Taxonomic notes about the genus Nephelotus Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Author
Vitali, Francesco
Francesco Vitali, National Museum of Natural History, rue Munster 24, L- 2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Author
Chemin, Gerard
Gerard Chemin, 450 rue Marcel-Paul, F- 94500 Champigny-sur-Marne, France.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-24
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journal article
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Mimanhammus mindanaonis
The type of
N. marcipor
(Luzon)
is a taxon with a very short lateral tubercle (about as long as wide), not dissimilar from that of
N. conspersus
. Specimens from Panay and Mindanao show tubercles two or three times as long as wide; nonetheless, the
holotype
of
Mimanhammus mindanaonis
perfectly corresponds to the population from Luzon. Whether this type was destroyed and later substituted or two different forms inhabit these southern islands could be clarified by the
paratype
preserved in
Berlin
. Currently, it is not available for study.