Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Author
Bland, Keith P.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-19
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journal article
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Heteropterinae
Cyclopides
COOKSONI
H. H. Druce
,
in
H. Druce & H.H. Druce
,
1905
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for
1905
, 251–263 [260–1], plate XIII, figure 10. Current accepted combination:
Metisella angolana
(Karsch, 1896) ssp.
cooksoni
(H.H. Druce
in
H. Druce & H.H. Druce, 1905
)
(see
Bridges, 1988a
and Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995).
Syntypes
,
2 females
, pinned.
Specimen data
: Specimen no.680; “
Rhodesia
| Cookson | 1930-202 680.” “CO- TYPE” [Handwritten on mauve card]. Specimen no.681; “
3/12/03
” [Handwritten in purple]. “
Rhodesia
| Cookson | 1930-202 681.” “CO-TYPE” [Handwritten on mauve card].
Remarks
: These specimens are part of a ‘good series’ taken by Mr.Cookson in North-West
Rhodesia
,
December 1903
. No type is designated in the original description (
Druce, 1905
) but according to
Bridges (1988a)
the “Type” is in the BM(NH), however no
lectotype
designation has been published. There is a coloured illustration on Plate XIII, figure 10 (
Druce,1905
).