Catalogue of the type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Author
Hájek, Jiří
Author
Švihla, Vladimír
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2012
2012-12-17
52
2
603
654
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5332821
0374-1036
5332821
Arthrobrachus
(
Heteracrius
)
decoratus
Kirsch, 1865
Arthrobrachus
(
Heteracrius
)
decoratus
Kirsch, 1865: 92
.
The
holotype
is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. Nickerl):
HOLOTYPE
(J): ‘Kirsch / typ. [hw] // Heteracrius / decoratus. / Kirsch Bogota [hw, green label, black margin] // Syn- / typus [p, red label, black margin] //
Astylus
J / (Heteracrius) /
decoratus KIRSCH
[hw] / K. Majer det. [p] 1980 [hw]’.
Current status.
Astylus
(
Heteracrius
)
decoratus
(
Kirsch, 1865
)
, see
PIC (1920)
.
Remark.
KIRSCH (1865)
mentions a single female in the original description. However, no other type specimen was found in the Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden,
Germany
(O. Jäger, pers. comm. 2012), where the collection of Kirsch is housed. Therefore we suggest to consider our specimen as the
holotype
, in which the author wrongly determined its sex.