Sericoides magellanica ( Blanchard, 1846 ) Smith, 2008

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2008, South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions, Insecta Mundi 2008 (60), pp. 1-28 : 6-7

Sericoides magellanica ( Blanchard, 1846) , new combination

Original combination. Brachyphylla magellanica Blanchard, 1846 : plate 8.

Type locality. “ port Famine , détroit de Magellan” ( Blanchard 1854) .

Type series. Lectotype female (Fig. 4) at MNHN

labeled a) “37 / 41.” (handwritten on white under-

side of round, green label), b) “MUSÉUM PARIS /

Magellan / Jacquinot” (typeset and handwritten),

c) “A. magallanica. / Hombr. et Jacq. / Port-Fam-

ine. / M. Jacquinot.” (handwritten on large, green

label), d) “ BRACHYPHYLLA / MAGELLANICA /

BLANCHARD / LECTOTYPE [female symbol] /

A.B.T. SMITH” (red label, handwritten and type-

set), e) “Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database

# AS 2606467 / Sericoides magellanica / ( Blanchard,

1846) [female symbol] / DET: A.B.T.SMITH 2006”

(typeset). Lectotype here designated.