A revison of the Lithocharis species of the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Medonina)
Author
Assing, Volker
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10.5281/zenodo.5184182
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0253-116X
5184182
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Lithocharis fontinalis
PEYERIMHOFF
,
1929
Comment: The identity of
L. fontinalis
is doubtful. The original description is based on a unique
holotype
from "Hoggar: source T'abor, à quelques kilomtres de
Tamanrasset
" sent to him by "M. Pierre Bordes, Gouverneur général de l'Algérie" (
PEYERIMHOFF 1929
). The male sexual characters are not described, suggesting that the specimen is a female. According to the curator in charge at the MNHNP, the
holotype
was not found in the Peyerimhoff collection (TAGHAVIAN e-mail
27.I.2014
). Thus, it seems that Peyerimhoff returned it to Pierre Bordes. I have been unable to trace the whereabouts of the Bordes collection.