Type designations for sap beetles in the subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) housed in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Powell, Gareth S.
Author
Martin, Gavin J.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-26
4590
2
297
300
journal article
26959
10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.8
4782ac6a-98e7-435d-be7a-425f034b2b88
1175-5326
2652031
46775A09-9851-4E82-AB4B-5563838F9AEF
Carpophilus ventralis
Sharp
Carpophilus ventralis
Sharp 1889
: 297
The specimen here considered the primary type for
Carpophilus ventralis
does not already bear an NHM “TYPE” label; however, there is a handwritten “type” on the card mount itself and the data match the material used in the original descriptions perfectly. In this case the specimen was verified as a female with matching locality information, Sharp mentioned only having two females and no male was known. Labels for the specimen are as follows: “S. Geronimo,/
Guatemala
,/Champion” “B.C.A. Col.
II. 1.
/
Carpophilus
/ventralis,/Sharp.”. A red label is added with the following text: “
LECTOTYPE
/
Carpophilus ventralis Sharp
/Desig. By/Powell and Martin 2019”.