, we believe that only one specimen, a male, can be considered as a
syntype
of
Curculio teter
. It is labelled as follows: “
Italia
, Mus: S: gT: L,
Tetrum Fabr.
” (
lectotype
here designated).